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Richard Manuel

1943 - 1986

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Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in the Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Manuel's singing alternated between a soul-influenced baritone that drew frequent comparisons to Ray Charles and a delicate falsetto. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Manuel has received more than 2,564,221 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Manuel is the 1,325th most popular musician (up from 1,651st in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Canada (up from 467th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Manuel ranks 1,325 out of 3,175. Before him are John Mayhew, Bernard Sumner, Michel Camilo, Chrisye, Steve Hogarth, and Jon Hiseman. After him are John Myung, Paweł Mąciwoda, George Jones, Wayne Kramer, Ketil Bjørnstad, and Brad Delson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Richard Manuel ranks 449. Before him are Lucius Shepard, Brian Hyland, Xaviera Hollander, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Andrej Bajuk, and Jean-Louis Bruguès. After him are József Csatári, Orlando de la Torre, Manfred Eicher, Ricardo Pavoni, Günther Beckstein, and Norman Hunter. Among people deceased in 1986, Richard Manuel ranks 200. Before him are Constantin Stanciu, John Alcott, Gerhard Rohlfs, John D. MacDonald, Gedeon Barcza, and Vilmos Kohut. After him are Raymond Abellio, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, László Lékai, Vicente Trueba, Alexander Ostrowski, and Francisco Mignone.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Richard Manuel ranks 347 out of 1,622. Before him are George Chuvalo (1937), William Kahan (1933), Len Cariou (1939), Victor Jory (1902), Arthur Meighen (1874), and Brian Orser (1961). After him are Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Harry Saltzman (1915), Donal Logue (1966), Hal Foster (1892), Bernie Shaw (1956), and Tommy Burns (1881).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Richard Manuel ranks 18. Before him are Diana Krall (1964), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), Bob Rock (1954), and Rick Danko (1943). After him are Garth Hudson (1937), Geddy Lee (1953), Alex Lifeson (1953), Daniel Lanois (1951), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), and Calixa Lavallée (1842).

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