MUSICIAN

Roy Estrada

1943 - Today

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Roy Estrada (also known as "Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada" and "Orejón"; born April 17, 1943) is an American former musician. He is best known for his bass guitar work with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention; for having been a founding member of Little Feat, playing on their first two studio albums; and for being a member of Captain Beefheart's the Magic Band. Estrada is currently incarcerated in the Texas State Prison System. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Estrada has received more than 398,548 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Estrada is the 1,637th most popular musician (up from 1,851st in 2019), the 8,209th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,440th in 2019) and the 604th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roy Estradas by language

Over the past year Roy Estrada has had the most page views in the with 58,125 views, followed by German (4,711), and Czech (3,619). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (309.85%), Persian (32.20%), and Arabic (27.30%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roy Estrada ranks 1,637 out of 3,175. Before him are Miyavi, Luciano Ligabue, Andy White, Nobuko Imai, Nikolai Lugansky, and Arthur Lee. After him are Ray Thomas, Ara Malikian, Iryna Bilyk, Peter Buck, Baaba Maal, and Tomatito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Roy Estrada ranks 542. Before him are Jimmy Hart, John Kani, Colin Baker, Frank Shu, Bill Bradley, and Nobuko Imai. After him are Christiane Nord, Frank Forberger, Liu Chao-shiuan, Harm Ottenbros, Zvonimir Vujin, and Kurt Helmudt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Estrada ranks 8,209 out of 20,380. Before him are Lynn Collins (1977), Russi Taylor (1944), William C. Gorgas (1854), Jackson Scholz (1897), Sam Simon (1955), and A. J. Foyt (1935). After him are Diana Lynn (1926), C. Thomas Howell (1966), Ted Chiang (1967), Harry DeBaecke (1879), Carl Johnson (1898), and Gene Anthony Ray (1962).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Estrada ranks 604. Before him are Mike Mills (1958), Flavor Flav (1959), Cliff Edwards (1895), Otis Spann (1924), Blind Willie McTell (1898), and Arthur Lee (1945). After him are Peter Buck (1956), Rob Bourdon (1979), Erykah Badu (1971), ASAP Rocky (1988), Gail Ann Dorsey (1962), and J. B. Lenoir (1929).

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