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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. Since leaving the band in 1968, Cale has released seventeen solo studio albums, including the widely acclaimed Paris 1919 (1973) and Music for a New Society (1982). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cale has received more than 3,088,063 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia. John Cale is the 218th most popular musician (down from 186th in 2019), the 846th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 754th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Musician.

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

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  • 60.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

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  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Cale ranks 218 out of 2,662Before him are Lenny Kravitz, Bill Haley, Dr. Alban, Pete Townshend, Duff McKagan, and Lucio Dalla. After him are J. J. Cale, Leslie Cheung, Mike Shinoda, Billy Idol, Romano Mussolini, and Stéphane Grappelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Cale ranks 95Before him are Conrad Schumann, Giuseppe Bertello, Mike Markkula, Geneviève Bujold, António Lobo Antunes, and Pál Schmitt. After him are Terry Jones, Manolo Blahnik, Mike Newell, Maria Kaczyńska, Robert H. Grubbs, and John McLaughlin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Cale ranks 846 out of 7,765Before him are Owen Tudor (1400), Peter Finch (1916), Robert Graves (1895), Richard Hamilton (1922), Anthony James Leggett (1938), and Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764). After him are John Cockcroft (1897), Damon Hill (1960), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), W. H. Auden (1907), and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, John Cale ranks 49Before him are Brian Eno (1948), George Martin (1926), John Paul Jones (1946), Ian Paice (1948), Amy Winehouse (1983), and Pete Townshend (1945). After him are Billy Idol (1955), Ken Hensley (1945), John Mayall (1933), Keith Moon (1946), John McLaughlin (1942), and Steve Harris (1956).

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