SINGER

Kitty Kallen

1921 - 2016

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Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen; May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-World War II pop scene and the early years of rock 'n roll. Kallen performed with popular big band leaders of the 1940s, including Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James, before establishing a solo career. She is widely known for her 1954 solo recording '"Little Things Mean a Lot", a song that stayed at the U.S. Billboard number one spot for nine consecutive weeks and took top honor as 1954's #1 song of the year, charted in the U.S. for almost seven months, hit No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kitty Kallen has received more than 463,274 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kitty Kallen is the 2,220th most popular singer, the 11,993rd most popular biography from United States and the 595th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kitty Kallen ranks 2,220 out of 4,381. Before her are Anita Ward, Annie Ross, Tasmin Archer, Dahyun, Marta Sánchez, and Redfoo. After her are Hank Williams Jr., Ken Hirai, Hayley Williams, Frederik Ndoci, Daesung, and Glen Hansard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Kitty Kallen ranks 448. Before her are Richard Wilbur, Horace Gould, Andrew M. Gleason, Dinny Pails, Vivian Blaine, and Art Clokey. After her are Juanita M. Kreps, Kathleen Byron, Tommy Noonan, Monty Hall, John Lindsay, and Wilbur Thompson. Among people deceased in 2016, Kitty Kallen ranks 540. Before her are Sammy Lee, Balram Jakhar, Vanity, Toimi Pitkänen, Daniel Willems, and Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves. After her are Joe Medicine Crow, Ilkka Hanski, Nahed Hattar, P. A. Sangma, Yūko Mizutani, and George Voinovich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kitty Kallen ranks 11,993 out of 20,380. Before her are Art Clokey (1921), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Charles Erwin Wilson (1890), Redfoo (1975), Joel Barlow (1754), and David Newman (1954). After her are J. Smith-Cameron (1957), Hank Williams Jr. (1949), Mike DeWine (1947), Duke Pearson (1932), Dan Fogelberg (1951), and Lucky Thompson (1924).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kitty Kallen ranks 595. Before her are Normani (1996), Lydia Lunch (1959), Crystal Waters (1964), Aimee Mann (1960), Anita Ward (1956), and Redfoo (1975). After her are Hank Williams Jr. (1949), Hayley Williams (1988), Fontella Bass (1940), Chuck D (1960), Kitty Wells (1919), and Josh Groban (1981).

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