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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 429,930 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). LaVern Baker is the 1,786th most popular singer (down from 1,553rd in 2019), the 9,669th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,574th in 2019) and the 487th most popular American Singer.

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  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, LaVern Baker ranks 1,786 out of 3,528Before her are Joey Belladonna, Maître Gims, Gaahl, Emilia Rydberg, Lay Zhang, and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. After her are Tina Karol, Zara Larsson, Ellie Greenwich, Tomohisa Yamashita, Robyn, and Flemming Jørgensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, LaVern Baker ranks 435Before her are Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Charlotte Froese Fischer, Kiichirō Furukawa, Vivien Merchant, Desmond Hoyte, and Boris Nikolov. After her are Pete George, Bhanu Athaiya, Ahmed Kathrada, Amanda Blake, Joseph Mascolo, and Paul England. Among people deceased in 1997, LaVern Baker ranks 257Before her are Reinhard Lauck, Francis Johnson, Frank Parker, Sheldon Leonard, James Dickey, and Mikhail Anikushin. After her are Amleto Frignani, Owen Barfield, Gul Mohammed, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kåre Holt, and Karen Wetterhahn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, LaVern Baker ranks 9,669 out of 18,182Before her are Frank Greer (1879), Bart Conner (1958), Junior Durkin (1915), Keith Szarabajka (1952), Bob Kerrey (1943), and Leonard Wood (1860). After her are David Leitch (1975), Jeremy Lin (1988), Natasha Lyonne (1979), Dorothy Abbott (1920), Mindy Sterling (1953), and Paul Feig (1962).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, LaVern Baker ranks 487Before her are Howie Dorough (1973), Lil' Kim (1974), AJ McLean (1978), Johnny Otis (1921), Tommy Roe (1942), and Joey Belladonna (1960). After her are Ellie Greenwich (1940), Benji Madden (1979), Lindsey Stirling (1986), Cheryl Studer (1955), Nelson Eddy (1901), and Mildred Bailey (1907).