Ngram

Edgy MD
Jan 28 2013 08:15 AM

Dylan is the King.

sharpie
Jan 28 2013 08:18 AM
Re: Ngram

No dispute from me.

I spent much of the past weekend weeding my book collection. In my music section there's probably about 6 or 7 Dylan books with a number of Beatle books as well. Elvis and the Stones, not so much.

Edgy MD
Jan 28 2013 08:23 AM
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Problem is that it's really dependent on how you word the search terms. Swap out "Dylan" with "Bob Dylan," and he's scraping bottom just above the Stones.

Clearly, his apparent status is augmented by references to Dylan Thomas, Dylan McDermott, and Dylan McKay from Beverly Hills 90210.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 28 2013 08:25 AM
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Lennon beats McCartney. Eddie Money doesn't even show up.

Edgy MD
Jan 28 2013 08:26 AM
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This one totally didn't shake out like I thought it would.

Gwreck
Jan 28 2013 12:00 PM
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Flawed methodology, I think, to include "Dylan" instead of "Bob Dylan."

Here's a different look: Link

Edgy MD
Jan 28 2013 12:22 PM
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Yes, I made that change (see my second post), although I got different results.