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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 1,554,181 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Bobby Vee is the 1,336th most popular singer (down from 1,326th in 2019), the 7,123rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,263rd in 2019) and the 350th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bobby Vee ranks 1,336 out of 3,528. Before him are Anita Bryant, Mary Garden, Luke Kelly, Alissa White-Gluz, Conway Twitty, and Sam Smith. After him are Natalie Dessay, Gloria Jones, Peter Murphy, Jessica Simpson, Serdar Ortaç, and Little Eva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bobby Vee ranks 446. Before him are John Miles, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Christl Haas, Isabel-Clara Simó, Billy Cunningham, and Jaak Panksepp. After him are Gil Gerard, Little Eva, Mikhail Zhelev, Urszula Dudziak, He Guoqiang, and Ion Ciubuc. Among people deceased in 2016, Bobby Vee ranks 345. Before him are Motiur Rahman Nizami, Geydar Dzhemal, Rune Larsson, Kimbo Slice, Lothar Späth, and James Joseph Dresnok. After him are Tom M. Apostol, Amelia Bence, Adolf Born, Henning Enoksen, Piers Sellers, and Tom Kibble.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Vee ranks 7,123 out of 18,182. Before him are Jeanette Nolan (1911), Conway Twitty (1933), Karin Slaughter (1971), James Gunn (1938), Elisha Cook Jr. (1903), and George Adams (1940). After him are Kagney Linn Karter (1987), Frank Shields (1909), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952), Hayden Panettiere (1989), and Bob Barker (1923).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Bobby Vee ranks 350. Before him are Skeeter Davis (1931), Johnny Rivers (1942), Sheila E. (1957), Randy Meisner (1946), Anita Bryant (1940), and Conway Twitty (1933). After him are Gloria Jones (1945), Jessica Simpson (1980), Little Eva (1943), MC Ren (1969), Jackie DeShannon (1941), and Steve Lawrence (1935).

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