MUSICIAN

Roy Bittan

1949 - Today

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Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American musician best known as a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Professor", Bittan joined the E Street Band in 1974. He plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Bittan has received more than 646,831 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Bittan is the 2,042nd most popular musician (down from 1,833rd in 2019), the 10,607th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,354th in 2019) and the 805th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roy Bittans by language

Over the past year Roy Bittan has had the most page views in the with 92,793 views, followed by German (7,923), and Swedish (6,044). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (186.45%), Dutch (114.17%), and Danish (92.11%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roy Bittan ranks 2,042 out of 3,175. Before him are Hiro Yamamoto, Iva Bittová, Paul Winter, Necrobutcher, Tabea Zimmermann, and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. After him are Andrew Hill, Guy Lombardo, Nick Lowe, Leif Ove Andsnes, Anders Fridén, and T Bone Burnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Roy Bittan ranks 631. Before him are Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Anne-Marie Lizin, Gregory Areshian, Anna-Maria Müller, Jim Starlin, and Zbigniew Wassermann. After him are Nick Lowe, Scott Asheton, Julio Cardeñosa, Owen Arthur, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, and Michael D. Griffin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Bittan ranks 10,607 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Starlin (1949), Gladys Brockwell (1893), David McCullough (1933), Maxine Kumin (1925), Harold J. Stone (1913), and Dawn Wells (1938). After him are Andrew Hill (1931), Louis Kuehn (1901), Christine Korsgaard (1952), June Christy (1925), Kathy Ellis (1946), and Naomi Parker Fraley (1921).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Bittan ranks 805. Before him are Tony Thompson (1954), David Gates (1940), Jimmy Webb (1946), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Paul Winter (1939), and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964). After him are Andrew Hill (1931), T Bone Burnett (1948), Geri Allen (1957), John Prine (1946), Scott Asheton (1949), and Malcolm Bilson (1935).

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