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Sammy Hagar

1947 - Today

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Sam Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose before launching a successful solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "I Can't Drive 55". He enjoyed further commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead vocalist of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sammy Hagar has received more than 7,434,013 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sammy Hagar is the 797th most popular musician (up from 882nd in 2019), the 4,003rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,386th in 2019) and the 266th most popular American Musician.

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  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sammy Hagar ranks 797 out of 2,662. Before him are Huey Lewis, Tony Banks, Michael Nesmith, Kenny G, Paul van Dyk, and Art Pepper. After him are Berry Gordy, Carmine Appice, Paco Ibáñez, Bix Beiderbecke, John Williams, and Ray Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Sammy Hagar ranks 259. Before him are Martin Ferrero, Jim Steinman, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Takeo Takahashi, Michel Berger, and Orlan. After him are Marcello Semeraro, Jennifer Warnes, Stéphane Courtois, Hitoshi Igarashi, Ann Hui, and Gunnar Hansen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sammy Hagar ranks 4,003 out of 18,182. Before him are Dolley Madison (1768), Tom Welling (1977), Schuyler Colfax (1823), Jack Lord (1920), Andrea True (1943), and Malcom McLean (1913). After him are John Lewis (1940), Jeffrey Jones (1946), George David Birkhoff (1884), Berry Gordy (1929), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), and Sid Haig (1939).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Sammy Hagar ranks 266. Before him are Jeff Hanneman (1964), Scott Walker (1943), Huey Lewis (1950), Michael Nesmith (1942), Kenny G (1956), and Art Pepper (1925). After him are Berry Gordy (1929), Carmine Appice (1946), Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Ray Brown (1926), Earl Hines (1903), and Dimebag Darrell (1966).

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