MUSICIAN

Ronnie Drew

1934 - 2008

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Joseph Ronald Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who had a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners. He sang lead vocals on the singles "Seven Drunken Nights" and "The Irish Rover", which both charted in the UK top 10 and were performed on TOTP. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronnie Drew has received more than 835,055 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ronnie Drew is the 1,002nd most popular musician (up from 1,121st in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 168th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Irish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ronnie Drew ranks 1,002 out of 3,175. Before him are Levon Helm, Chester Thompson, Glen Matlock, Paul Bley, Mark St. John, and Woody Herman. After him are Selda Bağcan, John Williams, Dennis Stratton, Helen Merrill, Brian Connolly, and Pío Leyva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ronnie Drew ranks 261. Before him are Cammie King, Jackie Wilson, Inger Stevens, Yūjirō Ishihara, Johnny Haynes, and Aliki Vougiouklaki. After him are Luis Héctor Villalba, Otis Rush, Phan Văn Khải, Maurice Godelier, Vladislao Cap, and Murtaza Rakhimov. Among people deceased in 2008, Ronnie Drew ranks 182. Before him are Choi Jin-sil, Gary Gygax, Lennart Bergelin, Võ Văn Kiệt, Marlyn Meltzer, and Ken Ogata. After him are Antonio Innocenti, John Templeton, Ferenc Fejtő, Fujio Akatsuka, Ahmed al-Mirghani, and Yuri Rytkheu.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Ronnie Drew ranks 155 out of 549. Before him are Eddie Jordan (1948), Edna O'Brien (1930), Michael William Balfe (1808), Brendan Behan (1923), William Howard Russell (1820), and Jane Wilde (1821). After him are Edward Sabine (1788), Herbert Brenon (1880), William Orpen (1878), John de Robeck (1862), George Browne (1698), and Mary Harris Jones (1837).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ireland

Among musicians born in Ireland, Ronnie Drew ranks 8. Before him are Rory Gallagher (1948), Dolores O'Riordan (1971), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Sally Oldfield (1947), Aphex Twin (1971), and Moya Brennan (1952). After him are Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Paddy Moloney (1938), Brian Downey (1951), Louis Walsh (1952), Sharon Corr (1970), and Jim Corr (1964).

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