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Gloria Jones

1945 - Today

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Gloria Richetta Jones (born October 19, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, being recognized there as "The Queen of Northern Soul". She recorded the 1965 hit song "Tainted Love" and has worked in multiple genres as a Motown songwriter and recording artist, backing vocalist, and as a performer in musicals such as Hair. In the 1970s, she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan's glam rock band T. Rex. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gloria Jones has received more than 1,402,455 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gloria Jones is the 1,338th most popular singer (down from 1,242nd in 2019), the 7,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,796th in 2019) and the 351st most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gloria Jones ranks 1,338 out of 3,528Before her are Luke Kelly, Alissa White-Gluz, Conway Twitty, Sam Smith, Bobby Vee, and Natalie Dessay. After her are Peter Murphy, Jessica Simpson, Serdar Ortaç, Little Eva, Timo Kotipelto, and Claudine Longet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gloria Jones ranks 392Before her are Patrick Malahide, Micky Dolenz, Iccho Itoh, Pakalitha Mosisili, Rainer Brüderle, and Martin Shaw. After her are Loni Anderson, Gamal El-Ghitani, Ulla Pia, Anna Enquist, Arthur Lee, and Patty McCormack.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria Jones ranks 7,132 out of 18,182Before her are Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952), Hayden Panettiere (1989), Bob Barker (1923), Gil Gerard (1943), and Constance Towers (1933). After her are Ilene Woods (1929), Scott Weiland (1967), Anna Chlumsky (1980), Robert Crippen (1937), Albert Charles Smith (1906), and Reni Santoni (1938).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Gloria Jones ranks 351Before her are Johnny Rivers (1942), Sheila E. (1957), Randy Meisner (1946), Anita Bryant (1940), Conway Twitty (1933), and Bobby Vee (1943). After her are Jessica Simpson (1980), Little Eva (1943), MC Ren (1969), Jackie DeShannon (1941), Steve Lawrence (1935), and Mac Miller (1992).