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Pat Metheny

1954 - Today

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Patrick Bruce Metheny ( mə-THEE-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, latin jazz, and jazz fusion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat Metheny has received more than 2,965,788 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pat Metheny is the 493rd most popular musician (down from 483rd in 2019), the 2,585th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,600th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pat Metheny ranks 493 out of 3,175. Before him are Gregor Piatigorsky, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Toquinho, Dick Taylor, Wojciech Żywny, and Ginette Neveu. After him are Ole Bull, Gato Barbieri, Loreena McKennitt, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Wilder, and Robert de Visée.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Pat Metheny ranks 105. Before him are Rafael Orozco Maestre, Sergey Naryshkin, Annie Sprinkle, Abdelilah Benkirane, Dieter Müller, and Chris Noth. After him are Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Cindy Sherman, Trevor Berbick, Steven Pinker, Francisco Guterres, and Neil Tennant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat Metheny ranks 2,585 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Napier (1936), Bonnie Bedelia (1948), Kelly Bishop (1944), Wally Schirra (1923), Joan Cusack (1962), and Lily Tomlin (1939). After him are Lewis Hine (1874), Robert Gates (1943), Roscoe Arbuckle (1887), Herbert Blumer (1900), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), and Miguel Ferrer (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Pat Metheny ranks 141. Before him are James Ingram (1952), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Matt Cameron (1962), Archie Shepp (1937), Peter Cetera (1944), and Willy DeVille (1950). After him are Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Chad Smith (1961), Suzanne Vega (1959), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), Jason Newsted (1963), and James Taylor (1948).

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