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Boz Scaggs

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William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a bandmate of Steve Miller in the Ardells in the early 1960s and a member of the Steve Miller Band from 1967 to 1968. Scaggs began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until his 1976 album, Silk Degrees, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and produced the hit singles "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown". Scaggs produced two more platinum-certified albums in Down Two Then Left and Middle Man, the latter of which produced the top-40 singles "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "Jojo". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Boz Scaggs is the 1,301st most popular singer (down from 959th in 2024), the 7,094th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,016th in 2019) and the 357th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Boz Scaggs ranks 1,301 out of 4,381. Before him are Martha Mödl, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Billy Paul, Siti Nurhaliza, Ulla Pia, and Valentina Monetta. After him are Nate Dogg, Gustav Winckler, Skeeter Davis, Larisa Dolina, Sheila E., and Jello Biafra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Boz Scaggs ranks 480. Before him are Jimmy Johnstone, Pepe Romero, Rudi Assauer, Valdeir Vieira, Jaan Talts, and Sergio Markarián. After him are Julio Montero Castillo, Valeriy Porkujan, Tibor Tatai, István Géczi, Willy Planckaert, and Dennis Russell Davies.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Boz Scaggs ranks 7,096 out of 20,380. Before him are Antonio Fargas (1946), Anne Jackson (1925), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Eve Arden (1908), Donald Fagen (1948), and Mena Suvari (1979). After him are Khandi Alexander (1957), Joan Feynman (1927), Spencer Tunick (1967), John M. Clayton (1796), Billy Barty (1924), and Thomas Ligotti (1953).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Boz Scaggs ranks 357. Before him are Gloria Jones (1945), Lil Nas X (1999), Lhasa de Sela (1972), Ted Neeley (1943), Mississippi John Hurt (1892), and Billy Paul (1934). After him are Nate Dogg (1969), Skeeter Davis (1931), Sheila E. (1957), Jello Biafra (1958), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), and Evelyn Lear (1926).

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