SINGER

Eva Cassidy

1963 - 1996

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Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and musician known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992, she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by the 1996 live solo album titled Live at Blues Alley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eva Cassidy has received more than 5,454,311 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Eva Cassidy is the 1,162nd most popular singer (down from 748th in 2019), the 5,946th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,255th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular American Singer.

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  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Eva Cassidy ranks 1,162 out of 4,381Before her are Ebi, K. J. Yesudas, Namie Amuro, Claudine Longet, Lou Rawls, and Brigitte Fassbaender. After her are Nate Dogg, Junior Wells, Terence Trent D'Arby, Nikolai Slichenko, Jorge Cafrune, and Tony Dallara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Eva Cassidy ranks 229Before her are Dmitry Rogozin, James LaBrie, Ute Lemper, Mark Hughes, Francesco Quinn, and John Barnes. After her are Anders Frisk, Petra De Sutter, Vladimir Mashkov, Brian Greene, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider, and Dražen Ladić. Among people deceased in 1996, Eva Cassidy ranks 201Before her are Edvin Wide, Hillevi Rombin, N. T. Rama Rao, Roger Lapébie, Michel Pablo, and Nnamdi Azikiwe. After her are San Yu, William Bonin, Claude Mauriac, Rene Bond, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, and Raaj Kumar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eva Cassidy ranks 5,946 out of 20,380Before her are Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), Harold Brown (1927), Emma Roberts (1991), Lola Albright (1924), Jeanne Eagels (1890), and Dooley Wilson (1886). After her are Dan Bricklin (1951), Veronica Hart (1956), Helen Thomas (1920), Scott Columbus (1956), Richard Harrison (1936), and Jamie Hyneman (1956).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Eva Cassidy ranks 293Before her are Sylvester (1947), Gil Scott-Heron (1949), Steve Porcaro (1957), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), Usher (1978), and Lou Rawls (1933). After her are Nate Dogg (1969), Junior Wells (1934), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Ted Neeley (1943), Lightnin' Hopkins (1912), and Jonathan Davis (1971).