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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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United States

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).

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Among SINGERS In United States

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).

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