MUSICIAN

Tim Hardin

1941 - 1980

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James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own popularity, several of his songs were hits for other artists including If I Were a Carpenter, Reason to Believe and Misty Roses. Hardin grew up in Oregon and had no interest in school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Hardin has received more than 941,800 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tim Hardin is the 1,368th most popular musician (down from 1,237th in 2019), the 6,827th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,145th in 2019) and the 487th most popular American Musician.

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  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tim Hardin ranks 1,368 out of 3,175Before him are Mal Waldron, Patrick Moraz, Lasse Holm, Bill Monroe, Gackt, and Kenney Jones. After him are Josef Lhévinne, Roy Wood, Marin Alsop, Michel Sogny, Rhoma Irama, and Andreas Kisser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Tim Hardin ranks 418Before him are Michael Berry, Karl Dall, Allal Benkassou, Lester Bowie, Zalman King, and Howden Ganley. After him are Max Baucus, Kurt Axelsson, Gianfranco Terenzi, Václav Mašek, Alf Clausen, and Gilbert Kaplan. Among people deceased in 1980, Tim Hardin ranks 216Before him are Heikki Liimatainen, Rostislav Alexeyev, Finn Ronne, Humberto Tozzi, Nikos Xilouris, and Anna Jantar. After him are Carlo Annovazzi, Pedro Vallana, Erast Garin, Sahir Ludhianvi, Rudolf Bürger, and Max Miedinger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim Hardin ranks 6,827 out of 20,380Before him are Ann Druyan (1949), Richard Lugar (1932), Jonathan Larson (1960), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Dolores Hart (1938), and Rachel Bilson (1981). After him are Maurice Greene (1974), Seth Green (1974), Horatio Alger (1832), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), C. L. Moore (1911), and Martin Donovan (1957).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tim Hardin ranks 487Before him are Wynton Marsalis (1961), Memphis Slim (1915), Tony Scott (1921), Lester Bowie (1941), Mal Waldron (1925), and Bill Monroe (1911). After him are Marin Alsop (1956), Mark Lanegan (1964), Ron Asheton (1948), Edgar Winter (1946), Curtis Fuller (1934), and Joe Sample (1939).