SINGER

Helen Kane

1904 - 1966

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Helen Kane (born Helen Clare Schroeder, August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American singer and actress. Her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved by You" (1928), featured in the 1928 stage musical Good Boy. The song was written for Good Boy by the songwriting team Kalmar and Ruby. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Kane has received more than 1,234,716 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Helen Kane is the 591st most popular singer (down from 589th in 2019), the 3,261st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,404th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Helen Kanes by language

Over the past year Helen Kane has had the most page views in the with 104,499 views, followed by Spanish (21,264), and Italian (8,439). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (175.86%), Southern Azerbaijani (133.57%), and Spanish (89.86%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Helen Kane ranks 591 out of 4,381. Before her are Ceca, George Dalaras, Anna Vissi, Esther Ofarim, Rebbie Jackson, and Emmylou Harris. After her are Marisol, Ronnie Biggs, Lizzo, David Lee Roth, Michael Kiske, and René Jacobs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Helen Kane ranks 130. Before her are Lidia Zamenhof, Max Mallowan, Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, Joseph Valachi, Seán MacBride, and Edvard Kocbek. After her are Berta Karlik, Edgar P. Jacobs, Attilio Ferraris, Lippo Hertzka, Antonin Magne, and Cecil Beaton. Among people deceased in 1966, Helen Kane ranks 92. Before her are Victor Kravchenko, George Ohsawa, Nikolay Cherkasov, Alfred P. Sloan, Arthur Percival, and Boris Podolsky. After her are Elio Vittorini, Vilis Lācis, Heimito von Doderer, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Otto von Knobelsdorff, and Alfred Neuland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Kane ranks 3,261 out of 20,380. Before her are Emmylou Harris (1947), Warner Baxter (1889), Alan Guth (1947), Paul Winfield (1939), Nolan Bushnell (1943), and Bob Pettit (1932). After her are Jonathan Haidt (1963), Jason Bateman (1969), Erika Eleniak (1969), Ron Carter (1937), Joan Jett (1958), and Chuck Schumer (1950).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Helen Kane ranks 166. Before her are DMX (1970), Paul Robeson (1898), Marlena Shaw (1939), Jennifer Rush (1960), Rebbie Jackson (1950), and Emmylou Harris (1947). After her are Lizzo (1988), David Lee Roth (1954), Trini Lopez (1937), Frankie Valli (1934), Halsey (1994), and Ice Cube (1969).

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