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Bob James

1939 - Today

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Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. According to VICE, music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and believed to have contributed to the formation of hip hop. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob James has received more than 46,100 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bob James is the 1,141st most popular musician (down from 1,064th in 2019), the 5,592nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,315th in 2019) and the 422nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bob James ranks 1,141 out of 2,662Before her are Tomasz Stańko, Timo Tolkki, David Ellefson, Stan Kenton, Denny Laine, and Bonnie Raitt. After her are Mamie Smith, Levon Helm, Menahem Pressler, Shavo Odadjian, Parov Stelar, and Sonny Stitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Bob James ranks 303Before her are Nicholas Grimshaw, Edwin Frederick O'Brien, Miroslav Cerar, Ferdinand Bracke, Aleksandër Meksi, and Ron Atkinson. After her are Jaime Paz Zamora, Donald Adamson, Giorgio Ferrini, Len Cariou, William Eggleston, and Luigi Simoni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob James ranks 5,592 out of 18,182Before her are Edith Clarke (1883), David Proval (1942), Bonnie Raitt (1949), John Drew Barrymore (1932), Dinah Shore (1916), and William Dwight Whitney (1827). After her are Franchot Tone (1905), Mamie Smith (1891), Annette Haven (1954), Lou Gramm (1950), David Conrad (1967), and Taraji P. Henson (1970).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bob James ranks 422Before her are Tom Hamilton (1951), Scott Travis (1961), Bruce Kulick (1953), David Ellefson (1964), Stan Kenton (1911), and Bonnie Raitt (1949). After her are Mamie Smith (1891), Levon Helm (1940), Sonny Stitt (1924), Frank Thomas (1912), Dexter Holland (1965), and Norah Jones (1979).