MUSICIAN

Jack Bruce

1943 - 2014

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John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish musician. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and ‍bassist ‍of rock band Cream. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Bruce has received more than 3,773,023 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jack Bruce is the 356th most popular musician (down from 340th in 2019), the 1,243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,193rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jack Bruce ranks 356 out of 3,175Before him are Ram Narayan, Bo Diddley, Peggy Lee, Isaac Hayes, David Crosby, and John Entwistle. After him are Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Tipton, Maurice André, Michel Polnareff, Alan Menken, and Robert Trujillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jack Bruce ranks 138Before him are Hervé Villechaize, Luis Carlos Galán, Ken Norton, Robbie Robertson, Richard Sennett, and Masafumi Hara. After him are Lin Shaye, Peter Sauber, Robert Lefkowitz, R. L. Stine, Ove Kindvall, and Kurtwood Smith. Among people deceased in 2014, Jack Bruce ranks 93Before him are Mike Nichols, Milan Galić, Louis Zamperini, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Fred Phelps, and Stuart Hall. After him are Mango, Valeri Kubasov, Yitzhak Hofi, Richard Bull, Robert Hansen, and Alexander Shulgin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Bruce ranks 1,243 out of 8,785Before him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), William McDougall (1871), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Anthony Daniels (1946), and Gildas (500). After him are Glenn Tipton (1947), Frank Lampard (1978), Alan Shearer (1970), Michael Scot (1175), Thomas Reid (1710), and Martin Lowry (1874).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jack Bruce ranks 72Before him are Don Airey (1948), Stevie Young (1956), John McLaughlin (1942), George Young (1946), Dave Murray (1956), and John Entwistle (1944). After him are Glenn Tipton (1947), Denny Laine (1944), Andy Fletcher (1961), Ginger Baker (1939), Adrian Smith (1957), and Ian Anderson (1947).