MUSICIAN

Tony Visconti

1944 - Today

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Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's "Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of many hits in collaboration with Marc Bolan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Visconti has received more than 2,042,787 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Visconti is the 1,061st most popular musician (down from 1,017th in 2019), the 5,197th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,974th in 2019) and the 353rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tony Visconti ranks 1,061 out of 3,175Before him are Buddy Bolden, Johann Peter Salomon, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Conny Plank, Tete Montoliu, and Pat Smear. After him are Sterling Morrison, János Bihari, Fats Navarro, Marcel Moyse, Bonnie Raitt, and Louis Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Tony Visconti ranks 398Before him are Jean-François Stévenin, Max Romeo, Ard Schenk, Ali Benflis, Haruhiko Kuroda, and Nicky Hopkins. After him are Willeke van Ammelrooy, Abaz Arslanagić, Pedro de Felipe, Peter Lynch, Yoshio Kikugawa, and Sandra Bem.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Visconti ranks 5,197 out of 20,380Before him are Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), and Reba McEntire (1955). After him are Ken Walsh (1945), Andrew Davis (1946), William Porter (1926), Alan Ruck (1956), Harry Cohn (1891), and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tony Visconti ranks 353Before him are John Lurie (1952), Jack Irons (1962), Johnny Thunders (1952), Tyler, the Creator (1991), Buddy Bolden (1877), and Pat Smear (1959). After him are Sterling Morrison (1942), Fats Navarro (1923), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Louis Jordan (1908), Kid Ory (1886), and Ronnie Radke (1983).