SINGER

Lou Rawls

1933 - 2006

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Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American baritone singer. He released 61 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably the song "You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine". He also worked as a film, television, and voice actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lou Rawls has received more than 2,298,098 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lou Rawls is the 1,159th most popular singer (down from 1,081st in 2019), the 5,931st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,849th in 2019) and the 291st most popular American Singer.

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  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lou Rawls ranks 1,159 out of 4,381Before him are Cilla Black, Hasmik Papian, Ebi, K. J. Yesudas, Namie Amuro, and Claudine Longet. After him are Brigitte Fassbaender, Eva Cassidy, Nate Dogg, Junior Wells, Terence Trent D'Arby, and Nikolai Slichenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Lou Rawls ranks 318Before him are Ayako Wakao, Otar Chiladze, Arif Malikov, Abdul Rahman Munif, Lucian Pintilie, and Yang Chuan-kwang. After him are Yoshishige Yoshida, Ingrid Jonker, Sergio Pitol, Chuck Grassley, Arnold Koller, and Giuliano Sarti. Among people deceased in 2006, Lou Rawls ranks 215Before him are Ray Barretto, Miroslav Brozović, Bertil Antonsson, Hans Berglund, Karl Hugo Strunz, and Tihomir Ognjanov. After him are Jeane Kirkpatrick, Oskar Pastior, S. Yizhar, Don Knotts, Runer Jonsson, and Zdravko Rajkov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lou Rawls ranks 5,931 out of 20,380Before him are Kaley Cuoco (1985), Carter Burwell (1954), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Ned Block (1942), Colleen Camp (1953), and George O. Abell (1927). After him are John du Pont (1938), Shawn Michaels (1965), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Edward Douglass White (1845), Jonelle Allen (1944), and David Keith (1954).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Lou Rawls ranks 291Before him are Travis Scott (1991), Sylvester (1947), Gil Scott-Heron (1949), Steve Porcaro (1957), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), and Usher (1978). After him are Eva Cassidy (1963), Nate Dogg (1969), Junior Wells (1934), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Ted Neeley (1943), and Lightnin' Hopkins (1912).