MUSICIAN

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 302,887 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Palmer-James is the 1,647th most popular musician (down from 1,273rd in 2019), the 4,218th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,356th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Palmer-James ranks 1,647 out of 3,175. Before him are Ara Malikian, Iryna Bilyk, Peter Buck, Baaba Maal, Tomatito, and Rob Bourdon. After him are Ryo Kawasaki, Digital Underground, Maxi Jazz, Heath, Erykah Badu, and ASAP Rocky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Palmer-James ranks 601. Before him are Peter Osgood, Ricardo Delgado, Blagoje Paunović, David Rigert, Ephraïm Inoni, and Abdulhashim Mutalov. After him are Ryo Kawasaki, José Luis Cuerda, Gennadiy Seleznyov, Gregory Chaitin, Thomas Christopher Collins, and Richard Overy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Palmer-James ranks 4,218 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Herrick (1591), Anita Roddick (1942), Kenneth Frampton (1930), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), and Antonia Fraser (1932). After him are Annie S. D. Maunder (1868), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Amira Casar (1971), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), John Beazley (1885), and Maxi Jazz (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Palmer-James ranks 262. Before him are Steve Hillage (1951), John Foxx (1948), Myra Hess (1890), Gavin Harrison (1963), Andy White (1930), and Ray Thomas (1941). After him are Maxi Jazz (1957), Mick Avory (1944), Richey Edwards (1967), Glenn Cornick (1947), Alex Turner (1986), and Peter Hook (1956).

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