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Hoagy Carmichael

1899 - 1981

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Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first singer-songwriters in the age of mass media to utilize new communication technologies such as television, microphones, and sound recordings. Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hoagy Carmichael has received more than 2,637,879 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Hoagy Carmichael is the 978th most popular singer (down from 891st in 2019), the 5,339th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,068th in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Singer.

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  • 48.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Hoagy Carmichael ranks 978 out of 3,528. Before him are RedOne, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Garou, Margaret Price, Aino Ackté, and Little Walter. After him are Marc Almond, Mississippi John Hurt, Kirsti Sparboe, Pierre Gaveaux, Adam Lambert, and Lill Lindfors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Hoagy Carmichael ranks 178. Before him are Weegee, Arvīds Pelše, John Bodkin Adams, Udham Singh, Otto E. Neugebauer, and Juan Trippe. After him are René Petit, Aldo Nadi, Masujiro Nishida, Dora Gerson, Väinö Kokkinen, and Marcel Arland. Among people deceased in 1981, Hoagy Carmichael ranks 140. Before him are François Bordes, Jack Northrop, Ivan Galamian, Juan Trippe, Elemér Kocsis, and Paco Bienzobas. After him are Francis Hunter, Benjamin Sheares, Yury Trifonov, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, William Gopallawa, and Rudolf Krčil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hoagy Carmichael ranks 5,339 out of 18,182. Before him are Irvin McDowell (1818), Robert Motherwell (1915), Tom Noonan (1951), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), James Hansen (1941), and Lou Donaldson (1926). After him are Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Caroline Harrison (1832), Pearl White (1889), Margaret Weis (1948), David Rittenhouse (1732), and Manny Ayulo (1921).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Hoagy Carmichael ranks 276. Before him are Rita Coolidge (1945), Tammy Wynette (1942), Ted Neeley (1943), Carmen McRae (1922), Mark Tornillo (1954), and Little Walter (1930). After him are Mississippi John Hurt (1892), Adam Lambert (1982), Ethel Waters (1896), Luther Vandross (1951), Nas (1973), and Bobby Bland (1930).

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