MUSICIAN

Mick Avory

1944 - Today

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Michael Charles Avory (born 15 February 1944) is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer and percussionist for the English rock band the Kinks. He joined them shortly after their formation in 1964 and remained with them until 1984, when he left amid creative friction with guitarist Dave Davies. He is the longest-serving member of the band, apart from the Davies brothers. He is also the most prolific member, again apart from the Davies brothers, who has played on twenty studio albums or nearly all of the band's creative output. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mick Avory has received more than 772,147 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mick Avory is the 1,657th most popular musician (down from 1,417th in 2019), the 4,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,694th in 2019) and the 264th most popular British Musician.

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  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mick Avory ranks 1,657 out of 3,175. Before her are Heath, Erykah Badu, ASAP Rocky, Maxim Vengerov, Hossein Alizadeh, and Gail Ann Dorsey. After her are J. B. Lenoir, Paul Kalkbrenner, Mia Zapata, Brian Littrell, Darude, and Pepper Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Mick Avory ranks 564. Before her are Orlando Martínez, Ken Howard, Gabriele Kuby, Russi Taylor, Yuriy Istomin, and Manfred Schmid. After her are Giorgi Sichinava, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Fannie Flagg, Mary Wilson, Pierre Trentin, and Earl Monroe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mick Avory ranks 4,245 out of 8,785. Before her are John Loder (1898), Robin Hill (1899), Peter Mark Roget (1779), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), John Morley (1838), and Elisabeth Sladen (1946). After her are Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Richard Overy (1947), Octavia Hill (1838), Dexter Fletcher (1966), Owain Gwynedd (1100), and Roger Ascham (1515).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mick Avory ranks 264. Before her are Myra Hess (1890), Gavin Harrison (1963), Andy White (1930), Ray Thomas (1941), Richard Palmer-James (1947), and Maxi Jazz (1957). After her are Richey Edwards (1967), Glenn Cornick (1947), Alex Turner (1986), Peter Hook (1956), Steve Clark (1960), and William Primrose (1904).

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