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Mort Shuman

1938 - 1991

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Mortimer Shuman (12 November 1938 – 2 November 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mort Shuman has received more than 333,562 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mort Shuman is the 726th most popular singer (down from 685th in 2019), the 4,128th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,876th in 2019) and the 209th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mort Shuman ranks 726 out of 3,528Before him are Hermann Prey, Pharrell Williams, Alanis Morissette, Peter Steele, Marinella, and Pablo Milanés. After him are Doro, Alan Tam, Papa Wemba, Melissa Etheridge, Fiorenza Cossotto, and Tanita Tikaram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Mort Shuman ranks 249Before him are Jayant Narlikar, Enzo G. Castellari, Tiziano Terzani, Stephen Breyer, Spencer Johnson, and Marinella. After him are Frederic Rzewski, Holger Czukay, Pat Buchanan, Kurt Moll, Emile Griffith, and Charles Starkweather. Among people deceased in 1991, Mort Shuman ranks 118Before him are Andrzej Panufnik, Abderrahmane Farès, Vilma Bánky, Louis Seigner, Roy Black, and Hitoshi Igarashi. After him are Nicholas Poppe, Fred MacMurray, Dagmar Lange, Luigi Zampa, Billy Vaughn, and Ed Heinemann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mort Shuman ranks 4,128 out of 18,182Before him are Tommy Mottola (1949), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Paul Gilbert (1966), Joseph Cornell (1903), Peter Steele (1962), and Ellen Church (1904). After him are John C. Lilly (1915), Stan Winston (1946), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Herman Kahn (1922), Emma Lazarus (1849), and Sunita Williams (1965).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Mort Shuman ranks 209Before him are Nile Rodgers (1952), Toni Braxton (1967), Eric Carmen (1949), Gladys Knight (1944), Pharrell Williams (1973), and Peter Steele (1962). After him are Melissa Etheridge (1961), Randy Crawford (1952), Dee Snider (1955), Christopher Cross (1951), Kathleen Battle (1948), and Tiny Tim (1932).