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Merle Haggard

1937 - 2016

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Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Merle Haggard has received more than 8,491,987 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Merle Haggard is the 1,027th most popular singer (down from 854th in 2019), the 5,612th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,858th in 2019) and the 286th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Merle Haggard ranks 1,027 out of 3,528. Before him are Juan Diego Flórez, Lou Gramm, Kati Kovács, Blixa Bargeld, Amelita Galli-Curci, and Carl Douglas. After him are Burning Spear, Dulce Pontes, Majida El Roumi, Conchita Bautista, Claudio Baglioni, and Luis Eduardo Aute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Merle Haggard ranks 279. Before him are Brian G. Marsden, Vittorio Adorni, David Margulies, Zoltán Horváth, Anita Traversi, and Moacyr Scliar. After him are William Lombardy, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Vitaly Zholobov, George Chuvalo, Pino Puglisi, and Rupiah Banda. Among people deceased in 2016, Merle Haggard ranks 269. Before him are Aurèle Nicolet, Arnold Wesker, Manuel Velázquez, Miruts Yifter, David Margulies, and Ofelya Hambardzumyan. After him are Slobodan Santrač, Janet Reno, Bülent Eken, Afeni Shakur, Prince Buster, and Georges Balandier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Merle Haggard ranks 5,612 out of 18,182. Before him are Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Edward Livingston (1764), Marcus Hurley (1883), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), and Priscilla Lane (1915). After him are Lloyd Alexander (1924), Annabella Sciorra (1960), Neil Flynn (1960), William Lombardy (1937), Butterfly McQueen (1911), and David Crane (1957).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Merle Haggard ranks 286. Before him are Luther Vandross (1951), Nas (1973), Bobby Bland (1930), Shirley Verrett (1931), Loretta Lynn (1932), and Lou Gramm (1950). After him are Boz Scaggs (1944), Prodigy (1974), Roger McGuinn (1942), Florence Ballard (1943), Odetta (1930), and Roy Eldridge (1911).

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