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Laurel Aitken

1927 - 2005

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Lorenzo "Laurel" Aitken (22 April 1927 – 17 July 2005) was a Cuban-Jamaican singer and one of the pioneers of ska music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurel Aitken has received more than 175,072 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Laurel Aitken is the 954th most popular singer (down from 870th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Cuban Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Laurel Aitken ranks 954 out of 4,381. Before him are Willeke Alberti, Yaroslav Yevdokimov, Judy Collins, Claudio Baglioni, Walter Berry, and Leon Russell. After him are Antonietta Stella, Hana Hegerová, Boz Scaggs, BoA, Joan Osborne, and Caroline Unger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Laurel Aitken ranks 237. Before him are Franco Donatoni, Hsing Yun, Eileen Ryan, Don Revie, Leontyne Price, and Herbert Ross. After him are Yevgeny Morgunov, Robert Spaemann, Luis Rijo, Shoji Nishio, Eugene Parker, and Charles Pasqua. Among people deceased in 2005, Laurel Aitken ranks 173. Before him are Johnny Haynes, Frank Gorshin, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Jacques Dufilho, Yevgeny Grishin, and Attilâ İlhan. After him are Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Stanley Williams, Shoji Nishio, Polina Gelman, Hans Clarin, and Gennady Sarafanov.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Laurel Aitken ranks 88 out of 300. Before him are Benny Moré (1919), Julio Antonio Mella (1903), Anselmo Alliegro y Milá (1899), Pío Leyva (1917), Ana Mendieta (1948), and Ninón Sevilla (1929). After him are William Levy (1980), Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814), Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1936), José Miró Cardona (1902), and Félix Savón (1967).

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Among SINGERS In Cuba

Among singers born in Cuba, Laurel Aitken ranks 12. Before him are Rita Marley (1946), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), Camila Cabello (1997), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Pablo Milanés (1943), and Benny Moré (1919). After him are Olga Guillot (1922), Addys Mercedes (1985), Jon Secada (1961), Mayra Andrade (1985), Chanel Terrero (1991), and Diego Gutiérrez (1974).

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