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Joe Satriani

1956 - Today

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Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American rock guitarist, composer, and songwriter. Early in his career he worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students achieving fame, including Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick. Satriani went on to have a successful solo music career, starting in the mid-1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Satriani has received more than 4,557,625 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Joe Satriani is the 309th most popular musician (down from 204th in 2019), the 1,738th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,193rd in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Musician.

Joe Satriani is a famous guitarist who has released many albums and written many songs. His most famous album is Surfing with the Alien.

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  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joe Satriani ranks 309 out of 3,175. Before him are Joe Strummer, Fela Kuti, Cozy Powell, Nicko McBrain, John Densmore, and Phil Rudd. After him are Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Richard Z. Kruspe, Jacques Dutronc, Robby Krieger, Don Airey, and Fats Domino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Joe Satriani ranks 55. Before him are Guido van Rossum, Anthony Bourdain, Ian Curtis, Bakir Izetbegović, Michael Biehn, and Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. After him are David Sassoli, Stevie Young, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Michele Alboreto, Joan Allen, and Thomas N'Kono.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Satriani ranks 1,738 out of 20,380. Before him are Roger Ebert (1942), Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), Saul Kripke (1940), Alan Greenspan (1926), Mitch McConnell (1942), and Hiram Bingham III (1875). After him are Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Ving Rhames (1959), Sol LeWitt (1928), Henry Ford II (1917), John Fogerty (1945), and Barbara Bel Geddes (1922).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Joe Satriani ranks 86. Before him are Kirk Hammett (1962), Eddie Cochran (1938), Art Tatum (1909), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Jerry Reed (1937), and John Densmore (1944). After him are Robby Krieger (1946), Fats Domino (1928), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Sonny Rollins (1930), Eric Carr (1950), and Count Basie (1904).

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