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Greg Lake

1947 - 2016

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Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). Born and brought up in Dorset, Lake began to play the guitar at the age of 12 and wrote his first song, "Lucky Man", at the same age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Greg Lake has received more than 3,705,928 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Greg Lake is the 486th most popular musician (down from 421st in 2019), the 1,537th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,419th in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Greg Lake ranks 486 out of 3,175. Before him are Archie Shepp, Peter Cetera, Willy DeVille, Isao Tomita, Maria Yudina, and Yann Tiersen. After him are Gregor Piatigorsky, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Toquinho, Dick Taylor, Wojciech Żywny, and Ginette Neveu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Greg Lake ranks 175. Before him are John Mearsheimer, Christian Jacq, Kōzō Okamoto, Aleksander Krupa, Jaume Cabré, and Aad de Mos. After him are James Dyson, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Alain Connes, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Mario Aurelio Poli, and Godfrey Chitalu. Among people deceased in 2016, Greg Lake ranks 130. Before him are Jayalalithaa, Péter Esterházy, Andrew Grove, Goran Hadžić, Isao Tomita, and Louis Pilot. After him are Franco Citti, Juan Gabriel, Carmen Pereira, Gato Barbieri, Fredrik Barth, and Neville Marriner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Greg Lake ranks 1,537 out of 8,785. Before him are Louise d'Orléans (1869), Frederick Delius (1862), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Christopher Isherwood (1904), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), and Robert Maynard (1684). After him are Fraser Stoddart (1942), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Ian Kershaw (1943), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Anne Conway (1631), and Jack W. Szostak (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Greg Lake ranks 94. Before him are Elvis Costello (1954), Janick Gers (1957), Vince Clarke (1960), Jeff Lynne (1947), Bill Ward (1948), and Trevor Horn (1949). After him are Dick Taylor (1943), Alan Wilder (1959), Phil Lynott (1949), Steve Hackett (1950), Bernie Taupin (1950), and Chris Martin (1977).

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