1930 - 2008
Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Odetta has received more than 848,375 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Odetta is the 1,052nd most popular singer (down from 841st in 2019), the 5,744th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,748th in 2019) and the 291st most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Odetta ranks 1,052 out of 3,528. Before her are David Alexandre Winter, Peaches, Prodigy, Lenny Kuhr, Roger McGuinn, and Florence Ballard. After her are Pumpuang Duangjan, Dave Benton, Rob Pilatus, Inger Jacobsen, Bertrand Cantat, and Nilla Pizzi.
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 1,046
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 1,047
1974 - 2017
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 1,048
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 1,049
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 1,050
1943 - 1976
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 1,051
1930 - 2008
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 1,052
1961 - 1992
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 1,053
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,054
1965 - 1998
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,055
1923 - 1996
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,056
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,057
1919 - 2011
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 1,058
Among people born in 1930, Odetta ranks 328. Before her are Herbert Erhardt, Roger Vonlanthen, Henri Coppens, Malcolm Fraser, Ivan Kolev, and John Romita Sr.. After her are Horst Bienek, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Marni Nixon, Arsenio Iglesias, Jan P. Syse, and Sándor Rozsnyói. Among people deceased in 2008, Odetta ranks 200. Before her are Xie Jin, Aleksandr Abdulov, Janwillem van de Wetering, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Van Johnson, and Brad Renfro. After her are Levy Mwanawasa, Norman Smith, William Gibson, Ricardo Infante, Heinz Kwiatkowski, and Rina Zaripova.
1930 - 2010
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 322
1930 - 2020
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 323
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 324
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 325
1930 - 2005
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 326
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 327
1930 - 2008
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 328
1930 - 1990
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 329
1930 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 330
1930 - 2016
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 331
1930 - 2023
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 332
1930 - 1997
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 333
1930 - 2014
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 334
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 194
1953 - 2008
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 195
1931 - 2008
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 196
1930 - 2008
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 197
1916 - 2008
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 198
1982 - 2008
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 199
1930 - 2008
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 200
1948 - 2008
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 201
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 202
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 203
1924 - 2008
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 204
1926 - 2008
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 205
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 206
Among people born in United States, Odetta ranks 5,744 out of 18,182. Before her are Gabrielle Carteris (1961), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), Tiny Sandford (1894), Walter J. Ong (1912), Carey Lowell (1961), and Whitcomb L. Judson (1846). After her are John Gray (1951), Kenny Johnson (1963), Theresa Russell (1957), Eddie Tolan (1908), Chuck Schumer (1950), and Gordon Gould (1920).
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,738
1945 - 2020
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,739
1894 - 1961
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 5,740
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 5,741
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 5,742
1846 - 1909
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 5,743
1930 - 2008
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 5,744
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 5,745
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 5,746
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 5,747
1908 - 1967
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 5,748
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 5,749
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 5,750
Among singers born in United States, Odetta ranks 291. Before her are Lou Gramm (1950), Merle Haggard (1937), Boz Scaggs (1944), Prodigy (1974), Roger McGuinn (1942), and Florence Ballard (1943). After her are Roy Eldridge (1911), Xzibit (1974), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), Philip Bailey (1951), Mary J. Blige (1971), and Lou Rawls (1933).
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 285
1937 - 2016
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 286
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 287
1974 - 2017
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 288
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 289
1943 - 1976
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 290
1930 - 2008
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 291
1911 - 1989
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 292
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 293
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 294
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 295
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 296
1933 - 2006
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 297