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Al Kooper

1944 - Today

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Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer, and musician, known for joining and naming Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity. Throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s he was a prolific studio musician, including playing organ on the Bob Dylan song "Like a Rolling Stone", French horn and piano on the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and lead guitar on Rita Coolidge's "The Lady's Not for Sale". Kooper produced a number of one-off collaboration albums, such as the Super Session album that saw him work separately with guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al Kooper has received more than 1,316,617 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Al Kooper is the 1,198th most popular musician (down from 1,181st in 2019), the 5,897th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,851st in 2019) and the 444th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Al Kooper ranks 1,198 out of 2,662Before him are Jack Sherman, Bob Rock, Joshua Bell, Steven Adler, Herb Ellis, and Domenico Montagnana. After him are Valentina Lisitsa, Pixinguinha, Sonny Clark, Takanori Nishikawa, Steve Miller, and Jim Keltner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Al Kooper ranks 388Before him are John Abercrombie, Pepe Romero, Sandra Bem, Carlos Pachamé, William Christie, and Seán Patrick O'Malley. After him are Doreen Massey, Robert Barro, José Dolhem, Massimiliano Fuksas, Bodil Joensen, and Annette Lu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Kooper ranks 5,897 out of 18,182Before him are David Douglas Duncan (1916), Ed Wynn (1886), Willie Colón (1950), C. L. Moore (1911), Jess Willard (1881), and Dale Earnhardt (1951). After him are Candy Clark (1947), Bobo Brazil (1924), Rikky von Opel (1947), Verne Troyer (1969), James Lee Burke (1936), and Betty Hutton (1921).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Al Kooper ranks 444Before him are Gene Pitney (1940), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Jack Sherman (1956), Joshua Bell (1967), Steven Adler (1965), and Herb Ellis (1921). After him are Sonny Clark (1931), Steve Miller (1943), Jim Keltner (1942), John Legend (1978), Herbie Mann (1930), and Thad Jones (1923).

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