MUSICIAN

Michael Landau

1958 - Today

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Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record-producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Luis Miguel, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins on "Two Hearts" and "Loco in Acapulco", Roger Daltrey, Stevie Nicks, Glenn Frey, Eros Ramazzotti, Whitney Houston, and Miles Davis. Landau, along with fellow session guitarists Dean Parks, Steve Lukather, Michael Thompson and Dann Huff, played on many of the major label releases recorded in Los Angeles from the 1980s-1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Landau has received more than 508,747 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Landau is the 1,916th most popular musician (down from 1,877th in 2019), the 9,742nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,572nd in 2019) and the 747th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Landau ranks 1,916 out of 3,175. Before him are Lucky Dube, Alison Sudol, Jonas Berggren, Rupert Holmes, Mauro Maur, and Tobias Sammet. After him are Reginald Arvizu, Jack White, Tom Harrell, Red Mitchell, Harvey Mason, and Guy Berryman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Michael Landau ranks 411. Before him are Eshaq Jahangiri, Kathy Hochul, Leslie David Baker, Liao Yiwu, Janez Potočnik, and Mauro Maur. After him are Mark Mazower, Roger L. Jackson, Vitaly Mutko, Phil Anderson, William Kircher, and Peter Eriksson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Landau ranks 9,742 out of 20,380. Before him are Patti Davis (1952), Mort Walker (1923), Claire Windsor (1892), Pete Wilson (1933), Georgia Coleman (1912), and Christian Serratos (1990). After him are Reginald Arvizu (1969), Cobi Jones (1970), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Natalie Talmadge (1896), Leah Remini (1970), and Jerome Biffle (1928).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Michael Landau ranks 747. Before him are Chick Webb (1905), Brad Wilk (1968), Cherie Currie (1959), Gene Ammons (1925), Les Brown (1912), and Alison Sudol (1984). After him are Reginald Arvizu (1969), Jack White (1975), Tom Harrell (1946), Red Mitchell (1927), Harvey Mason (1947), and Van Dyke Parks (1943).

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