MUSICIAN

Rick Danko

1943 - 1999

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Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During the 1960s, Danko performed as a member of the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan. Then, between 1968 and 1977, Danko and the Hawks, now called the Band, released seven studio albums before breaking up. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Danko has received more than 3,040,019 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Rick Danko is the 1,287th most popular musician (up from 1,505th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Canada (up from 419th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Canadian Musician.

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rick Danko ranks 1,287 out of 3,175. Before him are José Cura, Nigel Kennedy, Trevor Bolder, Joshua Bell, Bob James, and Paco Peña. After him are Patti Scialfa, Peter Grant, Joseph Woelfl, Martin Garrix, Lee Kerslake, and Sven Väth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Rick Danko ranks 438. Before him are Peter Carey, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, Peter Norton, Charles Hallahan, Shinobu Sekine, and Susan Clark. After him are Catherine Cesarsky, Bert Jansch, Wolfgang Nordwig, Masatoshi Shima, Lucius Shepard, and Brian Hyland. Among people deceased in 1999, Rick Danko ranks 188. Before him are Birgit Cullberg, Rafael Iglesias, Sarah Kane, Michael Aris, Einar Englund, and Heinrich Schmid. After him are Regina Ghazaryan, Peter Seeberg, Shel Silverstein, Vivian Fuchs, John Berry, and Rory Calhoun.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rick Danko ranks 331 out of 1,622. Before him are Percy Williams (1908), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Steven Erikson (1959), David Suzuki (1936), Susan Clark (1943), and Mary Harron (1953). After him are Carole Laure (1948), Jacques Villeneuve (1953), Jacques Plante (1929), Harriet Brooks (1876), Michael Sarrazin (1940), and George London (1920).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Rick Danko ranks 17. Before him are David Foster (1949), Diana Krall (1964), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), and Bob Rock (1954). After him are Richard Manuel (1943), Garth Hudson (1937), Geddy Lee (1953), Alex Lifeson (1953), Daniel Lanois (1951), and Marc-André Hamelin (1961).

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