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Jo Stafford

1917 - 2008

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Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music, and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jo Stafford has received more than 1,048,815 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jo Stafford is the 1,672nd most popular singer (down from 1,497th in 2019), the 8,847th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,969th in 2019) and the 413th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jo Stafford ranks 1,672 out of 4,381. Before her are Imany, Taeyang, Silvi Vrait, Paul Carrack, Kelly Rowland, and John Farnham. After her are Norman Greenbaum, Loleatta Holloway, Yesung, Eva Dahlgren, Tina Karol, and Violeta Urmana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Jo Stafford ranks 288. Before her are Wenche Foss, Jack Lynch, Władysław Rubin, Eugen Walaschek, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Melville Shavelson. After her are Steve Cochran, Pyotr Demichev, Rufus Thomas, Birger Rosengren, Qaysin Quli, and Zagir Ismagilov. Among people deceased in 2008, Jo Stafford ranks 309. Before her are Cecilia Colledge, Pauline Baynes, Margaret Truman, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Sam Tingle, and Jimmy Stewart. After her are Gábor Delneky, Tony Rolt, Cachao, Estelle Reiner, Randy Pausch, and Walter Haummer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jo Stafford ranks 8,847 out of 20,380. Before her are Carl Foreman (1914), Darren Star (1961), Richard Dysart (1929), William Stanley Haseltine (1835), Peter Farrelly (1956), and Alan Washbond (1899). After her are Mark Schultz (1960), Ernie Lively (1947), Henry Dearborn (1751), Chris Poland (1957), Carol Heiss (1940), and Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jo Stafford ranks 413. Before her are Jenni Rivera (1969), Roky Erickson (1947), Gerry Goffin (1939), Toni Basil (1943), Jackie DeShannon (1941), and Kelly Rowland (1981). After her are Norman Greenbaum (1942), Loleatta Holloway (1946), Charles Bradley (1948), Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919), Eddie Floyd (1937), and Anita Bryant (1940).

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