SINGER

Max Romeo

1944 - 2025

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Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith; 22 November 1944 – 11 April 2025) was a Jamaican reggae and roots reggae recording musician who achieved chart success in his home country and in the United Kingdom. He had several hits with the vocal group the Emotions. His song "Wet Dream" (1968) included overtly sexual lyrics and launched a new style of reggae. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Romeo has received more than 306,374 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Romeo is the 972nd most popular singer (down from 894th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Jamaican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Max Romeo ranks 972 out of 4,381. Before him are Nina Grieg, Célestine Galli-Marié, Mariza, Bunny Wailer, Kate Ryan, and Shi Pei Pu. After him are Clare Torry, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Alejandro Sanz, Rosa Ponselle, Maggie MacNeal, and Irmgard Seefried.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Max Romeo ranks 393. Before him are Raewyn Connell, Diana Bracho, Ray Davies, Ivan Ćurković, Boz Scaggs, and Jean-François Stévenin. After him are Ard Schenk, Ali Benflis, Haruhiko Kuroda, Nicky Hopkins, Tony Visconti, and Willeke van Ammelrooy. Among people deceased in 2025, Max Romeo ranks 57. Before him are Fabio Cudicini, Eddie Jordan, Manoj Kumar, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, and Peter Bichsel. After him are Jean Marsh, Frankétienne, Eleonora Giorgi, Jeannot Szwarc, James Harrison, and Fred Stolle.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Max Romeo ranks 23 out of 189. Before him are Stephen Hopkins (1958), Asafa Powell (1982), Burning Spear (1945), Madge Sinclair (1938), Sean Paul (1973), and Bunny Wailer (1947). After him are DJ Kool Herc (1955), Patrick Allen (1951), Martine Beswick (1941), Cedella Booker (1926), Mary Seacole (1805), and Carol (null).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Max Romeo ranks 6. Before him are Grace Jones (1948), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Liz Mitchell (1952), Burning Spear (1945), and Bunny Wailer (1947). After him are Cedella Booker (1926), Shaggy (1968), Carl Douglas (1942), Errol Brown (1948), Gregory Isaacs (1951), and Yellowman (1956).

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