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John Cale

1942 - Today

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John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone, classical, avant-garde and electronic music. He studied music at Goldsmiths College, University of London (UoL), before relocating in 1963 to New York City's downtown music scene, where he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music and formed the Velvet Underground. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cale has received more than 3,347,021 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia. John Cale is the 186th most popular musician (up from 218th in 2019), the 713th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 845th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Musician.

John Cale is most famous for being a founding member of the Velvet Underground.

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  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Cale ranks 186 out of 3,175. Before him are Rudolf Schenker, Duff McKagan, Bernard Haitink, Rory Gallagher, Muddy Waters, and Nam June Paik. After him are John Paul Jones, Alicia Keys, Giovanni Battista Martini, Emil Gilels, Roger Whittaker, and Dr. Alban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Cale ranks 82. Before him are Maurizio Pollini, Muhammadu Buhari, Junichiro Koizumi, Peter Greenaway, Hissène Habré, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. After him are Jean-Claude Trichet, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Valeri Polyakov, George Jung, Donna Leon, and Maria Kaczyńska.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Cale ranks 713 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Oliver Reed (1938), John Gurdon (1933), Offa of Mercia (800), and John Franklin (1786). After him are James Macpherson (1736), John Paul Jones (1946), George Darwin (1845), William Byrd (1543), Kenny Dalglish (1951), and Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, John Cale ranks 45. Before him are Chris Slade (1946), Tony Iommi (1948), George Martin (1926), Brian Eno (1948), Ian Paice (1948), and Bill Wyman (1936). After him are John Paul Jones (1946), Amy Winehouse (1983), Ken Hensley (1945), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Cliff Williams (1949), and Alan Parsons (1948).

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