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Walter Becker

1950 - 2017

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Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.Becker met future songwriting partner Donald Fagen while they were students at Bard College. After a brief period of activity in New York City, the two moved to Los Angeles in 1971 and formed the nucleus of Steely Dan, which enjoyed a critically and commercially successful ten-year career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Becker has received more than 3,242,849 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Walter Becker is the 1,673rd most popular musician (up from 1,735th in 2019), the 8,396th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,825th in 2019) and the 668th most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Walter Becker ranks 1,673 out of 2,662. Before him are Tomoyasu Hotei, Mark Hoppus, Lasse Holm, Khatia Buniatishvili, Scott Ian, and Östen Warnerbring. After him are Trilok Gurtu, Topper Headon, Marisa Monte, Mike Ratledge, Biréli Lagrène, and John Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Walter Becker ranks 418. Before him are Tatyana Ovechkina, Giorgio Faletti, Bertrand Meyer, Jean-Paul Dubois, Dave Wottle, and Vladislav Bogićević. After him are Alan Sorrenti, Yuji Hyakutake, Peter Jurasik, Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Michael Swanwick, and Mariya Petkova. Among people deceased in 2017, Walter Becker ranks 423. Before him are Selena Rocky Malone, Peter Hall, Horacio Guarany, Roberto Cabañas, Heinz Schneiter, and John Kundla. After him are Ivan Koloff, R. C. Sproul, Mikhail Tolstykh, Paavo Lonkila, Inge Keller, and Mark Fisher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Becker ranks 8,396 out of 18,182. Before him are Marty Robbins (1925), Jordan Peele (1979), Vera-Ellen (1921), G. D. Spradlin (1920), Sonny Terry (1911), and Dove Cameron (1996). After him are Emma Abbott (1850), AnnaSophia Robb (1993), Rodney Mullen (1966), Arthur Hunnicutt (1910), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), and Carroll Quigley (1910).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Walter Becker ranks 668. Before him are Doug Aldrich (1964), Kim Fowley (1939), Sheila Jordan (1928), Craig Jones (1972), Mark Hoppus (1972), and Scott Ian (1963). After him are David Amram (1930), Arto Lindsay (1953), Erykah Badu (1971), Cal Tjader (1925), Anthony Braxton (1945), and Ray Anthony (1922).

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