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Don Dokken

1953 - Today

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Donald Maynard Dokken (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and founder of glam metal band Dokken. He is known for his vibrato-laden, melodic vocal style which has made him an influential figure in American glam rock. After enjoying mainstream success with Dokken, he parted ways with the band in 1988 and pursued a solo career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Dokken has received more than 849,442 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Dokken is the 1,773rd most popular singer (down from 1,642nd in 2019), the 9,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,847th in 2019) and the 449th most popular American Singer.

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  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Don Dokken ranks 1,773 out of 4,381Before her are Rickie Lee Jones, Habib Koité, Sonny Terry, Paola del Medico, Nawal Al Zoghbi, and Andrea Berg. After her are Clementina de Jesus, Charlie Daniels, Benjamin Biolay, Mary Ford, Jan Peerce, and Teresa Salgueiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Don Dokken ranks 443Before her are Vlastimil Petržela, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Caspar Memering, and Matthias Platzeck. After her are Larry Miller, Gary Johnson, Brigitte Zypries, Teburoro Tito, Deborah Raffin, and Ken Burns.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Dokken ranks 9,441 out of 20,380Before her are Bob Foster (1942), Dean Kamen (1951), Marc Aaronson (1950), John Berryman (1914), Michael Dunn (1934), and Lance Larson (1940). After her are Ted Lange (1948), Granville Woods (1856), Steven Bochco (1943), Grant Imahara (1970), Bruce Alberts (1938), and Naomi Novik (1973).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Don Dokken ranks 449Before her are Wiz Khalifa (1987), Taboo (1975), Julian Casablancas (1978), Jessi (1988), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), and Sonny Terry (1911). After her are Charlie Daniels (1936), Mary Ford (1924), Jan Peerce (1904), Jay Park (1987), Richard Cheese (1965), and DJ Yella (1967).