MUSICIAN

Phil Manzanera

1951 - Today

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Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams (born 31 January 1951), known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801 and Quiet Sun. In 2006, Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On an Island, and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Manzanera has received more than 908,869 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Phil Manzanera is the 962nd most popular musician (up from 1,079th in 2019), the 2,604th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,879th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Phil Manzaneras by language

Over the past year Phil Manzanera has had the most page views in the with 108,089 views, followed by Spanish (21,313), and Italian (11,710). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (99.35%), Ukrainian (43.89%), and Romanian (36.56%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Phil Manzanera ranks 962 out of 3,175Before him are Mantovani, Sean Paul, Sammy Hagar, Scott Travis, Amy Lee, and Fou Ts'ong. After him are Simon Wright, Dave Lombardo, Moya Brennan, Theodor Kullak, Barney Kessel, and Peter Brötzmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Phil Manzanera ranks 235Before him are Bernie Marsden, Alexei Uchitel, Muhammed Faris, Iván Fischer, Dave Benton, and Ramón Puerta. After him are Radia Perlman, Steve Perryman, Andrei Kozyrev, Alfredo Astiz, Cheryl Ladd, and John Gray.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Phil Manzanera ranks 2,604 out of 8,785Before him are Amelia Dyer (1837), Constance Markievicz (1868), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), John Crawfurd (1783), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), and Caradoc (470). After him are Simon Wright (1963), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Gary Neville (1975), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), and Henry Pottinger (1789).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Phil Manzanera ranks 162Before him are James Galway (1939), Johnny Clegg (1953), George Shearing (1919), Bernie Marsden (1951), Simon Phillips (1957), and Ian McDonald (1946). After him are Simon Wright (1963), Phil Campbell (1961), Dick Parry (1942), Glen Matlock (1956), Dennis Stratton (1952), and Brian Connolly (1945).