MUSICIAN

Manuel Göttsching

1952 - 2022

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Manuel Göttsching (9 September 1952 – 4 December 2022) was a German musician and composer. As the leader of the groups Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra in the 1970s and 80s, as well as a solo artist, he was one of the most influential guitarists of the Krautrock (also known as Kosmische Musik) genre. He also participated in the Cosmic Jokers sessions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Göttsching has received more than 249,722 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Göttsching is the 1,463rd most popular musician (down from 1,442nd in 2019), the 4,797th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,286th in 2019) and the 86th most popular German Musician.

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  • 54.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Manuel Göttsching ranks 1,463 out of 3,175. Before him are Yuri Bashmet, David Tudor, Clifford Curzon, Leslie West, Michael Nesmith, and Alexander Rosenbaum. After him are Oliver Nelson, Beth Gibbons, Ted Gärdestad, Billy Hart, Joe Morello, and Karl Logan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Manuel Göttsching ranks 409. Before him are Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai, Anna Sui, Ján Kubiš, Vaughan Jones, Didi Senft, and Jim Wetherbee. After him are David Richards, Didier Raoult, Mustafa Cerić, Michael Behe, Jorge Luis Pinto, and Brian Gottfried. Among people deceased in 2022, Manuel Göttsching ranks 385. Before him are Juan Amat, Betty Davis, Hebe de Bonafini, Dagny Carlsson, Hudson Austin, and Man of the Hole. After him are Franco Frattini, Ramsey Lewis, Eduard Kukan, David McKee, Maria Gusakova, and Ravil Maganov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Manuel Göttsching ranks 4,797 out of 7,253. Before him are Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808), Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Willy Busch (1907), Ludwig Thoma (1867), Peter Härtling (1933), and Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis (1960). After him are Tino Chrupalla (1975), Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1946), Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1694), Melchior von Diepenbrock (1798), Hermann Hirt (1865), and Markus Rühl (1972).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Manuel Göttsching ranks 86. Before him are Francis Buchholz (1954), Jörg Michael (1963), Reinhold Mack (1901), Theodore Thomas (1835), Georg Kulenkampff (1898), and Roland Grapow (1959). After him are Nick Menza (1964), Matthias Reim (1957), Tré Cool (1972), Peter Baltes (1958), Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948), and Paul Kalkbrenner (1977).

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