SINGER

Del Shannon

1934 - 1990

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Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway". In 1999, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Del Shannon has received more than 2,290,867 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Del Shannon is the 652nd most popular singer (down from 559th in 2019), the 3,488th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,225th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Del Shannon ranks 652 out of 4,381. Before him are Mongo Santamaría, Gino Paoli, Marianna Martines, Big Mama Thornton, Roberto Alagna, and Rocío Jurado. After him are Wadih El Safi, Rick Parfitt, Sinan Sakić, Al Green, Ljuba Welitsch, and Maria Farantouri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Del Shannon ranks 181. Before him are Harlan Ellison, Marc Rich, Pierre Barouh, Lau Kar-leung, Eddie Fenech Adami, and Gino Paoli. After him are Frans Brüggen, Vasily Lanovoy, Peter Berling, Sarah Kofman, Carel Godin de Beaufort, and Raina Kabaivanska. Among people deceased in 1990, Del Shannon ranks 108. Before him are Berta Karlik, Xavier Cugat, Rashad Khalifa, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Wolfgang Schmieder, and Martin Ritt. After him are Matvey Blanter, Irene Dunne, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Naoto Tajima, Peter Wessel Zapffe, and Andrei Kirilenko.

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Others Deceased in 1990

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Del Shannon ranks 3,488 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Groff (1985), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Bonnie Hunt (1961), Besse Cooper (1896), Seymour Cassel (1935), and Dick Scobee (1939). After him are Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Clarence Zener (1905), Lead Belly (1888), Michelle Monaghan (1976), Jerry Brudos (1939), and Catherine Keener (1959).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Del Shannon ranks 182. Before him are Pharrell Williams (1973), Bobby Brown (1969), Jay-Z (1969), Andrea True (1943), Percy Sledge (1941), and Big Mama Thornton (1926). After him are Al Green (1946), Barbara Hendricks (1948), Rosemary Clooney (1928), Pat Boone (1934), Melissa Etheridge (1961), and Paula Abdul (1962).

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