MUSICIAN

Michael Steele

1955 - Today

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Michael Steele (born Susan Thomas on June 2, 1955) is an American retired musician, best known as the bassist for The Bangles. Under the name Micki Steele, she was a founding member of The Runaways but left in 1975, shortly before the band's major label debut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Steele has received more than 2,494,107 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Michael Steele is the 1,717th most popular musician (down from 1,525th in 2019), the 8,635th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,629th in 2019) and the 642nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Steele ranks 1,717 out of 3,175. Before her are Spencer Dryden, Stanley Turrentine, Yang Hyun-suk, Ian McLagan, Bernie Leadon, and RZA. After her are Arto Lindsay, Shelly Manne, Mike Chapman, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Alexander Courage, and Ray Anthony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Michael Steele ranks 397. Before her are Taco, Uwe Reinders, Edmund Ho, Toshio Hosokawa, Agostino Di Bartolomei, and Matthias Herget. After her are Nestor Serrano, Nicolas Hulot, Muriel Robin, Piers Sellers, Pascal Dusapin, and Howard Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Steele ranks 8,635 out of 20,380. Before her are Pinto Colvig (1892), Boyd Holbrook (1981), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Satchel Paige (1906), John Madden (1936), and Jim Elliot (1927). After her are Forrest Tucker (1919), Jerry O'Connell (1974), Arto Lindsay (1953), Milton H. Greene (1922), Thomas Say (1787), and Ben Burtt (1948).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Michael Steele ranks 642. Before her are Sly Stone (1943), Doug Aldrich (1964), Spencer Dryden (1938), Stanley Turrentine (1934), Bernie Leadon (1947), and RZA (1969). After her are Arto Lindsay (1953), Shelly Manne (1920), Alexander Courage (1919), Ray Anthony (1922), Dave Weckl (1960), and Machito (1912).

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