SINGER

Charlie Daniels

1936 - 2020

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Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz, and was a pioneering contribution to Southern rock. He was best known for his number-one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie Daniels has received more than 4,195,081 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Charlie Daniels is the 1,775th most popular singer (down from 1,633rd in 2019), the 9,466th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,807th in 2019) and the 450th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Charlie Daniels ranks 1,775 out of 4,381. Before him are Sonny Terry, Paola del Medico, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Andrea Berg, Don Dokken, and Clementina de Jesus. After him are Benjamin Biolay, Mary Ford, Jan Peerce, Teresa Salgueiro, Alaska, and Jay Park.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Charlie Daniels ranks 495. Before him are Manfred Stolpe, Skip Barber, Enric Gensana, Akwasi Afrifa, Carlos Mota Pinto, and Anthony Olubunmi Okogie. After him are Eugenio Bersellini, Lize Marke, Tommy Steele, Ivo Stefanoni, Marino Klinger, and Michael Dertouzos. Among people deceased in 2020, Charlie Daniels ranks 593. Before him are Pelle Svensson, Rajko Đurić, Óscar Chávez, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, Tony Dunne, and Grant Imahara. After him are Elsa Joubert, Fritz d'Orey, Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Horst Meyer, Miguel Jones, and José Jiménez Lozano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Daniels ranks 9,466 out of 20,380. Before him are Rose O'Neill (1874), Eric Douglas (1958), Kevin Randleman (1971), Samuel T. Durrance (1943), Herbert H. Lehman (1878), and Norman Kerry (1894). After him are Gary Kurtz (1940), John Schofield (1831), Larry Miller (1953), Carroll Quigley (1910), Mary Ford (1924), and Wanda Hendrix (1928).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Charlie Daniels ranks 450. Before him are Taboo (1975), Julian Casablancas (1978), Jessi (1988), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), Sonny Terry (1911), and Don Dokken (1953). After him are Mary Ford (1924), Jan Peerce (1904), Jay Park (1987), Richard Cheese (1965), DJ Yella (1967), and Bizarre (1976).

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