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Odetta

1930 - 2008

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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 894,745 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Odetta is the 1,094th most popular singer (down from 1,048th in 2019), the 5,621st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,732nd in 2019) and the 281st most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Odetta ranks 1,094 out of 4,381. Before her are Jerome Flynn, Bobby Bland, Rika Zaraï, Jim Reeves, Flora Purim, and Fedora Barbieri. After her are Elisabeth Söderström, Matti Salminen, Despina Vandi, Jim Steinman, Hortense Schneider, and Genesis P-Orridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Odetta ranks 340. Before her are Jean-Louis de Rambures, Vera T. Sós, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Estela de Carlotto, and Bobby Bland. After her are Anthony Harvey, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Ellen Schwiers, Giorgio Ghezzi, Bob Guccione, and Francesco Maselli. Among people deceased in 2008, Odetta ranks 203. Before her are Cedella Booker, Patrick Hillery, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Ennio de Concini, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, and Mikhail Pugovkin. After her are Nikola Kljusev, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Christodoulos of Athens, Van Johnson, Badri Patarkatsishvili, and Buck Adams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Odetta ranks 5,621 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Kurtz (1925), Kevin Dunn (1956), Scott LaFaro (1936), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), and Bill Bryson (1951). After her are Linden Ashby (1960), Robert Durst (1943), Moe Howard (1897), Denis Leary (1957), Jim Cummings (1952), and Jim Steinman (1947).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Odetta ranks 281. Before her are Leland Sklar (1947), Lou Gramm (1950), Luther Vandross (1951), Merle Haggard (1937), Bobby Bland (1930), and Jim Reeves (1923). After her are Jim Steinman (1947), Sheila E. (1957), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Travis Scott (1991), Sylvester (1947), and Gil Scott-Heron (1949).

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