SINGER

Ricky Nelson

1940 - 1985

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Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricky Nelson has received more than 9,238,265 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ricky Nelson is the 374th most popular singer (down from 355th in 2019), the 2,124th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,229th in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ricky Nelson ranks 374 out of 4,381Before him are Mei Lanfang, Christa Ludwig, Albert Hammond, Steve Perry, Amr Diab, and Arsen Dedić. After him are Bill Withers, Anne-Marie David, Serge Reggiani, Ruslana, Pérez Prado, and Jackie Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Ricky Nelson ranks 127Before him are Jean-Luc Dehaene, Adel Emam, Mike Hailwood, Katharine Ross, Shozo Tsugitani, and Richard Pryor. After him are Roger Ailes, Elke Sommer, Roger Pingeon, Peter Diamond, Denny Doherty, and Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Among people deceased in 1985, Ricky Nelson ranks 61Before him are Alexander Pokryshkin, Theodore Sturgeon, Ruth Gordon, David Byron, Herbert Bayer, and Cus D'Amato. After him are Afet İnan, Jean-Marie Loret, Vasyl Stus, Coral Buttsworth, Philly Joe Jones, and Michael Redgrave.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ricky Nelson ranks 2,124 out of 20,380Before him are Michael Jeter (1952), Alex Borstein (1971), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Cochise (1805), and John Young (1930). After him are Bill Withers (1938), Thomas Cech (1947), Jim Parsons (1973), Jennifer Beals (1963), John Cusack (1966), and Walt Whitman Rostow (1916).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ricky Nelson ranks 115Before him are Eartha Kitt (1927), Solomon Burke (1936), Pinetop Perkins (1913), Linda Ronstadt (1946), Toby Keith (1961), and Steve Perry (1949). After him are Bill Withers (1938), Jackie Jackson (1951), Jessye Norman (1945), Cissy Houston (1933), Selena Gomez (1992), and Brenda Lee (1944).