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Boz Scaggs

1944 - Today

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William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a bandmate of Steve Miller in the Ardells in the early 1960s and a member of the Steve Miller Band from 1967 to 1968. Scaggs began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until his 1976 album, Silk Degrees, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and produced the hit singles "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boz Scaggs has received more than 5,087,824 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Boz Scaggs is the 957th most popular singer (up from 1,041st in 2019), the 5,016th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,660th in 2019) and the 248th most popular American Singer.

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  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Boz Scaggs ranks 957 out of 4,381. Before him are Claudio Baglioni, Walter Berry, Leon Russell, Laurel Aitken, Antonietta Stella, and Hana Hegerová. After him are BoA, Joan Osborne, Caroline Unger, Alfred Deller, Billy Paul, and Chava Alberstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Boz Scaggs ranks 391. Before him are Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Gene Clark, Raewyn Connell, Diana Bracho, Ray Davies, and Ivan Ćurković. After him are Jean-François Stévenin, Max Romeo, Ard Schenk, Ali Benflis, Haruhiko Kuroda, and Nicky Hopkins.

Others Born in 1944

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Boz Scaggs ranks 5,016 out of 20,380. Before him are Len Bias (1963), Sylvia Beach (1887), William Smith (1933), Lenny Wilkens (1937), Bradley Whitford (1959), and Frank J. Tipler (1947). After him are Yvette Mimieux (1942), John Templeton (1912), James Coco (1930), Daniel Baldwin (1960), Haskell Curry (1900), and Francis Davis Millet (1848).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Boz Scaggs ranks 248. Before him are Dennis Frederiksen (1951), Ann Wilson (1950), Leontyne Price (1927), Rita Coolidge (1945), Judy Collins (1939), and Leon Russell (1942). After him are Joan Osborne (1962), Billy Paul (1934), Randy Crawford (1952), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), Rosa Ponselle (1897), and Megan Thee Stallion (1995).

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