SINGER

Eddy Arnold

1918 - 2008

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Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddy Arnold has received more than 1,176,270 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddy Arnold is the 1,898th most popular singer (up from 1,975th in 2019), the 10,189th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,733rd in 2019) and the 495th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Eddy Arnold ranks 1,898 out of 4,381Before him are Pierre Rapsat, June Anderson, Boris Novković, Johnny Otis, Vani Jairam, and Martin Solveig. After him are MC Ren, Bruce Hornsby, Julee Cruise, Deryck Whibley, Tonicha, and Nigar Jamal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Eddy Arnold ranks 293Before him are Thelma Coyne Long, Diana Serra Cary, Pearl Bailey, Jeanne Bates, Said Mohamed Jaffar, and Elaine de Kooning. After him are Alberto Héber Usher, Norman Granz, Adolph Kiefer, Kenneth Connor, Jafar Salmasi, and Edith Massey. Among people deceased in 2008, Eddy Arnold ranks 335Before him are Witold Woyda, Carl Kaufmann, Avery Dulles, Alton Ellis, Françoise Demulder, and Viktor Kuzkin. After him are Sigitas Geda, Sam Bottoms, Nirmala Deshpande, Joseph Pevney, Chicão, and Thomas M. Disch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddy Arnold ranks 10,189 out of 20,380Before him are Mary Philbin (1902), Paul Winchell (1922), Candace Cameron Bure (1976), Bill Hicks (1961), Bill Holland (1907), and Cecil Green (1919). After him are John Ross Bowie (1971), Brian Van Holt (1969), Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), John Litel (1892), MC Ren (1969), and James Marshall (1967).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Eddy Arnold ranks 495Before him are Cheryl Studer (1955), Romeo Santos (1981), Rakim (1968), Ronnie Hawkins (1935), June Anderson (1952), and Johnny Otis (1921). After him are MC Ren (1969), Bruce Hornsby (1954), Julee Cruise (1956), Carole Bayer Sager (1947), Leroy Carr (1905), and Mark Murphy (1932).