MUSICIAN

Isaac Hayes

1942 - 2008

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Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwriter with his partner David Porter, as well as a session musician and record producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Hayes has received more than 7,670,340 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Isaac Hayes is the 353rd most popular musician (down from 315th in 2019), the 1,961st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,810th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Isaac Hayes ranks 353 out of 3,175. Before him are Dave Murray, Valery Gergiev, Moby, Ram Narayan, Bo Diddley, and Peggy Lee. After him are David Crosby, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Tipton, and Maurice André.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Isaac Hayes ranks 146. Before him are John McLaughlin, Tasuku Honjo, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Étienne Balibar, Mirjana Marković, and Sigfried Held. After him are Neilia Hunter Biden, Rei Kawakubo, Frank Williams, Daniel Revenu, Péter Nádas, and Michel Kafando. Among people deceased in 2008, Isaac Hayes ranks 68. Before him are Muslim Magomayev, Hugo Claus, Imad Mughniyah, Mauricio Kagel, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, and Bo Diddley. After him are Henry Molaison, Jean-Marie Balestre, Eartha Kitt, Mate Parlov, Bettie Page, and Anthony Minghella.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isaac Hayes ranks 1,961 out of 20,380. Before him are Peggy Lee (1920), Paul Schrader (1946), Howard S. Becker (1928), Kevin Mitnick (1963), Fred Phelps (1929), and Gigi Hadid (1995). After him are John Frederick Kensett (1816), Henry Molaison (1926), Tucker Carlson (1969), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Pontiac (1714), and Leonard Bloomfield (1887).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Isaac Hayes ranks 101. Before him are Fred Durst (1970), Peter Criss (1945), Bruno Mars (1985), Moby (1965), Bo Diddley (1928), and Peggy Lee (1920). After him are David Crosby (1941), Alan Menken (1949), Robert Trujillo (1964), Woody Guthrie (1912), Ry Cooder (1947), and Liberace (1919).

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