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MUSICIAN

Marty Balin

1942 - 2018

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Martyn Jerel Buchwald (January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018), known as Marty Balin (), was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder/leader and one of the lead singers and songwriters of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marty Balin has received more than 1,819,013 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Marty Balin is the 996th most popular musician (up from 1,118th in 2019), the 4,885th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,546th in 2019) and the 355th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Marty Balin ranks 996 out of 2,662Before him are Jimmy Reed, Yoshiki, Big Bill Broonzy, Marky Ramone, Alexi Laiho, and Eberhard Weber. After him are Tommy Johnson, Yvonne Loriod, Markos Vamvakaris, Barry Harris, Martin Barre, and Colin Burgess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Marty Balin ranks 332Before him are Emília Vášáryová, Ghada al-Samman, Petar Nadoveza, Wu Ma, Adolf Ogi, and Ion Drîmbă. After him are Anneke Grönloh, Doğu Perinçek, Jerry Sloan, Gillian Rubinstein, Fred Thompson, and Hannelore Elsner. Among people deceased in 2018, Marty Balin ranks 227Before him are Morris Halle, Shinobu Hashimoto, René Houseman, Dragutin Šurbek, Shehu Shagari, and Hans Günter Winkler. After him are Anneke Grönloh, Abbas, Geoff Emerick, Tony Joe White, Connie Sawyer, and Edgar Hilsenrath.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marty Balin ranks 4,885 out of 18,182Before him are Shirley Jones (1934), Minnie Riperton (1947), Isabella Karle (1921), Chandra Wilson (1969), Louise Bryant (1885), and Irving Cummings (1888). After him are Tommy Johnson (1896), Taylor Lautner (1992), Rooney Mara (1985), William Masters (1915), Rachael Harris (1968), and Charles Martin Smith (1953).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Marty Balin ranks 355Before him are Larry Carlton (1948), Jorma Kaukonen (1940), Kenny Burrell (1931), Jimmy Reed (1925), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), and Marky Ramone (1952). After him are Tommy Johnson (1896), Barry Harris (1929), Floyd Council (1911), Hugh McDonald (1950), Al Jardine (1942), and Phil Woods (1931).