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Joe Dassin

1938 - 1980

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Joseph Ira Dassin (French: [dasɛ̃]; November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980), known as Joe Dassin, was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. In his career spanning sixteen years (1964–1980), he enjoyed numerous successes in France and the French-speaking world, as well as singing in languages other than French. He had a career in Soviet Union, Finland, Greece, and Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Dassin has received more than 1,410,840 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Joe Dassin is the 42nd most popular singer (up from 52nd in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from United States (up from 351st in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Singer.

Joe Dassin is most famous for his song "Les Champs-Élysées."

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Joe Dassin ranks 42 out of 3,528. Before him are Patti Smith, Plácido Domingo, Nico, Amanda Lear, Andrea Bocelli, and Ozzy Osbourne. After him are Mireille Mathieu, Nina Simone, Toto Cutugno, Albano Carrisi, Constanze Mozart, and Billie Holiday.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Joe Dassin ranks 14. Before him are Rudolf Nureyev, Queen Sofía of Spain, Leonid Kuchma, Nico, Islam Karimov, and Farah Pahlavi. After him are Paul Verhoeven, Christopher Lloyd, Alberto Fujimori, Anthony Giddens, Jean Seberg, and Alpha Condé. Among people deceased in 1980, Joe Dassin ranks 17. Before him are Bon Scott, Jesse Owens, Colonel Sanders, Oskar Kokoschka, Henry Miller, and Tamara de Lempicka. After him are Marshall McLuhan, Romain Gary, Peter Sellers, Otto Frank, Alexei Kosygin, and Gianni Rodari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Dassin ranks 250 out of 18,182. Before him are Tony Curtis (1925), Desmond Doss (1919), Robert Duvall (1931), Steve Wozniak (1950), Lee Van Cleef (1925), and William Howard Taft (1857). After him are Calvin Coolidge (1872), Paul Samuelson (1915), John Cage (1912), Rocky Marciano (1923), Ray Kroc (1902), and George Westinghouse (1846).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Joe Dassin ranks 17. Before him are Tupac Shakur (1971), Johnny Cash (1932), Whitney Houston (1963), Barry White (1944), James Brown (1933), and Patti Smith (1946). After him are Nina Simone (1933), Billie Holiday (1915), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), 50 Cent (1975), Jennifer Lopez (1969), and Kurt Cobain (1967).

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