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Nicky Hopkins

1944 - 1994

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Nicholas Christian Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. He performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, including on songs recorded by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Hollies, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Badfinger, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Donovan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicky Hopkins has received more than 1,508,784 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicky Hopkins is the 997th most popular singer (down from 768th in 2019), the 2,857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,440th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nicky Hopkins ranks 997 out of 4,381. Before him are Marija Šerifović, Manuel García, LL Cool J, Larin Paraske, Reba McEntire, and Charli XCX. After him are Daniel Balavoine, Sandra Kim, Licia Albanese, Jimi Jamison, Miyuki Nakajima, and Bleona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nicky Hopkins ranks 397. Before him are Boz Scaggs, Jean-François Stévenin, Max Romeo, Ard Schenk, Ali Benflis, and Haruhiko Kuroda. After him are Tony Visconti, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Abaz Arslanagić, Pedro de Felipe, Peter Lynch, and Yoshio Kikugawa. Among people deceased in 1994, Nicky Hopkins ranks 192. Before him are Helen Stephens, Maximilian von Edelsheim, Erich Buschenhagen, Ștefan Dobay, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, and Jānis Krūmiņš. After him are Ralph Ellison, Grigol Abashidze, Lili Damita, Lilia Skala, Norman Read, and Robert Rozhdestvensky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicky Hopkins ranks 2,857 out of 8,785. Before him are Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Ian Paisley (1926), R. M. Hare (1919), Charli XCX (1992), and Cenwalh of Wessex (601). After him are Edwin of Northumbria (586), Jackie Burroughs (1939), Edward Granville Browne (1862), John Biscoe (1794), Johnny Claes (1916), and Tom Ellis (1978).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Nicky Hopkins ranks 103. Before him are Melanie C (1974), Harry Styles (1994), Alfred Deller (1912), Clare Torry (1947), Ice MC (1965), and Charli XCX (1992). After him are Peter Pears (1910), Paul Weller (1958), Emma Bunton (1976), Nik Kershaw (1958), Andy Bell (1964), and Jerome Flynn (1963).

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