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MUSICIAN

Steve Stevens

1959 - Today

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Steve Stevens (born Steven Bruce Schneider; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist. He is best known as Billy Idol's guitarist and songwriting collaborator, and for his lead guitar work on the theme to Top Gun – "Top Gun Anthem" – for which he won a Grammy in 1987: Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Stevens has played for Michael Jackson, Ric Ocasek, Robert Palmer, and many others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Stevens has received more than 1,967,268 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Steve Stevens is the 1,051st most popular musician (up from 1,245th in 2019), the 5,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,160th in 2019) and the 383rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Steve Stevens ranks 1,051 out of 2,662Before him are Billy Cox, D'arcy Wretzky, Shura Cherkassky, Magne Furuholmen, Chris Barber, and Sterling Morrison. After him are Peter Banks, Tamás Vásáry, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Susumu Hirasawa, Blackie Lawless, and Gustavo Cerati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Steve Stevens ranks 162Before him are Ezzaki Badou, Giovanna Amati, Akhmed Zakayev, Akio Ōtsuka, Caroline Goodall, and Brian Thompson. After him are Erwin Vandenbergh, Aidan Quinn, Gustavo Cerati, Bradley Whitford, László Kövér, and Anthony LaPaglia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Stevens ranks 5,138 out of 18,182Before him are Jerry Lucas (1940), Brenda Strong (1960), John Cromwell (1886), Ronald Graham (1935), Yusuf Estes (1944), and Frank Frazetta (1928). After him are Daniela Ruah (1983), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), Leland Sklar (1947), Gus Hall (1910), Eddie Lawson (1958), and Eli Roth (1972).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Steve Stevens ranks 383Before him are Patti Scialfa (1953), Buddy Bolden (1877), Tony Williams (1945), Billy Cox (1939), D'arcy Wretzky (1968), and Sterling Morrison (1942). After him are Blackie Lawless (1956), Terry Bozzio (1950), Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), Scott Columbus (1956), Scott LaFaro (1936), and Moe Tucker (1944).