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Chip Taylor

1940 - Today

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Chip Taylor (born James Wesley Voight; March 21, 1940) is an American songwriter and singer noted for writing "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing". He is the paternal uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and former actor James Haven. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chip Taylor has received more than 1,959,764 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Chip Taylor is the 891st most popular singer (down from 604th in 2019), the 4,659th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,459th in 2019) and the 231st most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Chip Taylor ranks 891 out of 4,381. Before him are Gérard Lenorman, Marilyn Horne, Milka Ternina, Dave Benton, Richard Carpenter, and Alexander Bard. After him are Julie d'Aubigny, Serhat, Kirsti Sparboe, Alain Bashung, Kićo Slabinac, and Randy Meisner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Chip Taylor ranks 263. Before him are Robby Müller, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Danilo Astori, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, and Stan Mikita. After him are Ronald Pickup, Silva Batuta, Barry Corbin, Vladica Kovačević, Alain Calmat, and José de Anchieta Fontana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chip Taylor ranks 4,659 out of 20,380. Before him are Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Richard Carpenter (1946), Miriam Hopkins (1902), Carol Kane (1952), and Arthur Cronquist (1919). After him are Barbara Walters (1929), Jorja Fox (1968), Adolph Gottlieb (1903), Donald Lippincott (1893), Sammy Hagar (1947), and Milo Ventimiglia (1977).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Chip Taylor ranks 231. Before him are Shirley Horn (1934), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Bobby Vinton (1935), Adam Lambert (1982), Marilyn Horne (1934), and Richard Carpenter (1946). After him are Randy Meisner (1946), Vince Neil (1961), Loretta Lynn (1932), Prodigy (1974), Carmen McRae (1922), and Anita O'Day (1919).

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