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Lee "Scratch" Perry

1936 - 2021

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Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music with his early adoption of remixing and studio effects to create new instrumental or vocal versions of existing reggae tracks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee "Scratch" Perry has received more than 1,609,999 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Lee "Scratch" Perry is the 328th most popular musician (up from 523rd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jamaican Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 328 out of 2,662. Before him are Salif Keita, Albert King, Scott McKenzie, Ry Cooder, André Previn, and John Densmore. After him are Ray Conniff, Carl Michael Bellman, Ram Narayan, Nicko McBrain, Dave Murray, and Robby Krieger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 96. Before him are Raymond Poulidor, Nino Castelnuovo, Wilfried Martens, Hideki Shirakawa, Wolf Biermann, and Solomon Burke. After him are Christine Nöstlinger, Christiane Martel, Didier Ratsiraka, James Mirrlees, Nicos Poulantzas, and Al Oerter. Among people deceased in 2021, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 119. Before him are Djivan Gasparyan, Marion Ramsey, Kenneth Kaunda, Franco Battiato, Christian Boltanski, and Jimmy Greaves. After him are Dusty Hill, Yaphet Kotto, Carmen Salinas, Olympia Dukakis, Didier Ratsiraka, and Justo Gallego Martínez.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 9 out of 168. Before him are Grace Jones (1948), Usain Bolt (1986), Peter Tosh (1944), Stuart Hall (1932), Jimmy Cliff (1948), and Marcus Garvey (1887). After him are Ben Johnson (1961), Liz Mitchell (1952), Trevor Berbick (1954), Violet Brown (1900), Patrick Ewing (1962), and Madge Sinclair (1938).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 3. Before him are Bob Marley (1945) and Peter Tosh (1944). After him are Desmond Dekker (1941), Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Prince Buster (1938), Monty Alexander (1944), King Tubby (1941), Horace Andy (1951), Ziggy Marley (1968), and Damian Marley (1978).

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