MUSICIAN

Phil Lesh

1940 - Today

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Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of Grateful Dead family music with side project Phil Lesh and Friends, which paid homage to the Dead's music by playing their repertoire, as well songs of the members of his own group. Lesh operated a music venue called Terrapin Crossroads. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Lesh has received more than 1,708,572 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Phil Lesh is the 2,271st most popular musician (down from 2,060th in 2019), the 12,058th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,749th in 2019) and the 919th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Phil Leshes by language

Over the past year Phil Lesh has had the most page views in the with 209,838 views, followed by German (5,597), and Japanese (2,958). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (66.40%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (36.59%), and Egyptian Arabic (35.58%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Phil Lesh ranks 2,271 out of 3,175Before him are Jason White, Kenny Garrett, Alex Gaudino, Meredith Brooks, Conrad Lant, and Leon Wilkeson. After him are Simon Kirke, Samoth, José González, Alison Krauss, Billy Powell, and André 3000.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Phil Lesh ranks 573Before him are John Hagee, Kiyoshi Tanabe, Miguel Ángel Loayza, Fontella Bass, Kenneth Clarke, and James Burrows. After him are Otacílio Gonçalves, Carole Ann Ford, Billy Fury, Mike Melvill, Trevor Nunn, and Mike Troy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phil Lesh ranks 12,058 out of 20,380Before him are Claudia Jennings (1949), Leon Wilkeson (1952), Chuck Daigh (1923), Brian Hallisay (1978), Hudson Leick (1969), and Al Sharpton (1954). After him are Salli Richardson (1967), Genesis Rodriguez (1987), Kathleen Sebelius (1948), Hank Greenberg (1911), Daniel Frank (1882), and Lacey Chabert (1982).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Phil Lesh ranks 919Before him are Aaron Burckhard (1963), Dennis Chambers (1959), Jason White (1973), Kenny Garrett (1960), Meredith Brooks (1958), and Leon Wilkeson (1952). After him are Alison Krauss (1971), Billy Powell (1952), André 3000 (1975), Michael Romeo (1968), Art Taylor (1929), and Erich Kunzel (1935).