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Kate Pierson

1948 - Today

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Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born April 27, 1948) is an American singer, lyricist, and founding member of the B-52s. She plays guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments. In the early years, as well as being a vocalist, Pierson was the main keyboard player and performed on a keyboard bass during live shows and on many of the band's recordings, taking on a role usually filled by a bass guitar player, which differentiated the band from their contemporaries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kate Pierson has received more than 3,437,922 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Kate Pierson is the 1,120th most popular musician (down from 1,117th in 2019), the 5,456th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,542nd in 2019) and the 411th most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kate Pierson ranks 1,120 out of 2,662. Before her are Dan Balan, Donald Fagen, Åse Kleveland, Moriz Rosenthal, Anthony Phillips, and Peter Tägtgren. After her are Reinhold Mack, Lita Ford, Red Garland, Ronnie Drew, Gram Parsons, and Moya Brennan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Kate Pierson ranks 343. Before her are Fred Hampton, Ana Mendieta, Jean-Pierre Monseré, Marisol, Robert Holdstock, and Donald Fagen. After her are Sinéad Cusack, Louis Raphaël I Sako, Rula Ghani, Enver Marić, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, and Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kate Pierson ranks 5,456 out of 18,182. Before her are Harry Carey (1878), Ivanka Trump (1981), Henry Carr (1941), Hill Harper (1966), Roger Sherman (1721), and Robert R. Livingston (1746). After her are Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Ralph Hartley (1888), Karl Lashley (1890), Leif Erickson (1911), and Lane Smith (1936).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kate Pierson ranks 411. Before her are Ross the Boss (1954), Johnny Hodges (1906), Lauryn Hill (1975), Gene Clark (1944), Matt Sorum (1960), and Donald Fagen (1948). After her are Red Garland (1923), Gram Parsons (1946), Clark Terry (1920), Harry James (1916), Tom Hamilton (1951), and Scott Travis (1961).

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