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John Wetton

1949 - 2017

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John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. Although he was left handed, he was known as a dexterous right handed Bass player and had a booming Baritone voice. He joined the band Family in 1971 for a short time before joining King Crimson in 1972. After the breakup of King Crimson at the end of 1974, Wetton was in progressive rock and hard rock bands including Roxy Music (1974–1975), Uriah Heep (1975–1976), U.K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wetton has received more than 1,909,258 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Wetton is the 559th most popular singer (down from 473rd in 2019), the 1,824th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,701st in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Singer.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, John Wetton ranks 559 out of 4,381. Before him are Chubby Checker, Czesław Niemen, Nino Ferrer, Stephen Stills, Evert Taube, and Adelina Patti. After him are DMX, Alexis Korner, Achinoam Nini, Sibel Can, Tito Schipa, and Dado Topić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Wetton ranks 185. Before him are Rasim Delić, Ronnie Hellström, Robert Palmer, David Foster, George Friedman, and Franco Causio. After him are Lindsey Buckingham, Dado Topić, Keith Carradine, Rick Wakeman, Andranik Margaryan, and Pierre Buyoya. Among people deceased in 2017, John Wetton ranks 164. Before him are Étienne Tshisekedi, Kate Millett, Viktor Gorbatko, Maryam Mirzakhani, Predrag Matvejević, and Raymond Smullyan. After him are Miloslav Vlk, Christine Keeler, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Angry Grandpa, Igor Volk, and Roger Walkowiak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wetton ranks 1,824 out of 8,785. Before him are Sid Watkins (1928), Dick Francis (1920), Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Christopher Priest (1943), Matthew Paris (1200), and Leo Genn (1905). After him are Andrew Irvine (1902), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Thomas Beecham (1879), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Adam Sedgwick (1785), and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, John Wetton ranks 65. Before him are Kathleen Ferrier (1912), Geri Halliwell (1972), Kim Wilde (1960), Paul Di'Anno (1958), Keith Flint (1969), and Shakin' Stevens (1948). After him are James Blunt (1974), Ronnie Biggs (1929), Mary Hopkin (1950), Julian Lennon (1963), Adele (1988), and Graham Bonnet (1947).

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