MUSICIAN

Lyle Mays

1953 - 2020

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Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lyle Mays has received more than 619,502 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Lyle Mays is the 1,597th most popular musician (down from 1,496th in 2019), the 8,021st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,493rd in 2019) and the 586th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lyle Mays by language

Over the past year Lyle Mays has had the most page views in the with 69,581 views, followed by German (9,126), and Japanese (7,686). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (67.55%), Egyptian Arabic (39.47%), and Esperanto (37.77%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lyle Mays ranks 1,597 out of 3,175Before her are Michael Anthony, D. J. Fontana, Neal Schon, Alice Tegnér, Ola Brunkert, and Thomas Ravenscroft. After her are Hank Snow, Derek Sherinian, Biréli Lagrène, Johnny Dodds, Larry Williams, and Didier Lockwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Lyle Mays ranks 371Before her are Peter Firth, Ella Pamfilova, Peter Garrett, Colin Hay, David Thompson, and David Thornton. After her are Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Carol Thatcher, Vijay Amritraj, Jocelerme Privert, Julia Navarro, and Zigmantas Balčytis. Among people deceased in 2020, Lyle Mays ranks 505Before her are Charles Moore, Nathan Zach, Spencer Davis, Sergei Slonimsky, Mario Chaldú, and Suhaila Siddiq. After her are Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Cabeção, Johnny Mandel, Damián Iguacén Borau, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and Arkady Andreasyan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lyle Mays ranks 8,021 out of 20,380Before her are Christina Maslach (1946), Samuel J. Tilden (1814), Laura Leighton (1968), Edwin Starr (1942), Robert Yerkes (1876), and A. P. Hill (1825). After her are Robert Ridgway (1850), Derek Sherinian (1966), Adam McKay (1968), Kay Francis (1905), Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), and Helene Madison (1913).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Lyle Mays ranks 586Before her are Dion DiMucci (1939), Neal Hefti (1922), Barry McGuire (1935), Michael Anthony (1954), D. J. Fontana (1931), and Neal Schon (1954). After her are Derek Sherinian (1966), Johnny Dodds (1892), Larry Williams (1935), Johnny Mandel (1925), Memphis Minnie (1897), and James P. Johnson (1894).