MUSICIAN

Huey Lewis

1950 - Today

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Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is perhaps best known for their third, and best-selling, album Sports, and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huey Lewis has received more than 5,280,371 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Huey Lewis is the 542nd most popular musician (up from 788th in 2019), the 2,794th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,970th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Huey Lewis by language

Over the past year Huey Lewis has had the most page views in the with 901,845 views, followed by German (72,190), and Spanish (66,067). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (172.21%), Polish (157.79%), and Portuguese (147.45%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Huey Lewis ranks 542 out of 3,175. Before him are Bebo Valdés, Tom Fogerty, Guy Bonnet, Aldo Ciccolini, Murray Perahia, and Buddy Guy. After him are Erroll Garner, Bismillah Khan, Chet Atkins, Guido Cantelli, Art Pepper, and Laurie Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Huey Lewis ranks 131. Before him are Andrzej Szarmach, Bah Ndaw, Bobby McFerrin, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Sebastião Lazaroni, and Adriano Panatta. After him are Kazuhisa Kono, Mirko Cvetković, Martine Aubry, Dudu Georgescu, Winfried Schäfer, and Elya Baskin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Huey Lewis ranks 2,794 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Paddock (1953), Sam Waterston (1940), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Alan Perlis (1922), Al Martino (1927), and Maxie Long (1878). After him are Estelle Getty (1923), Derrick Rose (1988), Joshua Fishman (1926), Melissa McBride (1965), Erroll Garner (1923), and Evelyn Fox Keller (1936).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Huey Lewis ranks 161. Before him are Freddie King (1934), James Kottak (1962), Tito Jackson (1953), Tom Fogerty (1941), Murray Perahia (1947), and Buddy Guy (1936). After him are Erroll Garner (1923), Chet Atkins (1924), Art Pepper (1925), Laurie Anderson (1947), Gene Krupa (1909), and Duane Allman (1946).

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