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Kevin Ayers

1944 - 2013

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Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, Bridget St John, John Cale, Elton John, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Nico and Ollie Halsall, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Ayers has received more than 842,048 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Kevin Ayers is the 785th most popular singer (down from 702nd in 2019), the 2,363rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,290th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kevin Ayers ranks 785 out of 4,381. Before him are Richard Anthony, Lila Downs, Piero Cappuccilli, Massimo Ranieri, Birthe Wilke, and Verka Serduchka. After him are Kurt Moll, Dave Matthews, Nora Brockstedt, Michel Delpech, Jennifer Warnes, and Miliza Korjus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Kevin Ayers ranks 318. Before him are Haim Saban, Rebecca Horn, Pierre Bachelet, Yitzhak Mordechai, Klaus Fichtel, and Raymond Moody. After him are Momčilo Perišić, Takeshi Ono, José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Orhan Gencebay, Günter Verheugen, and Thom Mayne. Among people deceased in 2013, Kevin Ayers ranks 204. Before him are Halton Arp, Martin Koeman, Ivan Bodiul, Gerrie Mühren, Jimmy Fontana, and Josip Kuže. After him are Joanna Chmielewska, Ignacio Eizaguirre, Lothar Bisky, Eric Ericson, Józef Glemp, and Ricardo María Carles Gordó.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kevin Ayers ranks 2,363 out of 8,785. Before him are John Owen (1616), Phil Read (1939), John Michell (1724), Derek Warwick (1954), Trevor Francis (1954), and Abraham Darby I (1678). After him are Tony Cragg (1949), John Brunner (1934), George Dawe (1781), Robert Catesby (1573), Kelly Brook (1979), and June Almeida (1930).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Kevin Ayers ranks 84. Before him are Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Ian Dury (1942), Paul Young (1956), Limahl (1958), Nick Kamen (1962), and Jimmy Somerville (1961). After him are Fish (1958), Midge Ure (1953), Kiki Dee (1947), Peter Frampton (1950), Liam Payne (1993), and Blaze Bayley (1963).

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