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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 1,619,790 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Pete Ham is the 1,162nd most popular singer (up from 1,254th in 2019), the 3,336th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,566th in 2019) and the 126th most popular British Singer.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Pete Ham ranks 1,162 out of 3,528. Before him are Gangubai Hangal, Anouk, Carlos Vives, Laila Kinnunen, Azis, and Lhasa de Sela. After him are Natalie Imbruglia, Jeanette MacDonald, Salvador Sobral, James Arthur, Elissa, and Bob Benny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Pete Ham ranks 430. Before him are Keri Hulme, Lupita Ferrer, Klaus Dibiasi, Yuri Matiyasevich, Abraham Laboriel, and Chung Un-chan. After him are Bernie Leadon, Emiel Puttemans, Ricardo Delgado, Hülya Koçyiğit, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, and Lydia Davis. Among people deceased in 1975, Pete Ham ranks 171. Before him are Dave Alexander, Antonín Vodička, Max Lorenz, Javier Ambrois, Lajos Steiner, and Arvo Askola. After him are Nicolas Rossolimo, Victor Marijnen, Paul Peter Meouchi, Otto Winzer, Harold Osborn, and Boris Babochkin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Ham ranks 3,336 out of 7,765. Before him are George Chapman (1559), Peter Bonetti (1941), Conleth Hill (1964), Charles Shaughnessy (1955), Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), and Matthew Goode (1978). After him are Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Johnny Claes (1916), Ian Abercrombie (1934), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), and James Arthur (1988).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Pete Ham ranks 126. Before him are Alison Moyet (1961), Mel B (1975), Biff Byford (1951), Dave Davies (1947), Siouxsie Sioux (1957), and Sheena Easton (1959). After him are James Arthur (1988), Ian Hunter (1939), Ireen Sheer (1949), Lisa Stansfield (1966), Oliver Sykes (1986), and Spencer Davis (1939).

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