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Richard Palmer-James

1947 - Today

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Richard William Palmer-James (born 11 June 1947) is an English guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. He may be best known as one of the founding members of Supertramp (playing guitar and songwriter); writing lyrics for several songs by the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s; and for writing lyrics for the 1985 hit "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra. Palmer-James was born in Meyrick Park, Bournemouth, where he got his start in the music business playing in various local bands: The Corvettes, The Palmer-James Group (formed with Alec James), Tetrad, and Ginger Man, all of which included John Wetton on bass and vocals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Palmer-James has received more than 271,001 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Palmer-James is the 1,276th most popular musician (up from 1,460th in 2019), the 3,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,761st in 2019) and the 204th most popular British Musician.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Palmer-James ranks 1,276 out of 2,662. Before him are Peter Tork, Randy Brecker, Jay Chou, Jo Jones, Leslie West, and Hariprasad Chaurasia. After him are Gackt, Jukka Nevalainen, Max Martin, Ron Asheton, Ole Beich, and Paquito D'Rivera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Palmer-James ranks 438. Before him are Emiel Puttemans, Ricardo Delgado, Hülya Koçyiğit, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Lydia Davis, and Giuseppe Betori. After him are Erik Olin Wright, Liu Yunshan, Benjamin Orr, Svetlana Bojković, John Larroquette, and Robert Hays.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Palmer-James ranks 3,364 out of 7,765. Before him are Rupert Friend (1981), Kay Kendall (1927), Harry Maguire (1993), David Wilkie (1785), Joe Jordan (1951), and W. W. Jacobs (1863). After him are Emily Mortimer (1971), Alex Kingston (1963), Ashley Montagu (1905), Joanne Whalley (1961), Edith Evans (1888), and David Lloyd (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Palmer-James ranks 204. Before him are Elton Dean (1945), Tony Kaye (1945), William Primrose (1904), Henry Litolff (1818), Andy Bown (1946), and Andrew Loog Oldham (1944). After him are Jon Hiseman (1944), Leslie Bricusse (1931), Clifford Curzon (1907), Alan White (1949), Liam Howlett (1971), and John Mayhew (1947).

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