MUSICIAN

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 3,200,935 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Walter Becker is the 1,761st most popular musician (down from 1,668th in 2019), the 8,927th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,378th in 2019) and the 664th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Walter Beckers by language

Over the past year Walter Becker has had the most page views in the with 428,965 views, followed by German (12,644), and Japanese (9,975). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (180.79%), Southern Azerbaijani (118.44%), and Simple English (74.08%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Walter Becker ranks 1,761 out of 3,175. Before him are Daniel Johnston, George Gruntz, Zak Starkey, James Cotton, Marisa Monte, and Mille Petrozza. After him are Will.i.am, Billy Corgan, Max Weinberg, Brian Robertson, Mike Dirnt, and Mauro Picotto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Walter Becker ranks 491. Before him are Gianfranco Brancatelli, N. Chandrababu Naidu, Karmenu Vella, Tatyana Ovechkina, Paolo Conti, and Loyola de Palacio. After him are Haim Ramon, Piotr Szulkin, Dietmar Lorenz, Mikhail Myasnikovich, Kakoko Etepé, and Dorian Harewood. Among people deceased in 2017, Walter Becker ranks 457. Before him are Paavo Lonkila, Ivan Koloff, Julia Hartwig, Charles Bradley, Shelley Berman, and James Cotton. After him are Hans Gerschwiler, Jared Martin, Horacio Guarany, Stefano Rodotà, Valeriu Bularca, and Roberto Cabañas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Becker ranks 8,927 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Pearl (1963), Dick Clark (1929), Anita Bryant (1940), Steve Wynn (1942), Steve Miner (1951), and Eleanor Garatti (1909). After him are Regina Resnik (1922), Ruth Hussey (1911), Will.i.am (1975), Ella Hall (1896), George Deukmejian (1928), and Ellen Greene (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Walter Becker ranks 664. Before him are Myles Kennedy (1969), Harold Budd (1936), Les Baxter (1922), Hilary Hahn (1979), Daniel Johnston (1961), and James Cotton (1935). After him are Will.i.am (1975), Billy Corgan (1967), Max Weinberg (1951), Mike Dirnt (1972), Charlie Puth (1991), and Narada Michael Walden (1952).

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