SINGER

Pete Ham

1947 - 1975

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Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a lead vocalist of and composer for the 1970s rock band Badfinger, whose hit songs include "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue". He also co-wrote the ballad "Without You", a worldwide number-one hit for Harry Nilsson that has become a standard covered by hundreds of artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Ham has received more than 1,748,326 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pete Ham is the 1,147th most popular singer (up from 1,158th in 2019), the 3,134th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,328th in 2019) and the 116th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Pete Ham ranks 1,147 out of 4,381. Before him are Joséphine Fodor, Lian Ross, Bertrand Cantat, Jeanette MacDonald, Marko Perković, and James LaBrie. After him are Oliver Sykes, Usher, Lydia Lipkowska, Kati Kovács, Ute Lemper, and Cilla Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Pete Ham ranks 448. Before him are Dương Thu Hương, Giuseppe Betori, Margaret Geller, Wolfgang Flür, Philémon Yang, and Martin Ferrero. After him are Tristan Murail, Benjamin Orr, Klaus Dibiasi, Brian Herbert, Wilko Johnson, and Jan T. Gross. Among people deceased in 1975, Pete Ham ranks 168. Before him are James Blish, Arvo Askola, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, William Phillips, James Robertson Justice, and Krešimir Baranović. After him are Alf Andersen, Jacob Bjerknes, Maurice Feltin, Paul Verhoeven, Heinz Müller, and Nicolas Rossolimo.

Others Born in 1947

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Ham ranks 3,134 out of 8,785. Before him are M. R. James (1862), Thomas Bewick (1753), Geoff Downes (1952), Johnny Herbert (1964), Raphael Holinshed (1529), and Anne Bradstreet (1612). After him are Jamie Carragher (1978), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Robert Chambers (1802), Christopher Eccleston (1964), Martin Birch (1948), and John Steel (1941).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Pete Ham ranks 116. Before him are Genesis P-Orridge (1950), Sam Smith (1992), Peter Sinfield (1943), Chris Farlowe (1940), Siouxsie Sioux (1957), and James Arthur (1988). After him are Oliver Sykes (1986), Cilla Black (1943), David Sylvian (1958), Lonnie Donegan (1931), Paul Day (1956), and Marc Almond (1957).

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