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Nathan East

1955 - Today

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Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass guitarist and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from the University of California, San Diego (1978). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathan East has received more than 901,783 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Nathan East is the 1,278th most popular musician (down from 1,072nd in 2019), the 6,297th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,213th in 2019) and the 452nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Nathan East ranks 1,278 out of 3,175. Before him are Markus Grosskopf, Emanuel Ax, Terry Melcher, Blind Blake, Oliver Shanti, and Herbie Mann. After him are Horst Stein, Edoardo Bennato, Stan Kenton, Trevor Rabin, José Cura, and Nigel Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Nathan East ranks 274. Before him are Dawood Ibrahim, Joaquín Caparrós, Marina Sirtis, Robert Richardson, Milan Bandić, and Piedad Córdoba. After him are John Wesley Shipp, Steven Culp, Andrei Gavrilov, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Galina Lukashenko, and Val McDermid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathan East ranks 6,297 out of 20,380. Before him are Nolan Ryan (1947), Eudora Welty (1909), Edward Livingston (1764), David Wayne (1914), William Stokoe (1919), and Herbie Mann (1930). After him are John Wesley Shipp (1955), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Morton Gould (1913), Stan Kenton (1911), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), and Holt McCallany (1963).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Nathan East ranks 452. Before him are Lee Ritenour (1952), Paul Gray (1972), Vinnie Paul (1964), Terry Melcher (1942), Blind Blake (1893), and Herbie Mann (1930). After him are Stan Kenton (1911), Joshua Bell (1967), Bob James (1939), Patti Scialfa (1953), Jim Keltner (1942), and Randy Brecker (1945).

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