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John Fogerty

1945 - Today

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John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter. CCR had nine top-10 singles and eight gold albums between 1968 and 1972, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.Since CCR parted ways in 1972, Fogerty has had a successful solo career, which continues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Fogerty has received more than 8,540,952 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). John Fogerty is the 298th most popular singer (down from 249th in 2019), the 1,743rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,658th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Fogerties by language

Over the past year John Fogerty has had the most page views in the with 1,256,722 views, followed by German (96,483), and Spanish (95,220). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (307.91%), Swedish (197.88%), and Ukrainian (173.52%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, John Fogerty ranks 298 out of 4,381. Before him are Elis Regina, Alfredo Kraus, Bülent Ersoy, Sammy Davis Jr., Vicente Fernández, and Šaban Šaulić. After him are Wolf Biermann, Jussi Björling, Sacha Distel, Coolio, Agnes Baltsa, and Muslim Magomayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, John Fogerty ranks 108. Before him are Assi Dayan, Meir Dagan, Khaleda Zia, Gunther von Hagens, Elis Regina, and Jeffrey C. Hall. After him are Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Daniel Olbrychski, Brion James, John Garang, Wim Suurbier, and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Fogerty ranks 1,743 out of 20,380. Before him are Hiram Bingham III (1875), Joe Satriani (1956), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Ving Rhames (1959), Sol LeWitt (1928), and Henry Ford II (1917). After him are Barbara Bel Geddes (1922), Martin Rodbell (1925), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Stephen Lang (1952), Aaron Copland (1900), and George Gaylord Simpson (1902).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, John Fogerty ranks 93. Before him are Busta Rhymes (1972), Stevie Nicks (1948), Janet Jackson (1966), Roberta Flack (1937), Sonny Bono (1935), and Sammy Davis Jr. (1925). After him are Coolio (1963), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Cab Calloway (1907), Axl Rose (1962), Joey Ramone (1951), and Adelaide Hall (1901).

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