MUSICIAN

Rod Temperton

1949 - 2016

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Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) was an English songwriter, producer and musician. Temperton was the keyboardist and main songwriter for the 1970s pop music, disco and funk band Heatwave, writing songs including "Star of a Story", "Always and Forever", "Boogie Nights", and "The Groove Line". After he was recruited by record producer Quincy Jones, he wrote several successful singles for Michael Jackson, including "Thriller", "Off the Wall", and "Rock with You". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rod Temperton has received more than 1,885,449 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rod Temperton is the 2,017th most popular musician (down from 1,842nd in 2019), the 5,101st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,616th in 2019) and the 340th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rod Temperton ranks 2,017 out of 3,175. Before him are Tracii Guns, Alla Rakha, Sam Rivers, Alphonso Johnson, Debbi Peterson, and Robert Gordon. After him are Reb Beach, Dwight Yoakam, Pau Donés, Kristen Pfaff, Slim Whitman, and David Lindley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Rod Temperton ranks 622. Before him are Jiří Drahoš, Montxo Armendáriz, Percy Rojas, David Abulafia, Chicão, and Claudia Kolb. After him are Peter Kern, Brian Kidd, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Anne-Marie Lizin, Gregory Areshian, and Anna-Maria Müller. Among people deceased in 2016, Rod Temperton ranks 497. Before him are Gloria DeHaven, Kōji Wada, Mose Allison, Antonina Seredina, Cléber Santana, and Medea Jugeli. After him are Erwin Hahn, Ernestine Anderson, Andrew Sachs, Joseph Mascolo, Ashot Anastasian, and Anatoli Isayev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rod Temperton ranks 5,101 out of 8,785. Before him are Louise Lombard (1970), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Herbert Roper Barrett (1873), Rebecca Solomon (1832), John Addington Symonds (1840), and Sam Heughan (1980). After him are Sophie Thompson (1962), Peter Wright (1970), Heather Mills (1968), Charles Sheffield (1935), E. W. Hornung (1866), and Mark Jones (1933).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Rod Temperton ranks 340. Before him are Jonny Buckland (1977), Mark King (1958), Richard Barbieri (1957), Richard Tandy (1948), Danny Kirwan (1950), and John Edwards (1953). After him are Philip Selway (1967), Jule Styne (1905), Roger Taylor (1960), Nick Lowe (1949), Paul Oakenfold (1963), and Brian Bennett (1940).

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