MUSICIAN

Ginger Baker

1939 - 2019

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Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music. Baker gained early fame as a member of Blues Incorporated and the Graham Bond Organisation, both times alongside bassist Jack Bruce, with whom Baker would often clash. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ginger Baker has received more than 5,877,371 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ginger Baker is the 383rd most popular musician (down from 346th in 2019), the 1,308th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,211th in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Musician.

Ginger Baker is most famous for his drumming with Cream, Blind Faith, and the Rolling Stones.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ginger Baker ranks 383 out of 3,175. Before him are Alexander Siloti, Rocco Granata, Wilhelm Backhaus, Artur Schnabel, Nick Cave, and Christian Lorenz. After him are Michael Schenker, Agustín Barrios, Baden Powell, Tony Levin, Adrian Smith, and Sérgio Mendes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ginger Baker ranks 115. Before him are Salomé, Concha Velasco, Tarcisio Burgnich, Sante Gaiardoni, Guntis Ulmanis, and Robert Hansen. After him are John O'Keefe, Jean Djorkaeff, Barry Seal, Stanisław Dziwisz, Michu Meszaros, and Dieter Schwarz. Among people deceased in 2019, Ginger Baker ranks 98. Before him are Valentina Cortese, Rafi Eitan, Mirjana Marković, Alasdair Gray, Robert Frank, and Dušan Makavejev. After him are Jessye Norman, Antoine Gizenga, Georgiy Daneliya, Stanley Donen, John Conyers, and Branko Lustig.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ginger Baker ranks 1,308 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Cunningham (1814), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Joan of Kent (1328), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Gareth Bale (1989), and Anthony Minghella (1954). After him are David Hartley (1705), Lucinda Riley (1965), Jack Charlton (1935), Roddy McDowall (1928), Seal (1963), and C. Northcote Parkinson (1909).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ginger Baker ranks 76. Before him are Dave Murray (1956), John Entwistle (1944), Jack Bruce (1943), Glenn Tipton (1947), Denny Laine (1944), and Andy Fletcher (1961). After him are Adrian Smith (1957), Ian Anderson (1947), Martin Gore (1961), Donovan (1946), Alan Walker (1997), and Geezer Butler (1949).

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