1949 - 2016
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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Among musicians, Rod Temperton ranks 1,849 out of 2,662. Before 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.
1943 - 2018
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 1,843
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 1,844
1997 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 1,845
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 1,846
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 1,847
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 1,848
1949 - 2016
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 1,849
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 1,850
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 1,851
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 1,852
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 1,853
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 1,854
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 1,855
Among people born in 1949, Rod Temperton ranks 542. Before 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 439. Before 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.
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 536
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 537
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 538
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 539
1949 - 1996
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 540
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 541
1949 - 2016
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 542
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 543
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 544
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 545
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 546
1949 - 2019
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 547
1949 - 2010
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 548
1922 - 2016
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 433
1924 - 2016
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 434
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 435
1938 - 2016
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 436
1935 - 2016
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 437
1933 - 2016
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 438
1949 - 2016
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 439
1962 - 2016
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 440
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 441
1959 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 442
1955 - 2016
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 443
1922 - 2016
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 444
1918 - 2016
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 445
Among people born in United Kingdom, Rod Temperton ranks 4,626 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 4,620
1909 - 1982
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 4,621
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 4,622
1990 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 4,623
1927 - 2013
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 4,624
1936 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 4,625
1949 - 2016
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 4,626
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 4,627
1829 - 1890
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 4,628
1811 - 1878
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 4,629
1932 - 2000
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 4,630
1799 - 1859
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 4,631
1906 - 2001
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 4,632
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Rod Temperton ranks 317. Before 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).
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 311
1944 - 2019
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 312
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 313
1967 - 2008
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 314
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 315
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 316
1949 - 2016
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 317
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 318
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 319
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 320
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 321
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 322
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 323