SINGER

Arlo Guthrie

1947 - Today

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Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Guthrie's best-known work is his debut piece, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arlo Guthrie has received more than 4,190,280 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Arlo Guthrie is the 1,462nd most popular singer (down from 1,442nd in 2019), the 7,542nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,625th in 2019) and the 356th most popular American Singer.

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  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Arlo Guthrie ranks 1,462 out of 4,381Before him are Mel B, Shahram Nazeri, Ray Wilson, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Marcella Bella, and Alma Cogan. After him are Lil Peep, Edmundo Ros, Errol Brown, David Alexandre Winter, Jello Biafra, and Alexia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Arlo Guthrie ranks 564Before him are Joe Manchin, Elena Solovey, Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Afanasijs Kuzmins, Rita Kühne, and Theodore Long. After him are Alexander Yakushev, Vladimir Ilyin, Tua Forsström, Larry James, Sara Paretsky, and André Heller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arlo Guthrie ranks 7,542 out of 20,380Before him are Bill Farmer (1952), Brittany Andrews (1973), Colin Hanks (1977), Susan Kare (1954), Peggy Fleming (1948), and Christy Canyon (1966). After him are Bobby Timmons (1935), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), Dwyane Wade (1982), John Fitch (1743), Patrick Leahy (1940), and Robert Tarjan (1948).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Arlo Guthrie ranks 356Before him are Andra Day (1984), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Betty Carter (1929), Van McCoy (1940), Wayne Newton (1942), and Ethel Waters (1896). After him are Lil Peep (1996), Jello Biafra (1958), Bob Welch (1945), Evelyn Lear (1926), Darlene Love (1941), and Tom Lehrer (1928).