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, vocalist, songwriter and producer. He was the original guitarist in the rock band Yes, Flash, and Empire; he was also a guitarist for The Syn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Banks has received more than 636,584 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Banks is the 1,047th most popular musician (up from 1,049th in 2019), the 2,811th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,805th in 2019) and the 176th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peter Banks by language

Over the past year Peter Banks has had the most page views in the with 78,719 views, followed by German (8,115), and Spanish (7,328). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (66.86%), Arabic (47.21%), and Southern Azerbaijani (30.07%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Banks ranks 1,047 out of 3,175Before 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 393Before 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 253Before 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 2,811 out of 8,785Before 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).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Banks ranks 176Before 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).