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Hal Blaine

1929 - 2019

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Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one. Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Blaine moved with his family to California in 1943 and began playing jazz and big band music before taking up rock and roll session work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal Blaine has received more than 1,271,530 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hal Blaine is the 1,477th most popular musician (down from 1,286th in 2019), the 7,403rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,345th in 2019) and the 562nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hal Blaine ranks 1,477 out of 2,662. Before him are Jan Axel Blomberg, J. B. Lenoir, Memphis Minnie, Jim Capaldi, Jörg Michael, and Diamanda Galás. After him are Hal David, ASAP Rocky, Peter Hook, Michael Franks, Alan Clark, and Alex Lifeson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hal Blaine ranks 378. Before him are Frano Selak, Mario Francesco Pompedda, Bert Stern, Yvette Williams, Pat Crawford Brown, and J. B. Lenoir. After him are Richard Rush, Sergio Mantovani, Yuri Artsutanov, Keijo Liinamaa, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, and James McDivitt. Among people deceased in 2019, Hal Blaine ranks 347. Before him are Yvette Williams, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Barbara Hammer, Pat Crawford Brown, Goo Hara, and Pino Caruso. After him are ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Yuri Artsutanov, Don Bragg, Albert Razin, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, and Ivan Vutsov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Blaine ranks 7,403 out of 18,182. Before him are Peter Berg (1962), Ken Leung (1970), Jenni Rivera (1969), Justin Long (1978), Diamanda Galás (1955), and Paul Kurtz (1925). After him are Hal David (1921), Catherine Oxenberg (1961), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Terry Bradshaw (1948), Jimmy Hart (1943), and ASAP Rocky (1988).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Hal Blaine ranks 562. Before him are Elizabeth Cotten (1893), Cassandra Wilson (1955), Robert Cray (1953), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Memphis Minnie (1897), and Diamanda Galás (1955). After him are Hal David (1921), ASAP Rocky (1988), Michael Franks (1944), Jeff Mills (1963), Marc Ribot (1954), and Pepper Adams (1930).

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