MUSICIAN

Frankie Laine

1913 - 2007

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Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frankie Laine has received more than 1,369,353 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Frankie Laine is the 1,160th most popular musician (up from 1,171st in 2019), the 5,684th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,707th in 2019) and the 407th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frankie Laines by language

Over the past year Frankie Laine has had the most page views in the with 156,927 views, followed by Italian (7,911), and German (6,977). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (65.02%), Southern Azerbaijani (58.57%), and Indonesian (54.62%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Frankie Laine ranks 1,160 out of 3,175. Before him are Desmond Child, Ray Barretto, Afrojack, Jimmie Nicol, Abraham Laboriel, and Rolf Løvland. After him are Alexander Gradsky, Tony Joe White, Mike Stern, Ole Beich, Jimmy Bain, and Valery Afanassiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Frankie Laine ranks 222. Before him are Earle Meadows, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Johan Kraag, Jiří Hájek, Willy Vandersteen, and Harry Andersson. After him are Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Vince Lombardi, Barrington Moore Jr., Severino Varela, John Cairncross, and Arne Nyberg. Among people deceased in 2007, Frankie Laine ranks 224. Before him are Betty Hutton, Édouard Gagnon, Isidore Isou, Floyd Westerman, Petr Eben, and Ernesto Alonso. After him are Huang Ju, Tammy Faye Messner, Hallgeir Brenden, Bruno Ruffo, Helmut Senekowitsch, and Klausjürgen Wussow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frankie Laine ranks 5,684 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Woodring (1898), Bobby Morrow (1935), Hal Moore (1922), Ed O'Ross (1949), Stanley G. Payne (1934), and Edna Ferber (1885). After him are Adele Goldberg (1945), Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), John C. Lilly (1915), Tommy Rettig (1941), Tony Joe White (1943), and Mike Stern (1953).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Frankie Laine ranks 407. Before him are Floyd Westerman (1936), Joey Kramer (1950), Country Joe McDonald (1942), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), Desmond Child (1953), and Ray Barretto (1929). After him are Tony Joe White (1943), Mike Stern (1953), Jorma Kaukonen (1940), Terry Bozzio (1950), Big Joe Turner (1911), and Kate Pierson (1948).

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