MUSICIAN

Jim Lea

1949 - Today

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James Whild Lea (born 14 June 1949) is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, piano, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade from their inception until 1992, and for co-writing most of their songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Lea has received more than 22,163 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Lea is the 1,871st most popular musician (up from 1,958th in 2019), the 4,761st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,882nd in 2019) and the 306th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jim Lea ranks 1,871 out of 3,175. Before him are Robert Westerholt, Takanori Nishikawa, Pete Quaife, Don Williams, Robert Stigwood, and Paul Motian. After him are John Sebastian, Chris Stein, Glyn Johns, Ringo Sheena, Zbigniew Namysłowski, and Steve Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jim Lea ranks 581. Before him are Ieremia Tabai, Wenceslao Padilla, Flora Gomes, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, José Rodrigues Neto, and Dave Gibbons. After him are James Rivière, Ryohei Suzuki, Terry Zwigoff, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Zdenko Verdenik, and Roman Dmitriyev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Lea ranks 4,761 out of 8,785. Before him are Kieran Trippier (1990), David Owen (1938), Dave Gibbons (1949), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Mina Loy (1882), and Arnold Jackson (1891). After him are Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), Mary Beard (1955), Juliet Stevenson (1956), Heather Angel (1909), C. H. Dodd (1884), and Robert Smirke (1780).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jim Lea ranks 306. Before him are Topper Headon (1955), Dave Mason (1946), Leslie Bricusse (1931), Mick Abrahams (1943), Derek Bailey (1930), and Pete Quaife (1943). After him are Glyn Johns (1942), Lionel Tertis (1876), Ed O'Brien (1968), Steve Rothery (1959), Stanley Sadie (1930), and Neil Innes (1944).

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