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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 2,371,653 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Manuel is the 1,656th most popular musician (down from 1,487th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Canada (down from 391st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Manuel ranks 1,656 out of 2,662. Before him are Sid Wilson, Jack White, Alison Sudol, Derek Bailey, Maxim Vengerov, and Herbert Stothart. After him are Randy Edelman, Sammy Cahn, Stefan Olsdal, Curtis Fuller, Doug Aldrich, and Kim Fowley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Richard Manuel ranks 502. Before him are Charles H. Bennett, Kaoru Ikeya, Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Ingrid Gulbin, Marita Lange, and Mick Abrahams. After him are Liu Chao-shiuan, Pavel Lednyov, Vladimir Fedotov, Lasse Holm, James Herbert, and Mike Ratledge. Among people deceased in 1986, Richard Manuel ranks 221. Before him are Robert Alda, Snorri Hjartarson, Ria Baran, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Yukiko Okada, and Domingo García. After him are Adolf Brudes, Noboru Terada, Sonny Terry, Albert Scherrer, Alberto Zorrilla, and Una Merkel.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Richard Manuel ranks 468 out of 1,350. Before him are Farley Mowat (1921), Rick Genest (1985), George Woodcock (1912), Mary Harron (1953), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), and Wilfred Lucas (1871). After him are Lorne Michaels (1944), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Sarah Carter (1980), Thomas Middleditch (1982), Ivan Koloff (1942), and Shawn Ashmore (1979).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Richard Manuel ranks 24. Before him are Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Calixa Lavallée (1842), Daniel Lanois (1951), Alex Lifeson (1953), and Rick Danko (1943). After him are Kenny Wheeler (1930), Garth Hudson (1937), Devin Townsend (1972), Jeff Healey (1966), Sarah McLachlan (1968), and Angela Hewitt (1958).

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