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Skip Spence

1946 - 1999

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Alexander "Skip" Spence (born Alexander Lee Spence, Jr.; April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer-songwriter and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only solo album, Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Skip Spence has received more than 599,321 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Skip Spence is the 2,310th most popular singer (down from 1,997th in 2019), the 723rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 629th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Canadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Skip Spences by language

Over the past year Skip Spence has had the most page views in the with 73,897 views, followed by German (3,190), and French (3,114). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (87.27%), Egyptian Arabic (36.24%), and Basque (19.23%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Skip Spence ranks 2,310 out of 4,381. Before him are Diego el Cigala, Corey Hart, Maxi Priest, Lúcia Moniz, Usha Uthup, and Masha Rasputina. After him are Wendy, Bobby Goldsboro, Beatriz Luengo, Nina Åström, Martika, and Amy Grant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Skip Spence ranks 770. Before him are Doug Russell, Bishan Singh Bedi, Stuart Christie, Tim Thomerson, Kate McGarrigle, and Holly Woodlawn. After him are John Gribbin, Cameron Mackintosh, Al Lowe, John Trudell, Mike Wilds, and Ben Vereen. Among people deceased in 1999, Skip Spence ranks 313. Before him are Marguerite Chapman, Gene Siskel, Albert Charles Smith, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Ntsu Mokhehle, and Gene Sarazen. After him are Harry Blackmun, Marshall Wayne, Walter Payton, Mary Kay Bergman, Payne Stewart, and Walter Lini.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Skip Spence ranks 723 out of 1,622. Before him are Jeon So-mi (2001), Laura Vandervoort (1984), Beattie Ramsay (1895), Kate McGarrigle (1946), Deborah Ellis (1960), and Corey Hart (1962). After him are Tommy Gorman (1886), Missy Peregrym (1982), Tatiana Maslany (1985), Steve Yzerman (1965), Erik Mongrain (1980), and Ted Lindsay (1925).

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Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Skip Spence ranks 41. Before him are Barbara Hannigan (1971), Carly Rae Jepsen (1985), Paul Shaffer (1949), Jeon So-mi (2001), Kate McGarrigle (1946), and Corey Hart (1962). After him are Pierre Bouvier (1979), Cœur de pirate (1989), Natasha St-Pier (1981), La Zarra (1987), Nicole Appleton (1974), and Marc Martel (1976).

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