MUSICIAN

Hilton Valentine

1943 - 2021

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Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine (21 May 1943 – 29 January 2021) was an English skiffle and rock and roll musician who was the original guitarist in the Animals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hilton Valentine has received more than 739,538 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Hilton Valentine is the 731st most popular musician (down from 599th in 2019), the 2,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,853rd in 2019) and the 132nd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hilton Valentine ranks 731 out of 3,175Before him are Herb Alpert, Willie Dixon, Horace Silver, Rick Astley, Ivan Mládek, and Ron McGovney. After him are Tim Buckley, Steve Jones, Jørgen Ingmann, Julian Fontana, David Garrett, and Kerry King.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Hilton Valentine ranks 257Before him are Barry Manilow, Dušan Uhrin, Michael Byrne, Walter Godefroot, Iñaki Sáez, and Bjørn Wirkola. After him are Roberto Rosato, Jean Zerbo, Michael Ondaatje, Cornelia Froboess, Tuesday Weld, and Tariq Ali. Among people deceased in 2021, Hilton Valentine ranks 211Before him are Carmen Salinas, Kamal Ganzouri, Jean-Pierre Adams, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Leon Spinks, and Ng Man-tat. After him are Isadore Singer, John Miles, Koichi Sugiyama, Branko Mamula, Lars Norén, and Clive Sinclair.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hilton Valentine ranks 2,152 out of 8,785Before him are Geraldine James (1950), Jack Higgins (1929), Bob Anderson (1931), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), David Gemmell (1948), and Bobby Sands (1954). After him are Lewis Gilbert (1920), John Leslie (1766), Edmund Gunter (1581), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Steve Jones (1955), and Charles Kingsley (1819).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Hilton Valentine ranks 132Before him are The Edge (1961), Rick Davies (1944), Peter Hammill (1948), Liam Gallagher (1972), John Illsley (1949), and Rick Astley (1966). After him are Steve Jones (1955), John Miles (1949), Mick Box (1947), Carl Palmer (1950), Mick Fleetwood (1947), and Allan Holdsworth (1946).