MUSICIAN

Pete Shelley

1955 - 2018

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Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Shelley has received more than 1,293,643 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Shelley is the 2,627th most popular musician (down from 2,464th in 2019), the 6,436th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,913th in 2019) and the 422nd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pete Shelley ranks 2,627 out of 3,175. Before her are Renaud Capuçon, Jad Fair, Tony Rice, L.A. Reid, John Cooper, and Laurent Wolf. After her are Daniel Erlandsson, Lustmord, Petri Lindroos, Omar Rodríguez-López, Dave Abbruzzese, and Nigel Godrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Pete Shelley ranks 670. Before her are Polly Draper, Paul Ginsparg, Richard Burr, Masakazu Suzuki, Prakash Padukone, and Gulshan Grover. After her are Dietmar Schauerhammer, Eric Allman, Raghubar Das, Catherine Asaro, Linda Martín Alcoff, and Raymond Benson. Among people deceased in 2018, Pete Shelley ranks 583. Before her are Vanessa Marquez, Adrian Lamo, Javier Otxoa, Maryon Pittman Allen, Andreas Kappes, and Peter Thompson. After her are Boris Kokorev, Samuel Bodman, Wendy Beckett, Chelsi Smith, Charles Krauthammer, and Paul Meister.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Shelley ranks 6,436 out of 8,785. Before her are Ben Wheatley (1972), Graham Watson (1956), Sandy Turnbull (1884), Peter Thompson (1942), William Hewson (1739), and Joey Batey (1989). After her are Robert Green (1980), George Monbiot (1963), Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Lustmord (1964), Poly Styrene (1957), and David Miliband (1965).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Pete Shelley ranks 422. Before her are Justin Chancellor (1971), Don Letts (1956), Alex James (1968), Dave Rowntree (1964), John Newman (1990), and Barry Adamson (1958). After her are Lustmord (1964), Nigel Godrich (1971), Andy Sneap (1969), Stuart Adamson (1958), Bill Steer (1969), and KT Tunstall (1975).

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