MUSICIAN

Jimmie Nicol

1939 - Today

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James George Nicol (born 3 August 1939) is an English drummer and business entrepreneur. He is best known for sitting in for Ringo Starr in the Beatles for eight concerts of the Beatles' 1964 world tour during the height of Beatlemania, elevating him from relative obscurity to worldwide fame and then back again in the space of a fortnight. Nicol had hoped that his association with the Beatles would greatly enhance his career but instead found that the spotlight moved away from him once Starr returned to the group, and in 1965 his subsequent lack of commercial success culminated in bankruptcy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmie Nicol has received more than 872,345 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmie Nicol is the 1,157th most popular musician (up from 1,210th in 2019), the 3,050th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,201st in 2019) and the 183rd most popular British Musician.

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  • 870k

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  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jimmie Nicol ranks 1,157 out of 3,175Before him are Country Joe McDonald, Big Bill Broonzy, Andrew Loog Oldham, Desmond Child, Ray Barretto, and Afrojack. After him are Abraham Laboriel, Rolf Løvland, Frankie Laine, Alexander Gradsky, Tony Joe White, and Mike Stern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Jimmie Nicol ranks 335Before him are Joseph Raz, Abdullah Ensour, Sushil Koirala, Michael Gothard, Robert Darnton, and Basil van Rooyen. After him are Vladimír Weiss, Maeve Binchy, Edwin Frederick O'Brien, Raymond J. Barry, Christodoulos of Athens, and Ferdinand Bracke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmie Nicol ranks 3,050 out of 8,785Before him are Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Samuel Baker (1821), Thomas Digges (1546), Ted Drake (1912), Dorothy Garrod (1892), and Frank Watson Dyson (1868). After him are Felicity Jones (1983), Roy Urquhart (1901), Gladys Cooper (1888), Jack Cardiff (1914), Richard Hakluyt (1552), and Konstantinos Paspatis (1878).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jimmie Nicol ranks 183Before him are Steven Wilson (1967), Paul Simonon (1955), Hank Marvin (1941), Anthony Phillips (1951), Geoff Nicholls (1948), and Andrew Loog Oldham (1944). After him are Jimmy Bain (1947), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Martin Barre (1946), Dave Holland (1948), Geoff Downes (1952), and Martin Birch (1948).