MUSICIAN

Vilayat Khan

1928 - 2004

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Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928[1] – 13 March 2004) was an Indian classical sitar player, considered by many to be the greatest sitarist of his age. Along with Imdad Khan, Enayat Khan, and Imrat Khan, he is credited with the creation and development of gayaki ang (a technique that emulates the vocal melisma of Hindustani classical music) on the sitar. He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilayat Khan has received more than 401,891 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Vilayat Khan is the 1,984th most popular musician (down from 1,838th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 45th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bangladeshi Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vilayat Khan ranks 1,984 out of 3,175. Before him are Eddie Jobson, Richie Hawtin, Ferry Corsten, Guy Pratt, Adam Yauch, and Rico Rodriguez. After him are Blind Boy Fuller, Boris Berezovsky, Josh Homme, Patricia Barber, Richard Fortus, and Clive Bunker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Vilayat Khan ranks 527. Before him are Dagmar Rom, Sheila Lerwill, George Maharis, Jerry Bock, Robert Byrne, and Manuel Muñoz. After him are Jean-François Deniau, Malachi Throne, Jean E. Sammet, Władysław Hasior, Cy Young, and Ernestine Anderson. Among people deceased in 2004, Vilayat Khan ranks 292. Before him are Yang Xinhai, Nirupa Roy, Fernando Poe Jr., Lea De Mae, Robert Bacher, and Arnold Orville Beckman. After him are George Hunter, Jacek Kaczmarski, Bill Pickering, Ruslan Gelayev, Lyudmila Shishova, and Custódio Pinto.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Vilayat Khan ranks 58 out of 74. Before him are Ahmed Sofa (1943), Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (1921), Abdul Quader Molla (1948), A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915), Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921), and Utpal Dutt (1929). After him are Runa Laila (1952), Geeta Dutt (1930), Bimal Roy (1909), Irene Khan (1956), Sarat Chandra Das (1849), and Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In Bangladesh

Among musicians born in Bangladesh, Vilayat Khan ranks 3. Before him are S. D. Burman (1906), and Allauddin Khan (1881).

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