MUSICIAN

Benjamin Orr

1947 - 2000

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Benjamin Orr (born Benjamin Orzechowski, September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their hits, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go", "Moving in Stereo", and "Drive". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Orr has received more than 3,678,215 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Benjamin Orr is the 1,198th most popular musician (up from 1,284th in 2019), the 5,862nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,360th in 2019) and the 422nd most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.7M

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  • 56.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Benjamin Orr ranks 1,198 out of 3,175Before her are Cerrone, Ralph Towner, Geoff Downes, Steven Adler, Martin Birch, and John Steel. After her are Alexei Lubimov, Timo Tolkki, Roy Harper, Magne Furuholmen, Eberhard Weber, and Ignaz Brüll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Benjamin Orr ranks 450Before her are Margaret Geller, Wolfgang Flür, Philémon Yang, Martin Ferrero, Pete Ham, and Tristan Murail. After her are Klaus Dibiasi, Brian Herbert, Wilko Johnson, Jan T. Gross, Peter Cosgrove, and Patrick Poivre d'Arvor. Among people deceased in 2000, Benjamin Orr ranks 190Before her are Jacqueline Auriol, Henck Arron, Charles Antenen, Hidetoki Takahashi, Sidney Johnson, and Liane Haid. After her are Pietro Palazzini, Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Dorino Serafini, Nils Poppe, Piero Pasinati, and Anton Heida.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Orr ranks 5,862 out of 20,380Before her are William Rehnquist (1924), James L. Elliot (1943), Khandi Alexander (1957), Chad Stahelski (1968), Louise Dresser (1878), and Mark Tobey (1890). After her are Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Butler Lampson (1943), Norman Lear (1922), and George Ritzer (1940).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Benjamin Orr ranks 422Before her are Marty Balin (1942), Joe Henderson (1937), John Abercrombie (1944), Taylor Hawkins (1972), Ralph Towner (1940), and Steven Adler (1965). After her are Donald Fagen (1948), Gram Parsons (1946), Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Ross the Boss (1954), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), and Scott Columbus (1956).