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Peter Cetera

1944 - Today

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Peter Paul Cetera ( sə-TERR-ə; born September 13, 1944) is a retired American musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985. His career as a recording artist encompasses 17 studio albums with Chicago and eight solo studio albums.With "If You Leave Me Now", a song written and sung by Cetera on the group's tenth album, Chicago received its first Grammy Award. It was also the group's first number one single.As a solo artist, Cetera has scored six Top 40 singles, including two that reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1986, "Glory of Love" and "The Next Time I Fall". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Cetera has received more than 5,287,250 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter Cetera is the 619th most popular musician (up from 747th in 2019), the 3,246th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,821st in 2019) and the 193rd most popular American Musician.

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  • 53.33

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  • 24

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  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Cetera ranks 619 out of 2,662. Before him are GG Allin, Michael Stipe, Chaka Khan, Kenny Clarke, Robert Palmer, and Horace Silver. After him are Ric Ocasek, Robert Smith, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Frans Brüggen, Nick Drake, and Damon Albarn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Peter Cetera ranks 220. Before him are Fernando Ocáriz Braña, Patrick Sercu, Thongsing Thammavong, Rocío Dúrcal, Taylor Hackford, and Brenda Lee. After him are Onufriy, Aguila Saleh Issa, Craig T. Nelson, Kay Parker, Odd Nerdrum, and Anastasiya Vertinskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Cetera ranks 3,246 out of 18,182. Before him are Chris Gardner (1954), Josh Hartnett (1978), Tia Carrere (1967), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1964), and Gene Amdahl (1922). After him are Max Baer (1909), Michael C. Hall (1971), Larry Niven (1938), Kamehameha IV (1834), Wilson Pickett (1941), and Mortimer J. Adler (1902).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Peter Cetera ranks 193. Before him are Frank Beard (1949), GG Allin (1956), Michael Stipe (1960), Chaka Khan (1953), Kenny Clarke (1914), and Horace Silver (1928). After him are Ric Ocasek (1949), Suzanne Vega (1959), Max Roach (1924), Benny Golson (1929), Alan Wilson (1943), and Louis Prima (1910).

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