MUSICIAN

Eddy Mitchell

1942 - Today

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Claude Moine (French pronunciation: [klod mwan]; born 3 July 1942), known professionally as Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks). He took the name Eddy from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine (later the star of Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville), and chose Mitchell as his last name simply because it sounds American. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddy Mitchell has received more than 245,623 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddy Mitchell is the 1,026th most popular musician, the 3,808th most popular biography from France and the 48th most popular French Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eddy Mitchell ranks 1,026 out of 3,175Before him are Jack DeJohnette, John McVie, Larry Carlton, Billie Joe Armstrong, Hank Jones, and André Cluytens. After him are Sonny Stitt, Andrew Latimer, André Navarra, Zakk Wylde, Ray Davies, and Bella Davidovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Eddy Mitchell ranks 344Before him are Arthur Brown, Fred Thompson, Ricardo Blázquez, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jack DeJohnette, and Derek Parfit. After him are Ichirō Ozawa, Marsha Mason, Leon Russell, Yvette Mimieux, Eumir Deodato, and Tariq al-Hashimi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eddy Mitchell ranks 3,808 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-François Rewbell (1747), Jacques Simon (1941), Maurice Schumann (1911), Henri Dentz (1881), Paul Fort (1872), and Chlodulf of Metz (null). After him are Mathilda May (1965), Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779), Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852), Henri Braconnot (1780), Antoine Bussy (1794), and Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Eddy Mitchell ranks 48Before him are Robert Casadesus (1899), Zino Francescatti (1902), Francis Cabrel (1953), François Habeneck (1781), Véronique Sanson (1949), and Louis Diémer (1843). After him are André Navarra (1911), Marcel Moyse (1889), Charles Dancla (1817), Cerrone (1952), Yvonne Loriod (1924), and Hélène Grimaud (1969).