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LaVern Baker

1929 - 1997

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Delores LaVern Baker (born Delores Evans; November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues singer who had several hit records on the pop charts in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee" (1955), "Jim Dandy" (1956), and "I Cried a Tear" (1958). Baker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of LaVern Baker has received more than 461,316 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). LaVern Baker is the 1,830th most popular singer (down from 1,780th in 2019), the 9,795th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,647th in 2019) and the 472nd most popular American Singer.

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  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, LaVern Baker ranks 1,830 out of 4,381. Before her are Magic Sam, Yıldız Tilbe, Johnnie Ray, Chris Fehn, Anitta, and Agnes Obel. After her are Jonny Jakobsen, Magdalena Kožená, Eleonore Schwarz, Brad Delp, Oleh Skrypka, and Patty Smyth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, LaVern Baker ranks 477. Before her are Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Benny Andersen, Jean-Denis Bredin, Lyubov Kozyreva, Kiichirō Furukawa, and Boris Nikolov. After her are Gheorghe Fiat, Michel Knuysen, Paolo Ferrari, Basri Dirimlili, Red Amick, and William Fields. Among people deceased in 1997, LaVern Baker ranks 280. Before her are James Goldsmith, Wilbert Awdry, Kåre Holt, James Dickey, Jacques Pollet, and Ödön Gróf. After her are Spartaco Bandinelli, Basri Dirimlili, Jean Louis, Ronald Pope, Guillermo Díaz, and Denise Levertov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, LaVern Baker ranks 9,795 out of 20,380. Before her are J. Alden Weir (1852), Jim Montgomery (1955), Janet Hubert (1956), Alva Belmont (1853), Roger L. Jackson (1958), and Daniel J. Travanti (1940). After her are Ernie Kovacs (1919), Taissa Farmiga (1994), Rob Estes (1963), John L. Phillips (1951), Larry Kramer (1935), and Van Dyke Parks (1943).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, LaVern Baker ranks 472. Before her are Irma Thomas (1941), Lil' Kim (1974), Lawrence Tibbett (1896), Magic Sam (1937), Johnnie Ray (1927), and Chris Fehn (1973). After her are Brad Delp (1951), Patty Smyth (1957), Rick Ross (1976), Dianne Reeves (1956), Neal Morse (1960), and Tim "Ripper" Owens (1967).

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