SINGER

Cab Calloway

1907 - 1994

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Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cab Calloway has received more than 4,176,850 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Cab Calloway is the 312th most popular singer (down from 270th in 2019), the 1,827th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,766th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Cab Calloway ranks 312 out of 4,381. Before him are Johnny Logan, Thalía, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Kishore Kumar, Giulietta Simionato, and Giuditta Pasta. After him are Axl Rose, Théo Sarapo, Ornella Vanoni, Joey Ramone, Antonio Cesti, and Adelaide Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Cab Calloway ranks 85. Before him are Jan Patočka, Takeo Wakabayashi, James Meade, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Helmuth James von Moltke, and René Char. After him are Antonín Puč, Run Run Shaw, Anne Desclos, Franz Jägerstätter, Pavel Sudoplatov, and Maria Branyas. Among people deceased in 1994, Cab Calloway ranks 77. Before him are Haim Bar-Lev, Clement Greenberg, Jacques Ellul, Golo Mann, Johannes Steinhoff, and Alain Cuny. After him are Max Bill, Kuvempu, Federica Montseny, Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Tengiz Abuladze, and Jean Borotra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cab Calloway ranks 1,827 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Carr (1950), Wallace Shawn (1943), Ub Iwerks (1901), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Tex Avery (1908), and Dean Cain (1966). After him are Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Sam Raimi (1959), Axl Rose (1962), Jack Swigert (1931), Count Basie (1904), and Patch Adams (1945).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Cab Calloway ranks 96. Before him are Roberta Flack (1937), Sonny Bono (1935), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), John Fogerty (1945), Coolio (1963), and "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959). After him are Axl Rose (1962), Joey Ramone (1951), Adelaide Hall (1901), Carole King (1942), Karen Carpenter (1950), and Hank Williams (1923).

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