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MUSICIAN

Jeff Porcaro

1954 - 1992

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Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for being the co-founder and drummer of the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Porcaro has received more than 3,124,387 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jeff Porcaro is the 549th most popular musician (up from 592nd in 2019), the 2,896th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,080th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Musician.

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  • 54.23

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  • 22

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  • 4.88

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  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jeff Porcaro ranks 549 out of 2,662Before him are Ace Frehley, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Oliver Dragojević, Bulbul, Avicii, and Antonio Bazzini. After him are Matt Cameron, Clara Rockmore, Baden Powell, Arkady Luxemburg, The Edge, and Armando Manzanero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jeff Porcaro ranks 106Before him are Joey DeMaio, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Lina Romay, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Marco Tardelli, and Plastic Bertrand. After him are Catherine Samba-Panza, Peter MacNicol, Sid Meier, Al Di Meola, Annie Sprinkle, and Scott Bakula. Among people deceased in 1992, Jeff Porcaro ranks 91Before him are Stella Adler, Allen Newell, Isidro Lángara, Fritz Leiber, Jean Dieudonné, and Marsha P. Johnson. After him are Audre Lorde, Anthony Dawson, Petra Kelly, Tevfik Esenç, Jim Garrison, and Joe Shuster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Porcaro ranks 2,896 out of 18,182Before him are Pink (1979), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Christine Chubbuck (1944), Octavia Spencer (1972), Joan Bennett (1910), and Richard Hamming (1915). After him are Lesley Gore (1946), Leon Czolgosz (1873), William Zabka (1965), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Basil Poledouris (1945), and Matt Cameron (1962).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jeff Porcaro ranks 163Before him are Wendy Carlos (1939), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Joe Pass (1929), Tom Petty (1950), Artie Shaw (1910), and Ace Frehley (1951). After him are Matt Cameron (1962), Gene Krupa (1909), Don Henley (1947), Laurie Anderson (1947), Bruno Mars (1985), and Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929).