SINGER

Jim Reeves

1923 - 1964

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James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer and songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville Sound. Known as "Gentleman Jim", his songs continued to chart for years after his death in a plane crash. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Reeves has received more than 2,690,655 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Reeves is the 1,091st most popular singer (down from 827th in 2019), the 5,612th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,659th in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jim Reeves ranks 1,091 out of 4,381. Before him are Luther Vandross, Jonas Kaufmann, Merle Haggard, Jerome Flynn, Bobby Bland, and Rika Zaraï. After him are Flora Purim, Fedora Barbieri, Odetta, Elisabeth Söderström, Matti Salminen, and Despina Vandi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jim Reeves ranks 281. Before him are Daniil Shafran, Bülent Ulusu, Oskar Fischer, Patrick Hillery, Ennio de Concini, and Mikhail Pugovkin. After him are Bruno Zumino, Adolf Grünbaum, Isao Kimura, Ernesto Prinoth, Lygia Fagundes Telles, and Peter Gay. Among people deceased in 1964, Jim Reeves ranks 124. Before him are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Ronald Fairbairn, Ólafur Thors, Anita Malfatti, and Alfred Blalock. After him are Jan de Vries, Giuseppe Amato, Seán O'Casey, Sophie Liebknecht, Peter Romanovsky, and Frederick Grace.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Reeves ranks 5,612 out of 20,380. Before him are Erica Jong (1942), Jobyna Ralston (1899), L. Scott Caldwell (1950), Michael Gross (1947), John Diehl (1950), and James Edward Keeler (1857). After him are Budge Patty (1924), Conrad Nagel (1897), Paul Kurtz (1925), Kevin Dunn (1956), Scott LaFaro (1936), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jim Reeves ranks 280. Before him are Tammy Wynette (1942), Leland Sklar (1947), Lou Gramm (1950), Luther Vandross (1951), Merle Haggard (1937), and Bobby Bland (1930). After him are Odetta (1930), Jim Steinman (1947), Sheila E. (1957), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Travis Scott (1991), and Sylvester (1947).

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