MUSICIAN

Gram Parsons

1946 - 1973

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Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. He recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, popularizing what he called "Cosmic American Music", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock. Parsons was born in Winter Haven, Florida, and developed an interest in country music while attending Harvard University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gram Parsons has received more than 4,940,788 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Gram Parsons is the 1,206th most popular musician (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 5,907th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,486th in 2019) and the 424th most popular American Musician.

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  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gram Parsons ranks 1,206 out of 3,175. Before him are Magne Furuholmen, Eberhard Weber, Ignaz Brüll, Paquito D'Rivera, Viktoria Mullova, and Donald Fagen. After him are Enrique Santos Discépolo, Wilko Johnson, Rosalyn Tureck, Fazıl Say, Parov Stelar, and Ross the Boss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gram Parsons ranks 441. Before him are Martin Barre, Anatoly Kvashnin, Harry Vos, Vinod Khanna, Leonid Filatov, and Lidiya Alfeyeva. After him are Stephen McHattie, Mary-Claire King, Tadevuš Kandrusievič, Antonis Antoniadis, Juan Pons, and Bernard Dowiyogo. Among people deceased in 1973, Gram Parsons ranks 176. Before him are Anton Ackermann, Robert Buron, Elizabeth Bowen, William Justin Kroll, Masayuki Mori, and Jascha Horenstein. After him are Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Leonid Stein, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Noël Roquevert, Rodolphe Hiden, and Erich Srbek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gram Parsons ranks 5,907 out of 20,380. Before him are Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Lizabeth Scott (1922), Donald Fagen (1948), Michael Andretti (1962), Chloë Sevigny (1974), and Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949). After him are Brian Herbert (1947), Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Robert Pine (1941), David Bushnell (1742), Phyllis Smith (1951), and Robert Taylor (1932).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gram Parsons ranks 424. Before him are John Abercrombie (1944), Taylor Hawkins (1972), Ralph Towner (1940), Steven Adler (1965), Benjamin Orr (1947), and Donald Fagen (1948). After him are Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Ross the Boss (1954), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Scott Columbus (1956), Steve Stevens (1959), and Norah Jones (1979).

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