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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

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Becker is the 1,912th most popular musician (down from 1,762nd in 2024), the 10,127th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,926th in 2019) and the 746th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Walter Becker ranks 1,912 out of 3,175. Before him are Frank Ferrer, Skrillex, Johnny Van Zant, Ed King, Uli Kusch, and Andy Mackay. After him are Marc Minkowski, Machito, Laurent Garnier, Calum Scott, Janis Ian, and Leif Ove Andsnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Walter Becker ranks 548. Before him are Giorgio Faletti, Parveen Sultana, Harald Hein, Kabiné Komara, Dan Hartman, and Ole Qvist. After him are Gary Fisher, Jack Layton, Přemysl Bičovský, Goutam Ghose, Karl Rove, and Joseph Ruben. Among people deceased in 2017, Walter Becker ranks 511. Before him are Türkân Akyol, Reinhold Durnthaler, Ivan Koloff, František Ševčík, Peter Sarstedt, and George Mostow. After him are Bernie Casey, Ivan Stoyanov, Kurt Marti, Lisbeth Korsmo, Ronald Drever, and Hugo Budinger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Becker ranks 10,131 out of 20,380. Before him are George Hearst (1820), Oliver Evans (1755), Corine Mauch (1960), Clarence Hudson White (1871), Jon Heidenreich (1972), Regina Hall (1970), Morten Lauridsen (1943), and Julie Strain (1962). After him are Bob Hayes (1942), Helene Costello (1906), Machito (1912), and Tammy Grimes (1934).

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Among musicians born in United States, Walter Becker ranks 746. Before him are Chick Webb (1905), Dan Hartman (1950), Frank Ferrer (1966), Skrillex (1988), Johnny Van Zant (1960), and Ed King (1949). After him are Machito (1912), Janis Ian (1951), Jon Batiste (1986), Suzanne Ciani (1946), Blue Mitchell (1930), and Harold Budd (1936).

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