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Alton Ellis

1938 - 2008

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Alton Nehemiah Ellis (1 September 1938 – 10 October 2008) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter. One of the innovators of rocksteady, he was given the informal title "Godfather of Rocksteady". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alton Ellis has received more than 328,211 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alton Ellis is the 1,860th most popular singer (down from 1,502nd in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 41st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Jamaican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Alton Ellis ranks 1,860 out of 4,381. Before him are Sayan Sanya, Bebel Gilberto, Bad Bunny, Hélène Ségara, Emilíana Torrini, and Danijela Martinović. After him are Alma Gluck, Marianne Mendt, Cho Kyu-hyun, Flo Rida, Lucie Mannheim, and Mavis Staples.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Alton Ellis ranks 523. Before him are Michael Ritchie, Boris Mayorov, Saul Malatrasi, Richard Goldstone, Jan Lála, and Robin Hartshorne. After him are Rita Achkina, Shyamala Gopalan, Les Aspin, Emilio Trivini, Luciano Federici, and Phillip Griffiths. Among people deceased in 2008, Alton Ellis ranks 332. Before him are Gordon B. Hinckley, Jeff Healey, Irmgard Praetz, Witold Woyda, Carl Kaufmann, and Avery Dulles. After him are Françoise Demulder, Viktor Kuzkin, Eddy Arnold, Sigitas Geda, Sam Bottoms, and Nirmala Deshpande.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Alton Ellis ranks 59 out of 189. Before him are Yohan Blake (1989), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), Arthur Wint (1920), Damian Marley (1978), Augustus Pablo (1954), and Shawn Rhoden (1975). After him are Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Herb McKenley (1922), Millie Small (1947), Andrew Holness (1972), Coxsone Dodd (1932), and Linford Christie (1960).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Alton Ellis ranks 14. Before him are Shaggy (1968), Carl Douglas (1942), Errol Brown (1948), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Yellowman (1956), and Jacob Miller (1952). After him are Millie Small (1947), Ini Kamoze (1957), Capleton (1967), Dennis Brown (1957), Ky-Mani Marley (1976), and Sizzla (1976).

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