SINGER

Dusty Springfield

1939 - 1999

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Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire. During her 1960s peak, she ranked among the most successful British female performers on both sides of the Atlantic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dusty Springfield has received more than 9,407,521 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Dusty Springfield is the 354th most popular singer (down from 327th in 2019), the 1,263rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,266th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dusty Springfield ranks 354 out of 4,381. Before her are Nina Matviienko, Rubén Blades, Solomon Burke, Pinetop Perkins, Kemal Monteno, and Susan Boyle. After her are Jon Anderson, Salomé, Linda Ronstadt, Gal Costa, Tarja Turunen, and Peng Liyuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Dusty Springfield ranks 108. Before her are Lee Majors, Krzysztof Zanussi, Alexandros Panagoulis, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Velibor Vasović, and Barbara Liskov. After her are Salomé, Concha Velasco, Tarcisio Burgnich, Sante Gaiardoni, Guntis Ulmanis, and Robert Hansen. Among people deceased in 1999, Dusty Springfield ranks 64. Before her are Daniel Nathans, Brion James, Gyula Zsengellér, Igor Netto, Sebastian Haffner, and Momčilo Đujić. After her are Marion Zimmer Bradley, Yuri Knorozov, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Betty Robinson, Pierre Clémenti, and DeForest Kelley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dusty Springfield ranks 1,263 out of 8,785. Before her are Desmond Morris (1928), Denny Laine (1944), A. S. Byatt (1936), Andy Fletcher (1961), R. G. Collingwood (1889), and Susan Boyle (1961). After her are Jon Anderson (1944), Harold Shipman (1946), David Chipperfield (1953), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Hudson Taylor (1832), and Joseph Needham (1900).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Dusty Springfield ranks 40. Before her are Peter Green (1946), Sarah Brightman (1960), Marc Bolan (1947), Black (1962), Dave Evans (1953), and Susan Boyle (1961). After her are Jon Anderson (1944), David Byron (1947), Shirley Bassey (1937), Albert Hammond (1944), Seal (1963), and Malcolm McLaren (1946).

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