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Peter Tork

1942 - 2019

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Peter Halsten Thorkelson (February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019), better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor. He was best known as the bass guitarist and keyboardist of the Monkees and co-star of the NBC television series of the same name (1966–68). Tork grew up in Connecticut, and in the mid-1960s as part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York City, he befriended musician Stephen Stills. After moving to Los Angeles with Stills, he auditioned for a new musical television sitcom, The Monkees. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Tork is the 1,782nd most popular musician (down from 1,573rd in 2024), the 9,469th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,905th in 2019) and the 681st most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Peter Tork ranks 1,782 out of 3,175. Before him are Yegor Letov, José Antonio Labordeta, Herb Ellis, Avishai Cohen, Joe Morello, and Rex Brown. After him are Bart Berman, Vitamin C, Yoko Shimomura, Elizabeth Cotten, Bob Brookmeyer, and Tom Harrell.

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Among people born in 1942, Peter Tork ranks 584. Before him are Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Allan Clarke, Robert Costanzo, Joanna Pettet, Edwin Starr, and Douglas Trumbull. After him are Johnny Rivers, Custódio Pinto, David Lange, Asha Parekh, Herbert Gruber, and Walter Rodney. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Tork ranks 450. Before him are Maximilian Raub, Akitsugu Konno, Tim Conway, Neville Lederle, Erik Hartsuiker, and Heather Harper. After him are Ivan Bortnik, Julie Gibson, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Sidney Verba, Donald Kalpokas, and Borka Pavićević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Tork ranks 9,471 out of 20,380. Before him are Ricky Jay (1946), Michael Parenti (1933), Jenni Rivera (1969), Russell Westbrook (1988), Martin Eberhard (1960), and Richard Dysart (1929). After him are Will Yun Lee (1971), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Vitamin C (1972), Harvey Korman (1927), Tom M. Apostol (1923), and Pete Wilson (1933).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Peter Tork ranks 681. Before him are Mike Mills (1958), Chuck Mangione (1940), Camilla Wicks (1928), Herb Ellis (1921), Joe Morello (1928), and Rex Brown (1964). After him are Vitamin C (1972), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), Tom Harrell (1946), Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898), and Blind Willie McTell (1898).

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