MUSICIAN

Peter Banks

1947 - 2013

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Peter William Brockbanks (15 July 1947 – 7 March 2013), known professionally as Peter Banks, was a British guitarist. He was the original guitarist in the rock bands Yes, Flash, and Empire; he was also a guitarist for The Syn. Banks has been described as "the architect of progressive music". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Banks has received more than 721,042 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Banks is the 1,048th most popular musician (up from 1,049th in 2019), the 2,812th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,805th in 2019) and the 176th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Banks ranks 1,048 out of 3,175. Before him are Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Geoff Emerick, Gary Thain, Estas Tonne, Gary Barlow, and Paul Chambers. After him are Ralph Kirkpatrick, John Lurie, Jack Irons, Johnny Thunders, Karl Doppler, and DJ Kool Herc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Peter Banks ranks 393. Before him are Prince Hassan bin Talal, Bunny Wailer, Jaroslav Pollák, Deborah Lipstadt, Clare Torry, and Ian Ashley. After him are Takeshi Urata, Danilo Popivoda, Małgorzata Braunek, Tadahiko Ueda, Kakhi Asatiani, and Kembo Uba Kembo. Among people deceased in 2013, Peter Banks ranks 253. Before him are Hasse Jeppson, Aleksei Balabanov, Ceija Stojka, Rentarō Mikuni, Jonathan Winters, and Julien Ries. After him are Olga Gyarmati, Kumar Pallana, Sarah Kirsch, Zhuang Zedong, Viktor Tsybulenko, and Israel Gutman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Banks ranks 2,812 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Baker (1934), Geoff Emerick (1945), Ellen Terry (1847), Gary Barlow (1971), Jim Ratcliffe (1952), and Thomas Girtin (1775). After him are Janet McTeer (1961), Effie Gray (1828), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Arthur Holmes (1890), Francis Crozier (1796), and Bob Fitzsimmons (1863).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Banks ranks 176. Before him are Trevor Pinnock (1946), John McVie (1945), Andrew Latimer (1949), Ray Davies (1944), Geoff Emerick (1945), and Gary Barlow (1971). After him are Steven Wilson (1967), Paul Simonon (1955), Hank Marvin (1941), Anthony Phillips (1951), Geoff Nicholls (1948), and Andrew Loog Oldham (1944).

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