MUSICIAN

Richard Tandy

1948 - 2024

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Richard Tandy (26 March 1948 – 1 May 2024) was an English musician. He was the full-time keyboardist in the band Electric Light Orchestra ("ELO"). His palette of keyboards (including Minimoog, Clavinet, Mellotron, and piano) was an important ingredient in the group's sound, especially on the albums A New World Record (1976), Out of the Blue (1977), Discovery (1979) and Time (1981). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Tandy has received more than 991,934 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Tandy is the 2,000th most popular musician (up from 2,052nd in 2019), the 5,062nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,052nd in 2019) and the 337th most popular British Musician.

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  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Tandy ranks 2,000 out of 3,175. Before her are Woody Shaw, Richard Barbieri, Sven Erik Kristiansen, Amjad Ali Khan, Magic Slim, and Jeff Ament. After her are Danny Kirwan, Dhafer Youssef, Gar Samuelson, Edwin Hawkins, Peter Baumann, and Mose Allison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Richard Tandy ranks 629. Before her are Saroj Khan, Pierre Rapsat, Calistrat Cuțov, Sergio Ahumada, Srgjan Kerim, and Lisbeth Korsmo. After her are Ang Rita, David Marks, Robert Taylor, Patricia A. McKillip, Marcia Strassman, and Adolfas Šleževičius. Among people deceased in 2024, Richard Tandy ranks 378. Before her are Edward C. Stone, Denílson Custódio Machado, James Sikking, John Haglelgam, Dorothy Allison, and Yves Herbet. After her are Kathryn Crosby, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Willi Giesemann, Willi Koslowski, Rupert Keegan, and Mahammed Dionne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Tandy ranks 5,062 out of 8,785. Before her are Pat Crerand (1939), Stuart Pearce (1962), William Adam (1689), John Connelly (1938), John Garstang (1876), and Thomas Brisbane (1773). After her are Albert Oldman (1883), George Butterworth (1885), Darren Shan (1972), Dannie Abse (1923), Sybil Thorndike (1882), and Noni Madueke (2002).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Tandy ranks 337. Before her are Richie Hawtin (1970), Guy Pratt (1962), Clive Bunker (1946), Jonny Buckland (1977), Mark King (1958), and Richard Barbieri (1957). After her are Danny Kirwan (1950), John Edwards (1953), Rod Temperton (1949), Philip Selway (1967), Jule Styne (1905), and Roger Taylor (1960).

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