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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 1,724,536 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Rod Temperton is the 1,849th most popular musician (down from 1,786th in 2019), the 4,626th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,395th in 2019) and the 317th most popular British Musician.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 42.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rod Temperton ranks 1,849 out of 2,662Before him are Edwin Hawkins, Vilayat Khan, Bang Chan, Richie Kotzen, Steve Rothery, and Danny Carey. After him are Joe Lovano, Alison Krauss, Ferry Corsten, David Gates, Brian Downey, and Victor Wooten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Rod Temperton ranks 542Before him are Dennis Taylor, Marc Garneau, Hildegard Falck, Erwin Kremers, Mavuba Mafuila, and Roy Bittan. After him are Debra Monk, Isabel Celaá, Bwanga Tshimen, Bobby Clarke, Eddie Money, and Zbigniew Gut. Among people deceased in 2016, Rod Temperton ranks 439Before him are Roberto Lovera, Arthur Harnden, Clyde Lovellette, Jean-Marie Doré, Aki Schmidt, and Raúl Sánchez. After him are Stephen Keshi, Kiichirō Furukawa, Francisco Flores Pérez, Klaus Siebert, William Schallert, and Gunnel Vallquist.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rod Temperton ranks 4,626 out of 7,765Before him are Jayne Torvill (1957), Dorothy Round (1909), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), Dominic Sherwood (1990), Alan Bridges (1927), and Andrew Davies (1936). After him are Chris Menges (1940), Catherine Booth (1829), George Gilbert Scott (1811), Malcolm Bradbury (1932), Eliza Acton (1799), and Abraham Beame (1906).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Rod Temperton ranks 317Before him are Dave Hill (1946), Neil Innes (1944), Lily Allen (1985), Richey Edwards (1967), Jeremy Spencer (1948), and Steve Rothery (1959). After him are Richard Barbieri (1957), Rupert Holmes (1947), Clive Bunker (1946), Nick Lowe (1949), Gem Archer (1966), and Ray Cooper (1947).