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Kevin Ayers

1944 - 2013

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Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, Bridget St John, John Cale, Elton John, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Nico and Ollie Halsall, among others. After living for many years in Deià, Mallorca, he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s before moving to the south of France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kevin Ayers is the 866th most popular singer (down from 786th in 2019), the 2,786th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,363rd in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kevin Ayers ranks 866 out of 4,381. Before him are Jimmy Somerville, Ville Valo, Lyudmila Zykina, Camillo Felgen, Mikel Laboa, and Hozier. After him are Henriette Sontag, Andrew Ridgeley, Shaggy, Alan Tam, Julio Jaramillo, and Cat Power.

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Among people born in 1944, Kevin Ayers ranks 364. Before him are Manuela Carmena, Yang Song-guk, Susan Howard, Peter Jason, Jim Gray, and Ard Schenk. After him are Peter Lynch, Leonard Peltier, John Flanagan, Džemaludin Mušović, Glen Cook, and Robert Mueller. Among people deceased in 2013, Kevin Ayers ranks 207. Before him are Jim Hall, Aslan Usoyan, Vlatko Marković, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Iain Banks, and Gérard de Villiers. After him are Jeff Hanneman, Olga Gyarmati, Tommy Morrison, Gerda Lerner, Miguel Poblet, and Arik Einstein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kevin Ayers ranks 2,787 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), Henry Pottinger (1789), Ronnie Clayton (1934), Charles James Fox (1749), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), and John Wood (1930). After him are Thomas Wright (1711), Ed Davey (1965), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), William Robert Grove (1811), and Robert Catesby (1573).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Kevin Ayers ranks 101. Before him are Peter Sinfield (1943), James Blunt (1974), Chris Lowe (1959), Peter Frampton (1950), Nick Kamen (1962), and Jimmy Somerville (1961). After him are Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Paul Young (1956), Arthur Brown (1942), Ian Dury (1942), Alfred Deller (1912), and Biff Byford (1951).

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