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Leland Sklar

1947 - Today

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Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylum Records' artists that they became known as Asylum's de facto house band, as those artists became iconic singer-songwriters of the 1970s. Sklar has recorded and toured with artists including James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Toto, The Doors and Lyle Lovett. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leland Sklar has received more than 1,837,557 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Leland Sklar is the 1,068th most popular singer (down from 927th in 2019), the 5,536th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,129th in 2019) and the 275th most popular American Singer.

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  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Leland Sklar ranks 1,069 out of 4,381. Before him are Virginia E. Johnson, Désirée Artôt, Marion Rung, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Keith Urban, Donny Hathaway, and Tammy Wynette. After him are Cedella Booker, Natacha Atlas, Andy Bell, Seiko Matsuda, and Claudia Muzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Leland Sklar ranks 417. Before him are Mirza Khazar, Candy Clark, Gerald McRaney, Herbert Mullin, John Larroquette, and George Sabra. After him are Darlene Cates, António Marto, Jude Ciccolella, Christian Piot, Chung Un-chan, and Ilanit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leland Sklar ranks 5,536 out of 20,380. Before him are Tammy Wynette (1942), Billy Cox (1939), Sonny Barger (1938), Lee Falk (1911), Garry Shandling (1949), and Paget Brewster (1969). After him are Michael Imperioli (1966), Doug Hutchison (1960), David Bryan (1962), George C. Williams (1926), Anne Haney (1934), and Margaret Taylor (1788).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Leland Sklar ranks 276. Before him are Bill Medley (1940), Vanilla Ice (1967), Demi Lovato (1992), Adrian Belew (1949), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), Donny Hathaway (1945), and Tammy Wynette (1942). After him are Lou Gramm (1950), Luther Vandross (1951), Merle Haggard (1937), Bobby Bland (1930), and Jim Reeves (1923).

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