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Abbey Lincoln

1930 - 2010

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Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist and songwriter. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbey Lincoln has received more than 632,448 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Abbey Lincoln is the 1,318th most popular singer (down from 1,108th in 2019), the 6,745th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,020th in 2019) and the 329th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Abbey Lincoln ranks 1,318 out of 4,381. Before her are María Grever, Emma Abbott, Måns Zelmerlöw, Aygün Kazımova, Kvitka Cisyk, and Miguel Fleta. After her are Gary Numan, Concha Piquer, Philippe Jaroussky, Lena Valaitis, Greetje Kauffeld, and Shirley Verrett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Abbey Lincoln ranks 398. Before her are Sigvard Ericsson, Bayram Şit, David Amram, Aureliano Bolognesi, Alphonse Alley, and Christian Schwarz-Schilling. After her are Atef Sedky, Nina Grebeshkova, Schafik Hándal, Pavel Schmidt, Grace Lee Whitney, and Allan Bloom. Among people deceased in 2010, Abbey Lincoln ranks 272. Before her are Maury Chaykin, John Wooden, Hal Connolly, Emilio Álvarez, Harold Gould, and Imre Polyák. After her are Shirley Verrett, Christopher Cazenove, Ángel Cabrera, Hans van Mierlo, Brita Borg, and João Morais.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abbey Lincoln ranks 6,745 out of 20,380. Before her are Nick Adams (1931), Bill Walton (1952), José Graziano da Silva (1949), William M. Evarts (1818), Samuel Dexter (1761), and Jenny Shimizu (1967). After her are Teri Weigel (1962), Lee Pace (1979), Ted Wilde (1889), Tabitha King (1949), Paul Whiteman (1890), and Harold Rainsford Stark (1880).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Abbey Lincoln ranks 329. Before her are Mississippi John Hurt (1892), Kim Gordon (1953), Roy Eldridge (1911), Eydie Gormé (1928), Emma Abbott (1850), and Kvitka Cisyk (1953). After her are Shirley Verrett (1931), Bob Hite (1943), Marilyn Miller (1898), Yvonne Elliman (1951), Johnny Mathis (1935), and Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935).

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