MUSICIAN

Buck Owens

1929 - 2006

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Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buck Owens has received more than 3,106,383 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Buck Owens is the 2,216th most popular musician (down from 2,062nd in 2019), the 11,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,756th in 2019) and the 894th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Buck Owens ranks 2,216 out of 3,175. Before him are Steve Kuhn, Tom Chaplin, Shirley Scott, Peter Giles, Les Claypool, and Eddie Harris. After him are Silje Nergaard, Marian McPartland, Vitalic, Yasunori Mitsuda, John Glascock, and Peter Noone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Buck Owens ranks 517. Before him are Sartaj Aziz, Brian Friel, Ronnie Allen, Ali Mirzaei, Lode Wouters, and Alfredo Lim. After him are Fred Martin, Elizabeth Allen, Charlotte Froese Fischer, Nel Noddings, John Davies, and Suraiya. Among people deceased in 2006, Buck Owens ranks 369. Before him are Valentín Elizalde, Geir Ivarsøy, Edward Albert, Luki Botha, Comandanta Ramona, and Nandini Satpathy. After him are Elizabeth Allen, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Payao Poontarat, Jack Wild, Kenneth Richmond, and Shekhar Mehta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buck Owens ranks 11,759 out of 20,380. Before him are Sonya Smith (1972), Gene Okerlund (1942), Laraine Newman (1952), Ben Moody (1981), William Boyd (1895), and Titian Peale (1799). After him are Charles Foster (1828), Troy Ruttman (1930), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Preston Foster (1900), Dr. Demento (1941), and Ashley Johnson (1983).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Buck Owens ranks 894. Before him are Reverend Gary Davis (1896), Jimmy DeGrasso (1963), Steve Kuhn (1938), Shirley Scott (1934), Les Claypool (1963), and Eddie Harris (1934). After him are Stanley Jordan (1959), Bob Gaudio (1942), Bucky Pizzarelli (1926), Lisa Lopes (1971), Muhal Richard Abrams (1930), and Roy Z (1963).

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