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Norman Greenbaum

1942 - Today

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Norman Joel Greenbaum (born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his 1969–1970 hit song "Spirit in the Sky". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Greenbaum has received more than 1,469,376 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Greenbaum is the 1,674th most popular singer (down from 1,384th in 2019), the 8,856th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,372nd in 2019) and the 415th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Norman Greenbaums by language

Over the past year Norman Greenbaum has had the most page views in the with 194,382 views, followed by German (10,739), and French (3,864). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (41.51%), Serbian (36.79%), and Serbo-Croatian (33.88%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Norman Greenbaum ranks 1,674 out of 4,381. Before him are Taeyang, Silvi Vrait, Paul Carrack, Kelly Rowland, John Farnham, and Jo Stafford. After him are Loleatta Holloway, Yesung, Eva Dahlgren, Tina Karol, Violeta Urmana, and Charles Bradley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Norman Greenbaum ranks 577. Before him are Jerry Jones, Robert Christgau, Kees Verkerk, John Ashcroft, Jejomar Binay, and Ivan Koloff. After him are Dinara Asanova, Javier Fragoso, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Steve Wynn, Mirko Sandić, and Annette Funicello.

Others Born in 1942

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Greenbaum ranks 8,856 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Dearborn (1751), Chris Poland (1957), Carol Heiss (1940), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Adam Rodriguez (1975), and Lillian Disney (1899). After him are R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Frankie Muniz (1985), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Gardner Dozois (1947), Jeremy Strong (1978), and Loleatta Holloway (1946).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Norman Greenbaum ranks 415. Before him are Roky Erickson (1947), Gerry Goffin (1939), Toni Basil (1943), Jackie DeShannon (1941), Kelly Rowland (1981), and Jo Stafford (1917). After him are Loleatta Holloway (1946), Charles Bradley (1948), Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919), Eddie Floyd (1937), Anita Bryant (1940), and Regina Resnik (1922).

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