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Peter Tork

1942 - 2019

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Peter Halsten Thorkelson (February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019), better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor. He was best known as the bass guitarist and keyboardist of the Monkees and co-star of the NBC television series of the same name (1966–68). Tork grew up in Connecticut, and in the mid-1960s as part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York City, he befriended musician Stephen Stills. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Tork has received more than 4,881,359 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Tork is the 1,270th most popular musician (up from 1,430th in 2019), the 6,287th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,125th in 2019) and the 475th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Tork ranks 1,270 out of 2,662. Before him are Mark Isham, Imants Kalniņš, Luther Allison, Adrian Vandenberg, Ray Parker Jr., and Monty Alexander. After him are Randy Brecker, Jay Chou, Jo Jones, Leslie West, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Richard Palmer-James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Peter Tork ranks 420. Before him are Jonathan Williams, Vinicio Cerezo, Ariel Dorfman, Lola Falana, John Ashcroft, and Dobromir Zhechev. After him are Ramiro de León Carpio, Lutz D. Schmadel, Donald Rayfield, Dith Pran, Ferenc Kiss, and James Soong. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Tork ranks 296. Before him are Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Gyoji Matsumoto, Babiker Awadalla, Thomas Remengesau Sr., Harold Brown, and Paolo Sardi. After him are Manfred Burgsmüller, Egon Zimmermann, Med Hondo, Erik Olin Wright, Beth Carvalho, and Jorma Kinnunen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Tork ranks 6,287 out of 18,182. Before him are Ted Raimi (1965), Pat O'Brien (1899), Roger Maris (1934), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), Ted Meredith (1891), and Monte Hellman (1932). After him are Albert Dekker (1905), Larry Nassar (1963), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Richard Bong (1920), Randy Brecker (1945), and William Cullen Bryant (1794).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Peter Tork ranks 475. Before him are John Myung (1967), Memphis Slim (1915), Bernie Leadon (1947), Mark Isham (1951), Luther Allison (1939), and Ray Parker Jr. (1954). After him are Randy Brecker (1945), Jo Jones (1911), Leslie West (1945), Ron Asheton (1948), Randy Jackson (1961), and Benjamin Orr (1947).

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