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Mary Ford

1924 - 1977

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Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American guitarist and vocalist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hits, including "How High the Moon" and "Vaya con Dios", which were number one hits on the Billboard charts. In 1951 alone they sold six million records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Ford has received more than 728,272 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mary Ford is the 1,778th most popular singer (down from 1,432nd in 2019), the 9,467th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,566th in 2019) and the 452nd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mary Ford ranks 1,778 out of 4,381. Before her are Nawal Al Zoghbi, Andrea Berg, Don Dokken, Clementina de Jesus, Charlie Daniels, and Benjamin Biolay. After her are Jan Peerce, Teresa Salgueiro, Alaska, Jay Park, Richard Cheese, and DJ Yella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mary Ford ranks 438. Before her are Norman Fell, William Russell, Jocelyne LaGarde, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Bette Nesmith Graham, and Lev Kulidzhanov. After her are Norman Alden, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Sofía Ímber, Ragnar Lundberg, Boris Markov, and Harvey Kurtzman. Among people deceased in 1977, Mary Ford ranks 239. Before her are Alexey Gribov, Birger Rosengren, Steve Gaines, Betty Taylor, Andy Devine, and Carroll Quigley. After her are Ivo Radovniković, Carlo Biotti, Pauline Starke, József Várszegi, Jean Capelle, and Alfred Lunt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Ford ranks 9,467 out of 20,380. Before her are Norman Kerry (1894), Charlie Daniels (1936), Gary Kurtz (1940), John Schofield (1831), Larry Miller (1953), and Carroll Quigley (1910). After her are Wanda Hendrix (1928), Jan Peerce (1904), Alex Morgan (1989), Alma Richards (1890), Aisha Tyler (1970), and Tim LaHaye (1926).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Mary Ford ranks 452. Before her are Julian Casablancas (1978), Jessi (1988), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), Sonny Terry (1911), Don Dokken (1953), and Charlie Daniels (1936). After her are Jan Peerce (1904), Jay Park (1987), Richard Cheese (1965), DJ Yella (1967), Bizarre (1976), and Saweetie (1993).

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