SINGER

Bill Medley

1940 - Today

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William Thomas Medley (born September 19, 1940) is an American singer best known as one-half of The Righteous Brothers. He is noted for his bass-baritone voice, exemplified in songs such as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Medley has received more than 2,870,578 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Bill Medley is the 1,038th most popular singer (down from 869th in 2019), the 5,428th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,893rd in 2019) and the 269th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Medleys by language

Over the past year Bill Medley has had the most page views in the with 405,011 views, followed by Portuguese (24,664), and German (23,330). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (560.53%), Southern Azerbaijani (106.88%), and Egyptian Arabic (61.44%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bill Medley ranks 1,038 out of 4,381Before him are Bill Kaulitz, Elissa, Nora Nova, Lynn Anderson, Mark Tornillo, and Emma Bunton. After him are Nik Kershaw, Helene Fischer, Nina Badrić, Julia Boutros, Nilla Pizzi, and Suraphol Sombatcharoen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Bill Medley ranks 301Before him are Tony Allen, Lainie Kazan, Giacomo Bulgarelli, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Renato Pozzetto, and William Cohen. After him are Viktor Savinykh, Brigitte Hamann, Arthur Laffer, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Amjad Khan, and Claus Offe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Medley ranks 5,428 out of 20,380Before him are Kyle Chandler (1965), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Thad Jones (1923), Leslie Grossman (1971), William Cohen (1940), and Dixie Carter (1939). After him are Muhtar Kent (1952), Brian Austin Green (1973), John J. McCloy (1895), Babushka Lady (1930), John Ashton (1948), and Richard Helms (1913).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Bill Medley ranks 269Before him are Eric Johnson (1954), Toni Braxton (1967), Jon Brion (1963), Beth Hart (1972), Lynn Anderson (1947), and Mark Tornillo (1954). After him are Vanilla Ice (1967), Demi Lovato (1992), Adrian Belew (1949), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), Donny Hathaway (1945), and Tammy Wynette (1942).