MUSICIAN

Scott Walker

1943 - 2019

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Noel Scott Engel (January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019), better known by his stage name Scott Walker, was an American-British singer-songwriter and record producer who resided in England. Walker was known for his emotive voice and his unorthodox stylistic path which took him from being a teen pop icon in the 1960s to an avant-garde musician from the 1980s to his death. Walker's success was largely in the United Kingdom, where he achieved fame as a member of pop trio the Walker Brothers, who scored several hit singles, including two number ones, during the mid-1960s, while his first four solo albums reached the top ten during the later part of the decade, with the second, Scott 2, reaching number one in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Walker has received more than 790,312 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Scott Walker is the 787th most popular musician, the 3,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,966th in 2019) and the 247th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Scott Walker ranks 787 out of 3,175. Before him are Jean-Luc Ponty, Andi Deris, Grover Washington Jr., Jan Johansson, Haruomi Hosono, and Mick Fleetwood. After him are Allan Holdsworth, Stewart Copeland, Diana Krall, Julie Guicciardi, Pinchas Zukerman, and Krist Novoselic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Scott Walker ranks 284. Before him are Antal Dunai, Gary Burton, Kirin Kiki, Grover Washington Jr., Ramón Grosso, and Ignacio Ramonet. After him are Valerie Perrine, Frederick Chiluba, Penny Marshall, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Hyams, and Larry Clark. Among people deceased in 2019, Scott Walker ranks 194. Before him are Negasso Gidada, Jean Guillou, José José, Robert Evans, Sadako Ogata, and Pal Benko. After him are Rudi Gutendorf, Bob Hawke, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Chelo Alonso, Jean-Pierre Mocky, and Charles Jencks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Walker ranks 3,987 out of 20,380. Before him are Queen Latifah (1970), Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968), Patsy Cline (1932), Shirley Jones (1934), Robert Motherwell (1915), and Tammi Terrell (1945). After him are Arnold Rothstein (1882), Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), Maureen Stapleton (1925), Nancy Spungen (1958), Stewart Copeland (1952), and Richard C. Sarafian (1930).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Scott Walker ranks 247. Before him are Bob Seger (1945), Sam Phillips (1923), Earl Hines (1903), Billy Sheehan (1953), Gary Burton (1943), and Grover Washington Jr. (1943). After him are Stewart Copeland (1952), Krist Novoselic (1965), Marky Ramone (1952), T-Bone Walker (1910), Todd Rundgren (1948), and Pharoah Sanders (1940).

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