MUSICIAN

Rick Davies

1944 - Today

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Richard Davies (born 22 July 1944) is an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp. Davies was its only constant member, and composed some of the band's best known songs, including "Rudy", "Bloody Well Right", "Crime of the Century" , "From Now On", "Ain't Nobody But Me", "Gone Hollywood", "Goodbye Stranger", "Just Another Nervous Wreck", "Cannonball", and "I'm Beggin' You". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Davies has received more than 1,153,469 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Rick Davies is the 700th most popular musician (down from 486th in 2019), the 2,080th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,591st in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rick Davies by language

Over the past year Rick Davies has had the most page views in the with 170,063 views, followed by German (22,567), and French (22,197). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (80.89%), Egyptian Arabic (57.14%), and Bosnian (41.23%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rick Davies ranks 700 out of 3,175. Before him are Lee Morgan, Rufus Wainwright, Steve Lukather, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Louis Prima, and Hide. After him are Jerry Garcia, Jeff Buckley, Eric Dolphy, Robert Hausmann, Elmore James, and Menahem Pressler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rick Davies ranks 276. Before him are Lucía Topolansky, Richard Belzer, Peter Bieri, Raoul Lambert, Carl Bernstein, and Joseph Boakai. After him are Rick Barry, Andrew G. Vajna, Jan-Carl Raspe, Whitfield Diffie, Elmar Wepper, and David Rasche.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rick Davies ranks 2,080 out of 8,785. Before him are Marion Chesney (1936), David Byrne (1952), Roderick Murchison (1792), Frank Finlay (1926), James Herriot (1916), and Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182). After him are Princess Eugenie of York (1990), Joan of the Tower (1321), Chris Menges (1940), Thomas Andrews (1813), Robert Fortune (1812), and Anthony Dawson (1916).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Rick Davies ranks 127. Before him are Eric Woolfson (1945), Chas Chandler (1938), Robert Smith (1959), Alan Price (1942), Bill Bruford (1949), and The Edge (1961). After him are Peter Hammill (1948), Liam Gallagher (1972), John Illsley (1949), Rick Astley (1966), Hilton Valentine (1943), and Steve Jones (1955).

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