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Pete Burns

1959 - 2016

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Peter Jozzeppi Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English singer, songwriter and television personality who formed the band Dead or Alive in 1980 during the new wave era and was the band's lead vocalist. Dead or Alive sold over 17 million albums and 36 million singles worldwide, and their 1985 hit "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" was produced by the trio Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) and became their first UK No. 1 hit single. Dead or Alive's first three albums all reached the UK Top 30, with Youthquake reaching the Top 10. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Burns is the 1,070th most popular musician (down from 872nd in 2019), the 3,038th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,429th in 2019) and the 187th most popular British Musician.

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Among musicians, Pete Burns ranks 1,070 out of 3,175. Before him are Tony Visconti, Lauryn Hill, Mantovani, Würzel, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, and Louis Diémer. After him are Michael Angelo Batio, Amy Lee, Clem Burke, Peter Banks, Sophie Menter, and Kid Ory.

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Among people born in 1959, Pete Burns ranks 200. Before him are Soumya Swaminathan, Carlos Vila Nova, Lee Haney, Toshihiko Okimune, Dominique Dunne, and Wavel Ramkalawan. After him are Ettore Messina, Naoji Ito, Antonio Pappano, Cindy Blackman Santana, Blixa Bargeld, and Marcus Miller. Among people deceased in 2016, Pete Burns ranks 260. Before him are Nicole Courcel, Alan Thicke, Nate Thurmond, Michel Delpech, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Ernst Neizvestny. After him are Signe Toly Anderson, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Paul Kantner, Sharon Jones, Vladimir Zeldin, and Jon Polito.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Burns ranks 3,039 out of 8,785. Before him are Ralph H. Fowler (1889), Paul Johnson (1928), Margaret of England (1240), Daniel Oliver (1830), Clare Torry (1947), and Howard Webb (1971). After him are Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Amanda Tapping (1965), Danny Murphy (1977), Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924), and Henry Ireton (1611).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Pete Burns ranks 187. Before him are Andrew Latimer (1949), Paul Simonon (1955), Carl Cox (1962), George Shearing (1919), James Galway (1939), and Würzel (1949). After him are Peter Banks (1947), Ray Davies (1944), John McVie (1945), Anthony Phillips (1951), Gerald Moore (1899), and Phil Manzanera (1951).

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