MUSICIAN

Robbie Robertson

1943 - 2023

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Jaime Royal Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous ancestry. He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and songwriter with The Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist. Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robbie Robertson has received more than 7,663,921 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Robbie Robertson is the 343rd most popular musician (up from 904th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Canada (up from 219th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Robbie Robertson ranks 343 out of 3,175. Before him are Jan Garbarek, Alicia de Larrocha, Matteo Carcassi, Leonid Kogan, Peter Criss, and Florian Schneider. After him are Bruno Mars, George Young, Gustavo Santaolalla, Dave Murray, Valery Gergiev, and Moby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Robbie Robertson ranks 135. Before him are Paul Wolfowitz, Wallace Shawn, Köbi Kuhn, Hervé Villechaize, Luis Carlos Galán, and Ken Norton. After him are Richard Sennett, Masafumi Hara, Jack Bruce, Lin Shaye, Peter Sauber, and Robert Lefkowitz. Among people deceased in 2023, Robbie Robertson ranks 123. Before him are Petar Zhekov, Juanita Castro, Daisaku Ikeda, Tom Courtney, Reino Börjesson, and Glenda Jackson. After him are Adolf Scherer, Natalie Zemon Davis, Roberto Dinamite, Ray Stevenson, Howard S. Becker, and Kevin Mitnick.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robbie Robertson ranks 90 out of 1,622. Before him are Avril Lavigne (1984), Yvonne De Carlo (1922), John Charles Fields (1863), Victor Garber (1949), Martin Short (1950), and Simon Newcomb (1835). After him are Michael Ironside (1950), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Wayne Gretzky (1961), Norman Bethune (1890), Jack L. Warner (1892), and Rudolph A. Marcus (1923).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Robbie Robertson ranks 8. Before him are Glenn Gould (1932), Neil Young (1945), Neil Peart (1952), Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), and Avril Lavigne (1984). After him are Loreena McKennitt (1957), Gil Evans (1912), David Foster (1949), Diana Krall (1964), Maynard Ferguson (1928), and Paul Bley (1932).

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