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Jimmy Webb

1946 - Today

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Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He achieved success at an early age, winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21. During his career, he established himself as one of America's most successful and honored songwriter/composers.Webb has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "MacArthur Park", "Wichita Lineman", "Worst That Could Happen", "Galveston" and "All I Know". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Webb has received more than 2,182,578 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jimmy Webb is the 2,035th most popular musician (up from 2,061st in 2019), the 10,576th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,754th in 2019) and the 801st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jimmy Webbs by language

Over the past year Jimmy Webb has had the most page views in the with 265,843 views, followed by German (8,190), and Japanese (5,364). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (78.07%), Egyptian Arabic (76.97%), and Persian (45.90%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jimmy Webb ranks 2,035 out of 3,175. Before her are Roger Taylor, Roger Miller, Salil Chowdhury, Tony Thompson, David Gates, and Hiromi Uehara. After her are Hiro Yamamoto, Iva Bittová, Paul Winter, Necrobutcher, Tabea Zimmermann, and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jimmy Webb ranks 694. Before her are Josef Augusta, Bryan D. O'Connor, Bill Plympton, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Dennis Muren, and Rick Adelman. After her are Alberto Quintano, Haji, Jan Domarski, Kathy Ellis, Richard Blumenthal, and John Prine.

Others Born in 1946

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Webb ranks 10,576 out of 20,380. Before her are Bobby Rahal (1953), Nicki Aycox (1975), David Gates (1940), Beatrice Mintz (1921), Frank Church (1924), and Mario Savio (1942). After her are David Souter (1939), Ron Eldard (1965), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Marilee Stepan (1935), Anthony Doerr (1973), and Chelsea Charms (1976).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jimmy Webb ranks 801. Before her are Kristen Pfaff (1967), Slim Whitman (1923), David Lindley (1944), Roger Miller (1936), Tony Thompson (1954), and David Gates (1940). After her are Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Paul Winter (1939), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Roy Bittan (1949), Andrew Hill (1931), and T Bone Burnett (1948).

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