MUSICIAN

Duane Eddy

1938 - 2024

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Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was an American rock and roll guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" guitar sound, including "Rebel-'Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young". He had sold 12 million records by 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duane Eddy has received more than 1,724,570 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Duane Eddy is the 1,494th most popular musician (down from 1,350th in 2019), the 7,534th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,733rd in 2019) and the 542nd most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Duane Eddy ranks 1,494 out of 3,175. Before him are Jan Axel Blomberg, Esbjörn Svensson, Sonny Fortune, Zhanna Bichevskaya, Tim Sköld, and Cassandra Wilson. After him are Bobby Timmons, Skrillex, Mana, Carol Kaye, Masaharu Fukuyama, and Tommy Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Duane Eddy ranks 428. Before him are William Bolcom, Carlos Monsiváis, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Halina Górecka, André Chorda, and Yevgeny Nesterenko. After him are Louis-Marie Billé, Lyubov Panchenko, Ajdar Ismailov, Mark Rakita, Yvonne Rüegg, and Friedhelm Konietzka. Among people deceased in 2024, Duane Eddy ranks 309. Before him are Dikembe Mutombo, Earl Holliman, Peter Schickele, Liang Guanglie, Yamini Krishnamurthy, and Ray Reardon. After him are Josef Jelínek, Laurent Cantet, Mark Damon, James Darren, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, and Michael Ruse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Duane Eddy ranks 7,534 out of 20,380. Before him are Christine Estabrook (1952), Benjamin Butler (1818), Cassandra Wilson (1955), Chloe Webb (1956), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), and George Wendt (1948). After him are Bill Farmer (1952), Brittany Andrews (1973), Colin Hanks (1977), Susan Kare (1954), Peggy Fleming (1948), and Christy Canyon (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Duane Eddy ranks 542. Before him are Mark Hoppus (1972), Marshmello (1992), Nancy Wilson (1954), Charlie Byrd (1925), Sonny Fortune (1939), and Cassandra Wilson (1955). After him are Bobby Timmons (1935), Skrillex (1988), Carol Kaye (1935), Tommy Johnson (1896), Jimmy Dorsey (1904), and Jeff Mills (1963).

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