MUSICIAN

Tony Thompson

1954 - 2003

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Anthony Theodore Thompson (November 15, 1954 – November 12, 2003) was an American session drummer best known as the drummer of the Power Station and a member of Chic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Thompson has received more than 35,597 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Thompson is the 2,032nd most popular musician (up from 2,109th in 2019), the 10,564th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,071st in 2019) and the 799th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tony Thompson ranks 2,032 out of 3,175. Before him are Luca Turilli, Philip Selway, Jule Styne, Roger Taylor, Roger Miller, and Salil Chowdhury. After him are David Gates, Hiromi Uehara, Jimmy Webb, Hiro Yamamoto, Iva Bittová, and Paul Winter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Tony Thompson ranks 519. Before him are Valery Garkalin, Ann Cleeves, Cass Sunstein, Hans-Henrik Ørsted, Ed Powers, and Don Coscarelli. After him are Gérard Soler, Vasily Tsibliyev, Alan Hollinghurst, Alla Kudlai, Gina Rinehart, and Ludwik Dorn. Among people deceased in 2003, Tony Thompson ranks 331. Before him are Ottorino Volonterio, Pierre Blondiaux, Éva Janikovszky, Georgi Vladimov, Marie Maynard Daly, and Vera Zorina. After him are John Aston Sr., Rachel Corrie, Grigory Mkrtychan, Rajko Žižić, Trevor Ford, and Sheb Wooley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Thompson ranks 10,564 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Howey (1977), Audrey Hollander (1979), Hope Emerson (1897), Hasim Rahman (1972), Alan Curtis (1909), and Terry Kiser (1939). After him are Edith Massey (1918), Bob Lanier (1948), David Dixon Porter (1813), Shirley Stobs (1942), Timothy Weah (2000), and Bobby Rahal (1953).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tony Thompson ranks 799. Before him are Reb Beach (1963), Dwight Yoakam (1956), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Slim Whitman (1923), David Lindley (1944), and Roger Miller (1936). After him are David Gates (1940), Jimmy Webb (1946), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Paul Winter (1939), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), and Roy Bittan (1949).

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