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Bobby Keys

1943 - 2014

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Robert Henry Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and other prominent musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Keys has received more than 754,485 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Keys is the 1,086th most popular musician (up from 1,576th in 2019), the 5,285th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,925th in 2019) and the 395th most popular American Musician.

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  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bobby Keys ranks 1,086 out of 2,662Before him are Wage Rudolf Supratman, Ignaz Brüll, Phil Manzanera, Richard Marx, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, and Ewa Demarczyk. After him are Johnny Clegg, Renée Fleming, Roy Harper, André Navarra, Hank Marvin, and Chester Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bobby Keys ranks 346Before him are John Lennox, Janet Margolin, Yukio Kasaya, Patricia Churchland, František Veselý, and Juan Mujica. After him are Joël Robert, Tadao Onishi, Héctor Chumpitaz, Martin Peters, Frederick Chiluba, and Reinhard Libuda. Among people deceased in 2014, Bobby Keys ranks 226Before him are Maria Lassnig, Andréa Parisy, Tom Finney, Helena Rakoczy, Gordon Willis, and Christophe de Margerie. After him are Durdy Bayramov, René Llense, Pierre Bec, Dave Legeno, Lilli Carati, and Gough Whitlam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Keys ranks 5,285 out of 18,182Before him are Gordon Willis (1931), Murray Hamilton (1923), Daniel Burnham (1846), Shirley Fry (1927), S. Robson Walton (1944), and Adolph Gottlieb (1903). After him are Mark Tornillo (1954), Lou Costello (1906), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), Jim Varney (1949), Josephine Chaplin (1949), and Renée Fleming (1959).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bobby Keys ranks 395Before him are Moe Tucker (1944), Nathan East (1955), Helen Merrill (1930), Glenn Danzig (1955), Jack Nitzsche (1937), and Richard Marx (1963). After him are Renée Fleming (1959), Chester Thompson (1948), Linda Perry (1965), Buckethead (1969), Lou Donaldson (1926), and Ray Barretto (1929).