1944 - Today
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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Among musicians, Al Kooper ranks 1,198 out of 2,662. Before 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.
1956 - 2020
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 1,192
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 1,193
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 1,194
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 1,195
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 1,196
1686 - 1750
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 1,197
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 1,198
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 1,199
1897 - 1973
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 1,200
1931 - 1963
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 1,201
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 1,202
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 1,203
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,204
Among people born in 1944, Al Kooper ranks 388. Before 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.
1944 - 2017
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 382
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 383
1944 - 2014
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 384
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 385
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 386
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 387
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 388
1944 - 2016
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 389
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 390
1944 - 1988
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 391
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 392
1944 - 1985
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 393
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 394
Among people born in United States, Al Kooper ranks 5,897 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1916 - 2018
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 5,891
1886 - 1966
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,892
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,893
1911 - 1987
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,894
1881 - 1968
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,895
1951 - 2001
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,896
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,897
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,898
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,899
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 5,900
1969 - 2018
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,901
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,902
1921 - 2007
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,903
Among musicians born in United States, Al Kooper ranks 444. Before 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).
1940 - 2006
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 438
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 439
1956 - 2020
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 440
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 441
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 442
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 443
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 444
1931 - 1963
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 445
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 446
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 447
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 448
1930 - 2003
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 449
1923 - 1986
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 450