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Jackson Browne

1948 - Today

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Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 30 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he had his first successes writing songs for others. He wrote "These Days" as a 16-year-old; the song became a minor hit for the German singer and Andy Warhol protégé Nico in 1967. He also wrote several songs for fellow Southern California bands the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (of which he was briefly a member in 1966) and the Eagles, the latter of whom had their first Billboard Top 40 hit in 1972 with the Browne co-written song "Take It Easy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jackson Browne is the 907th most popular musician (up from 934th in 2019), the 3,490th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,642nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jackson Browne ranks 907 out of 3,175. Before him are Yusef Lateef, Richie Havens, Art Pepper, Rico Rodriguez, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Al Kooper. After him are Blackie Lawless, Wanda Jackson, Gary Burton, Roy Thomas Baker, Bismillah Khan, and Tommy Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jackson Browne ranks 322. Before him are Jonathan Sacks, Snowy White, Radislav Krstić, Harald Ertl, Muhammad Zaidan, and Luciano Re Cecconi. After him are Josef Hickersberger, Mercedes Ruehl, Guy Standing, Koloman Gögh, Michael Berryman, and Lojze Peterle.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jackson Browne ranks 3,492 out of 7,253. Before him are Hannes Löhr (1942), Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1627), Abraham Geiger (1810), Irmgard Seefried (1919), Ludwig Diels (1874), and Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758). After him are John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654), Paul Augustin Mayer (1911), Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (1852), Hans-Jörg Butt (1974), Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1811), and Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Jackson Browne ranks 47. Before him are Oliver Riedel (1971), Paul van Dyk (1971), Herman Rarebell (1949), ATB (1973), Andi Deris (1964), and Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965). After him are Herbert Grönemeyer (1956), Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Michael Weikath (1962), Karl Bartos (1952), and Julius Klengel (1859).

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