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Donald "Duck" Dunn

1941 - 2012

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Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012) was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. At Stax, Dunn played on thousands of records, including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Bill Withers, Elvis Presley, and many others. In 1992, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald "Duck" Dunn has received more than 1,344,720 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Donald "Duck" Dunn is the 963rd most popular musician (down from 827th in 2019), the 4,733rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,134th in 2019) and the 339th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 49.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Donald "Duck" Dunn ranks 963 out of 2,662. Before him are Sean Paul, Barney Kessel, David Paich, Layne Staley, Zakk Wylde, and Jóhann Jóhannsson. After him are Lennie Tristano, Pharoah Sanders, Art Farmer, Mantovani, Big Joe Turner, and Yuki Kajiura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Donald "Duck" Dunn ranks 292. Before him are Pete Rose, Stephen Krashen, Richard Martin West, Airto Moreira, Ayşe Kulin, and Rosa Maria Sardà. After him are Masoud Kimiai, Holger Meins, Angelo Domenghini, Sean S. Cunningham, Signe Toly Anderson, and Nate Thurmond. Among people deceased in 2012, Donald "Duck" Dunn ranks 198. Before him are Kurt Adolff, Assef Shawkat, Simeon ten Holt, Marvin Hamlisch, Sergey Kapitsa, and Fang Lizhi. After him are Pierre Sinibaldi, Eugene Polley, Paavo Berglund, George Knobel, John Keegan, and Simin Daneshvar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald "Duck" Dunn ranks 4,733 out of 18,182. Before him are Zakk Wylde (1967), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Gregg Henry (1952), Marc Lawrence (1910), Sam Anderson (1945), and Anne Haney (1934). After him are Godfrey Reggio (1940), Arthur O'Connell (1908), Lennie Tristano (1919), Lauren Cohan (1982), Pharoah Sanders (1940), and Marta Kauffman (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Donald "Duck" Dunn ranks 339. Before him are Pitbull (1981), Larry Coryell (1943), Barney Kessel (1923), David Paich (1954), Layne Staley (1967), and Zakk Wylde (1967). After him are Lennie Tristano (1919), Pharoah Sanders (1940), Art Farmer (1928), Big Joe Turner (1911), Tyler, the Creator (1991), and Henry Cowell (1897).

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