SINGER

Bobby Vee

1943 - 2016

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Robert Thomas Velline (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. According to Billboard magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Vee has received more than 1,635,692 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Vee is the 1,397th most popular singer (down from 1,331st in 2019), the 7,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,108th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bobby Vee ranks 1,397 out of 4,381. Before him are Hagigat Rzayeva, Tina Weymouth, Elena Paparizou, Helen Shapiro, Nunzio Gallo, and Lou Bega. After him are Feist, Grigory Leps, Usha Mangeshkar, Gloria Jones, Anita Hegerland, and Sylvia Vrethammar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bobby Vee ranks 487. Before him are He Guoqiang, Marília Pêra, Steven Pressfield, Margaret Beckett, Domingo Perurena, and Gayle Hunnicutt. After him are Peter Del Monte, Leslie Uggams, Wilfried Puis, Little Eva, Martha Cooper, and Philippe Séguin. Among people deceased in 2016, Bobby Vee ranks 355. Before him are Solomon W. Golomb, Whitney Smith, Arthur Harnden, Raúl Cárdenas, Adolf Born, and Eliseo Prado. After him are Hermann Kant, Mark Dvoretsky, Alfred G. Knudson, Ottavio Bugatti, Ursula Franklin, and Pauline Oliveros.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Vee ranks 7,147 out of 20,380. Before him are Dizzy Reed (1963), Gypsy Rose Lee (1911), William Jordan (1898), Michael Badalucco (1954), Mick Thomson (1973), and Michael Cristofer (1945). After him are Barbara Hale (1922), Roy Cochran (1919), Guy Kawasaki (1954), Robert Hays (1947), James Foley (1973), and Stephen Hunter (1946).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Bobby Vee ranks 342. Before him are Gregg Rolie (1947), Thomas Hampson (1955), Nancy Wilson (1937), Mary J. Blige (1971), Sherrill Milnes (1935), and Tina Weymouth (1950). After him are Gloria Jones (1945), Little Eva (1943), Betty Davis (1945), Vic Damone (1928), Vikki Carr (1941), and Beverly Sills (1929).

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