SINGER

Jimmie Davis

1899 - 2000

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James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American singer, songwriter, and politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and popular songs, Davis served as governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964. As Governor, he was an opponent of efforts to desegregate Louisiana.Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmie Davis has received more than 654,377 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmie Davis is the 2,190th most popular singer (down from 2,023rd in 2019), the 11,772nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,013th in 2019) and the 586th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jimmie Davis by language

Over the past year Jimmie Davis has had the most page views in the with 78,540 views, followed by German (2,434), and Spanish (1,833). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (95.63%), Finnish (31.31%), and Egyptian Arabic (27.50%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jimmie Davis ranks 2,190 out of 4,381. Before her are Guy Mitchell, Renārs Kaupers, Elisa, Ben Moody, Sirusho, and Ivi Adamou. After her are Jang Won-young, Shamshad Begum, Gillian Chung, Julie Covington, Sunmi, and Harel Skaat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jimmie Davis ranks 316. Before her are Gilbert Colgate, Percy Lavon Julian, Madge Bellamy, Seán Lemass, Ezra Taft Benson, and George K. Arthur. After her are Paul Kelly, Marie Mosquini, Clarence Oldfield, Eric Linklater, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, and Allen Tate. Among people deceased in 2000, Jimmie Davis ranks 345. Before her are Iskandar Khatloni, Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, José Miracca, Wilf Mannion, Nora Swinburne, and Alfred Kuchevsky. After her are Tranquilino Garcete, Sylvia Lance Harper, Robert Cormier, Sid Abel, Jacob Lawrence, and Mack Robinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmie Davis ranks 11,772 out of 20,380. Before her are Steve Clark (1943), Hayes Alan Jenkins (1933), Stanley Jordan (1959), Dana Rohrabacher (1947), Dorothy Tree (1906), and Anthony Davis (1993). After her are Bob Gaudio (1942), Harley Earl (1893), Gena Lee Nolin (1971), Mike Massimino (1962), Adam Shankman (1964), and Rebecca Gayheart (1971).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jimmie Davis ranks 586. Before her are Raekwon (1970), Frank Ocean (1987), Jason Derulo (1989), Benji Madden (1979), Guy Mitchell (1927), and Ben Moody (1981). After her are Roy Brown (1925), Vaughn Monroe (1911), Normani (1996), Lydia Lunch (1959), Crystal Waters (1964), and Aimee Mann (1960).

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