MUSICIAN

Tony Banks

1950 - Today

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Anthony George Banks (born 27 March 1950) is an English musician primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo studio albums that range through progressive rock, pop, and classical music. Banks co-founded Genesis in 1967 while studying at Charterhouse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Banks has received more than 60,288 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Tony Banks is the 648th most popular musician (up from 789th in 2019), the 1,941st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,269th in 2019) and the 119th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tony Banks ranks 648 out of 3,175. Before him are Joe Pass, Steve Gadd, Moondog, Mikhail Pletnev, Gerry Mulligan, and David Knopfler. After him are Gerd Albrecht, Pierre Rode, Manfred Mann, Andrea Guarneri, Marcus Miller, and Christian Ferras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Tony Banks ranks 159. Before him are Bruce Boxleitner, Anton Ondruš, Thorbjørn Jagland, Mary Hopkin, Joyce Banda, and Josipa Lisac. After him are Humberto Coelho, Haris Alexiou, Richard Bandler, Jim Beaver, Krzysztof Wielicki, and Yumi Umeoka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Banks ranks 1,941 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Whitfield (1971), Arthur Rostron (1869), David Knopfler (1952), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), and Edward Vernon (1684). After him are John Wyndham (1903), Robert Darwin (1766), Peter Crouch (1981), F. H. Bradley (1846), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), and John Cockerill (1790).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Tony Banks ranks 119. Before him are Steve Howe (1947), Clive Burr (1957), Damon Albarn (1968), Mike Rutherford (1950), Ian Hill (1952), and David Knopfler (1952). After him are Roger Hodgson (1950), Eric Woolfson (1945), Chas Chandler (1938), Robert Smith (1959), Alan Price (1942), and Bill Bruford (1949).

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