MUSICIAN

Ronnie Lane

1946 - 1997

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Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Small Faces (1965–69) and Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in 1965 after meeting Steve Marriott, with whom he subsequently wrote many of their hit singles including "All or Nothing", "Itchycoo Park" and "Lazy Sunday". After Marriott left Small Faces in 1968, band members Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones were joined by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood to form Faces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronnie Lane has received more than 1,892,640 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Ronnie Lane is the 1,544th most popular musician (down from 1,539th in 2019), the 4,026th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,982nd in 2019) and the 248th most popular British Musician.

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  • 19

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  • 2.24

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  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ronnie Lane ranks 1,544 out of 3,175Before him are Joe Hahn, Rick Allen, Warren Zevon, Noel Rosa, John Legend, and Anders Johansson. After him are Jason Orange, Randy Edelman, Arthur Crudup, Dennis Brain, Matthias Reim, and Richie Ramone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ronnie Lane ranks 564Before him are Oldřich Machač, Nader Al-Dahabi, Lajos Koltai, Ken Starr, José Lai, and Sergio Gori. After him are Attila Abonyi, Dimitrij Rupel, Julie Garwood, Jeff Sessions, Giorgos Koudas, and Héctor Veira. Among people deceased in 1997, Ronnie Lane ranks 251Before him are Henry Vestine, Kiki Kogelnik, Reinhard Lauck, Ivor Allchurch, Tamara Makarova, and Georgi Yumatov. After him are Pilar Miró, Lars Ahlin, Maria Wittek, Michael Manley, Frank Parker, and Edward Gardère.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronnie Lane ranks 4,026 out of 8,785Before him are Steve McClaren (1961), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Michael Heseltine (1933), Chris Lawrence (1933), William Hemsley (1843), and Tom Richards (1910). After him are Geoff Lees (1951), Arthur St. Clair (1737), Harry Stafford (1869), Jason Orange (1970), Alistair Overeem (1980), and Douglas Slocombe (1913).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ronnie Lane ranks 248Before him are Michael Giles (1942), Maxim (1967), John Powell (1963), Robin Trower (1945), David Cross (1949), and Rick Allen (1963). After him are Jason Orange (1970), Dennis Brain (1921), John Sykes (1959), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), John Martyn (1948), and Thomas Ravenscroft (1592).