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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 3,674,744 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kate Pierson is the 1,176th most popular musician (down from 1,117th in 2019), the 5,767th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,444th in 2019) and the 413th most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kate Pierson ranks 1,176 out of 3,175. Before her are Jorma Kaukonen, Terry Bozzio, Aurèle Nicolet, Renato Zero, Big Joe Turner, and Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga. After her are Linda Perry, Dave Holland, Paul Gilbert, Marty Balin, Barry Hay, and Wolfgang Flür.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Kate Pierson ranks 373. Before her are JoBeth Williams, You Si-kun, Régis Wargnier, Wu Den-yih, Akira Emoto, and Christopher Guest. After her are Philippe Sarde, Anthony Andrews, Dave Holland, Abdulqawi Yusuf, Barry Hay, and Bernhard Russi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kate Pierson ranks 5,767 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Dorn (1952), Florence Lee (1888), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Richard Posner (1939), Stephen F. Austin (1793), and Noah Wyle (1971). After her are Mary Wickes (1910), David Spade (1964), Helen Prejean (1939), Laura Hope Crews (1879), George Pickett (1825), and Frederic Rzewski (1938).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kate Pierson ranks 413. Before her are Frankie Laine (1913), Tony Joe White (1943), Mike Stern (1953), Jorma Kaukonen (1940), Terry Bozzio (1950), and Big Joe Turner (1911). After her are Linda Perry (1965), Paul Gilbert (1966), Marty Balin (1942), Joe Henderson (1937), John Abercrombie (1944), and Taylor Hawkins (1972).

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