MUSICIAN

Ry Cooder

1947 - Today

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Ryland Peter Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. Cooder's solo work draws upon many genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ry Cooder has received more than 3,022,563 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Ry Cooder is the 368th most popular musician (down from 325th in 2019), the 2,051st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,854th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ry Cooder ranks 368 out of 3,175. Before him are Robert Trujillo, Woody Guthrie, Armin van Buuren, Radu Lupu, Denny Laine, and Andy Fletcher. After him are Liberace, Paul Wittgenstein, Wayne Shorter, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Oliver Dragojević, and Stig Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ry Cooder ranks 135. Before him are Michael Levitt, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Roger De Vlaeminck, Glenn Tipton, Marion Ramsey, and Nina Matviienko. After him are Alexander Rutskoy, Oliver Dragojević, David Byron, H. Robert Horvitz, Kevin Farrell, and Thomas Cech.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ry Cooder ranks 2,051 out of 20,380. Before him are Eleanor Parker (1922), Irving Thalberg (1899), Ward Cunningham (1949), Tina Aumont (1946), Barbara Liskov (1939), and Theodore Sturgeon (1918). After him are Tim Allen (1953), King Vidor (1894), Warren Christopher (1925), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), and James Bowie (1796).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ry Cooder ranks 106. Before him are Peggy Lee (1920), Isaac Hayes (1942), David Crosby (1941), Alan Menken (1949), Robert Trujillo (1964), and Woody Guthrie (1912). After him are Liberace (1919), Wayne Shorter (1933), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Ornette Coleman (1930), Tony Levin (1946), and Buddy Rich (1917).

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