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Ewan MacColl

1915 - 1989

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James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the instigators of the 1960s folk revival as well as for writing such songs as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Dirty Old Town". MacColl collected hundreds of traditional folk songs, including the version of "Scarborough Fair" later popularised by Simon & Garfunkel, and released dozens of albums with A.L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger and others, mostly of traditional folk songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ewan MacColl has received more than 1,295,686 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ewan MacColl is the 1,847th most popular singer (down from 1,469th in 2019), the 4,825th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,055th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular British Singer.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ewan MacColl ranks 1,847 out of 3,528. Before her are Alsou, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Big Pun, Kyōko Koizumi, Marta Jandová, and Roberta Peters. After her are Kim Junsu, Roy Acuff, Jon Nödtveidt, Harry Chapin, Cho Kyu-hyun, and Paweł Kukiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Ewan MacColl ranks 247. Before her are Brian Shawe-Taylor, Helmut Niedermayr, Junior Durkin, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Ralph Bishop, and Beyers Naudé. After her are Humphrey Searle, Franz Bartl, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, John Woodruff, Magda Gabor, and Siegfried Purner. Among people deceased in 1989, Ewan MacColl ranks 254. Before her are Hemanta Mukherjee, Ernesto Formenti, Woody Shaw, Brian Naylor, Chris Gueffroy, and Lennox Berkeley. After her are Amanda Blake, Rebecca Schaeffer, May Allison, S. David Griggs, Stella Gibbons, and Federico Saiz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ewan MacColl ranks 4,825 out of 7,765. Before her are Kate Mosse (1961), Terence Davies (1945), William Morgan (1547), Victoria Tennant (1950), Laura Fraser (1976), and Peter Cook (1937). After her are I. J. Good (1916), Alastair Reynolds (1966), Aimee Lou Wood (1995), Nick Griffin (1959), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), and Montagu Love (1877).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ewan MacColl ranks 192. Before her are Ann Lee (1967), Heather Harper (1930), Billy Fury (1940), Jessie J (1988), Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947), and Jet Harris (1939). After her are Joe Elliott (1959), Alex Kapranos (1972), Tom Odell (1990), Dani Filth (1973), Bryn Terfel (1965), and Reg Presley (1941).

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