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SINGER

Billy Paul

1934 - 2016

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Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single "Me and Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Paul has received more than 1,042,652 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Paul is the 812th most popular singer (up from 971st in 2019), the 4,553rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,486th in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Billy Paul ranks 812 out of 3,528Before him are Katia Ricciarelli, Bhimsen Joshi, Jerome Flynn, Wadih El Safi, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Jonas Kaufmann. After him are Licia Albanese, Hugues Aufray, Walter Berry, Melanie Thornton, Guy Béart, and Solange Berry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Billy Paul ranks 234Before him are Adolf Merckle, Richard Swinburne, Jackie Wilson, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Oleg Basilashvili, and Otis Rush. After him are Maureen Connolly, Alan Baddeley, Ronald Harwood, Lee Friedlander, Ron Flowers, and Marilyn Horne. Among people deceased in 2016, Billy Paul ranks 222Before him are Jon Polito, Pete Burns, Nina Ponomaryova, Laura Mancinelli, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, and Jan Němec. After him are Vladimir Zeldin, Madeleine Lebeau, Alan Young, Hannes Löhr, Anita Brookner, and Michel Delpech.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Paul ranks 4,553 out of 18,182Before him are Yogi Berra (1925), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Sharon Gless (1943), and Anne Tyler (1941). After him are Henry Paulson (1946), Movita Castaneda (1916), Richard Linklater (1960), Amy Lee (1981), Leon Fleisher (1928), and Kate Mulgrew (1955).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Billy Paul ranks 229Before him are Joan Osborne (1962), Ronnie Van Zant (1948), Jackie Wilson (1934), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), MC Hammer (1962), and Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950). After him are Melanie Thornton (1967), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Eric Johnson (1954), Patti LaBelle (1944), Jim Reeves (1923), and Val Valentino (1956).