SINGER

Jorge Cafrune

1937 - 1978

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Jorge Antonio Cafrune (Perico Del Carmen, Jujuy, August 8, 1937 – Buenos Aires, February 1, 1978) was one of the most popular Argentine folklorist singers of his time, as well as an unflagging researcher, compiler, and diffuser of the native culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Cafrune has received more than 141,596 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jorge Cafrune is the 1,166th most popular singer (down from 1,092nd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jorge Cafrune ranks 1,166 out of 4,381Before him are Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Cassidy, Nate Dogg, Junior Wells, Terence Trent D'Arby, and Nikolai Slichenko. After him are Tony Dallara, Azis, Fred Buscaglione, Boubacar Traoré, David Sylvian, and Anna Maria Jopek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jorge Cafrune ranks 315Before him are Joe Henderson, Jørgen Leth, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Lawrence Roberts, Una Stubbs, and Ingrid Pitt. After him are Pierluigi Chicca, William Lombardy, Giorgi Shengelaia, Gyula Zsivótzky, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, and Chris Blackwell. Among people deceased in 1978, Jorge Cafrune ranks 162Before him are Léon Damas, Mary Blair, Theodor Tolsdorff, Duncan Grant, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, and Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev. After him are Abdylas Maldybaev, Ethelda Bleibtrey, Baltasar Albéniz, Jack Oakie, Germain Derycke, and O. E. Hasse.

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