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Benjamin Orr

1947 - 2000

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Benjamin Orr (born Benjamin Orzechowski, September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American musician best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the new wave band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best-known songs, 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 3,382,303 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Benjamin Orr is the 1,287th most popular musician (up from 1,631st in 2019), the 6,373rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,229th in 2019) and the 481st most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Benjamin Orr ranks 1,287 out of 2,662. Before her are Ole Beich, Paquito D'Rivera, Randy Jackson, Michel Camilo, Joseph Woelfl, and Jon Hiseman. After her are Paul Gray, Peter Brötzmann, Leslie Bricusse, Brad Delson, Franco Luambo, and Michael Sembello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Benjamin Orr ranks 441. Before her are Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Lydia Davis, Giuseppe Betori, Richard Palmer-James, Erik Olin Wright, and Liu Yunshan. After her are Svetlana Bojković, John Larroquette, Robert Hays, Ricardo Teixeira, John Mayhew, and Nicolae Dobrin. Among people deceased in 2000, Benjamin Orr ranks 195. Before her are Stanislav Stratiev, H. C. Artmann, Théodore Monod, Stephanos Christopoulos, Nicholas Clay, and Philippe Chatrier. After her are Enric Valor i Vives, Alexandros Nikolopoulos, Antti Hyvärinen, Henck Arron, Gerardo Romero, and Yokozuna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Orr ranks 6,373 out of 18,182. Before her are Francis Davis Millet (1848), Joseph Leidy (1823), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Alison Arngrim (1962), and Henry Dreyfuss (1904). After her are Sylvia Browne (1936), Paul Gray (1972), D. B. Woodside (1969), Nancy Chodorow (1944), Richard Helms (1913), and Damon Knight (1922).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Benjamin Orr ranks 481. Before her are Peter Tork (1942), Randy Brecker (1945), Jo Jones (1911), Leslie West (1945), Ron Asheton (1948), and Randy Jackson (1961). After her are Paul Gray (1972), Brad Delson (1977), Michael Sembello (1954), D. J. Fontana (1931), Mary Wilson (1944), and Johnny Mercer (1909).

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