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Leroy Carr

1905 - 1935

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Leroy Carr (March 27, 1904 or 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. Music historian Elijah Wald has called him "the most influential male blues singer and songwriter of the first half of the 20th century". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leroy Carr has received more than 140,386 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Leroy Carr is the 1,912th most popular singer (down from 1,746th in 2019), the 10,271st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,457th in 2019) and the 500th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Leroy Carr ranks 1,912 out of 4,381. Before him are Carole Bayer Sager, Duncan Laurence, Seo Kang-joon, Jeongyeon, Teddy Park, and Marcelo Álvarez. After him are Mariem Hassan, Daniel Powter, Jessie J, Sergio Dalma, Sergej Ćetković, and Mark Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Leroy Carr ranks 366. Before him are Helen Sawyer Hogg, Kenneth Rexroth, Isaac Kashdan, Tommy Flowers, Robert Bacher, and Friederich Franzl. After him are Enrico Rivolta, Pierre Jaccoud, George Gulack, René Bondoux, Jule Styne, and David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter. Among people deceased in 1935, Leroy Carr ranks 144. Before him are Patricio Arabolaza, Charles Kingsford Smith, Paolo Orsi, Silverio Izaguirre, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, and Junior Durkin. After him are Adolphus Greely, Wiley Post, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Edward Carson, and Alice Dunbar Nelson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leroy Carr ranks 10,271 out of 20,380. Before him are Antonio Tarver (1968), Horace Grant (1965), Amy Pascal (1958), Gintaras Grušas (1961), John N. Mitchell (1913), and Harry A. Pollard (1879). After him are Linda Lavin (1937), Norman Malcolm (1911), John Casper (1943), Roland Burris (1937), Tony Ferguson (1984), and Vivian Vance (1909).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Leroy Carr ranks 500. Before him are Johnny Otis (1921), Eddy Arnold (1918), MC Ren (1969), Bruce Hornsby (1954), Julee Cruise (1956), and Carole Bayer Sager (1947). After him are Mark Murphy (1932), Joey Belladonna (1960), Ja Rule (1976), Kate Smith (1907), Ne-Yo (1979), and Greg Phillinganes (1956).

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