MUSICIAN

Glyn Johns

1942 - Today

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Glyn Thomas Johns (born 15 February 1942) is an English recording engineer and record producer. He has worked with many of the most famous rock recording acts from both the UK and abroad, such as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Kinks, Eagles, Bob Dylan, the Band, Eric Clapton, the Clash, the Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils and Joan Armatrading. Throughout his career, he has generally preferred a live, natural approach to recording in the studio, and developed a method of recording drums sometimes referred to as the "Glyn Johns method". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glyn Johns has received more than 1,182,087 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Glyn Johns is the 1,871st most popular musician (down from 1,130th in 2019), the 4,770th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,995th in 2019) and the 307th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Glyn Johns by language

Over the past year Glyn Johns has had the most page views in the with 160,099 views, followed by Spanish (5,660), and German (5,487). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (190.16%), Arabic (139.91%), and Czech (37.15%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Glyn Johns ranks 1,871 out of 3,175. Before him are Don Williams, Robert Stigwood, Paul Motian, Jim Lea, John Sebastian, and Chris Stein. After him are Ringo Sheena, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Steve Smith, Lionel Tertis, Jerry Cantrell, and Jerry Wexler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Glyn Johns ranks 607. Before him are Walter Rodney, Lopo do Nascimento, Gabriel Núñez, Bob Foster, Zoltán Nemere, and Harald Norpoth. After him are Charlie Rose, Barbara Parkins, Marianna Hill, Aníbal Ruiz, Ksenia Milicevic, and Per Stig Møller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Glyn Johns ranks 4,770 out of 8,785. Before him are Heather Angel (1909), C. H. Dodd (1884), Robert Smirke (1780), Balfour Stewart (1828), Dorothy Manley (1927), and Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811). After him are Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Lionel Tertis (1876), Robert H. McNaught (1956), James Gibbs (1682), Nigel Lawson (1932), and Susan Cooper (1935).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Glyn Johns ranks 307. Before him are Dave Mason (1946), Leslie Bricusse (1931), Mick Abrahams (1943), Derek Bailey (1930), Pete Quaife (1943), and Jim Lea (1949). After him are Lionel Tertis (1876), Ed O'Brien (1968), Steve Rothery (1959), Stanley Sadie (1930), Neil Innes (1944), and Rupert Holmes (1947).

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