1936 - Today
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 1,348,822 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lee "Scratch" Perry is the 523rd most popular musician (down from 429th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 10th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jamaican Musician.
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Among musicians, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 523 out of 2,675. Before him are Josef Hofmann, Thom Yorke, Milton Nascimento, Salvatore Accardo, Paul Rodgers, and Billy Cobham. After him are Nick Simper, Glenn Frey, Robert Wyatt, Michel Petrucciani, Tommy Bolin, and Martin Birch.
1876 - 1957
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 517
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 518
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 519
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 520
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 521
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 522
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 523
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 524
1948 - 2016
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 525
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 526
1962 - 1999
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 527
1951 - 1976
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 528
1948 - 2020
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 529
Among people born in 1936, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 152. Before him are Philippe Sollers, Walter Koenig, Siw Malmkvist, Amr Moussa, André Kolingba, and William Levada. After him are Arend Lijphart, Hugh Hudson, Masashi Watanabe, Philip Kaufman, Walter Lewin, and Edén Pastora.
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 146
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 147
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 148
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 149
1936 - 2010
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 150
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 151
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 152
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 153
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 154
1936 - 1995
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 155
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 156
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 157
1936 - 2020
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 158
Among people born in Jamaica, Lee "Scratch" Perry ranks 12 out of 147. Before him are Marcus Garvey (1887), Stuart Hall (1932), Ben Johnson (1961), Violet Brown (1900), Jimmy Cliff (1948), and Patrick Ewing (1962). After him are Trevor Berbick (1954), Liz Mitchell (1952), Desmond Dekker (1941), Martine Beswick (1941), Stephen Hopkins (1958), and Merlene Ottey (1960).
1887 - 1940
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 6
1932 - 2014
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 8
1900 - 2017
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 11
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 12
1954 - 2006
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 13
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 14
1941 - 2006
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 16
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 17
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 18
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), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Sean Paul (1973), Prince Buster (1938), King Tubby (1941), Horace Andy (1951), Monty Alexander (1944), Ziggy Marley (1968), and Damian Marley (1978).
1945 - 1981
HPI: 88.07
Rank: 1
1944 - 1987
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 2
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 3
1941 - 2006
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 5
1973 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 6
1938 - 2016
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 7
1941 - 1989
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 11
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 12