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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 8,740,163 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ricky Nelson is the 355th most popular singer (down from 324th in 2019), the 2,231st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,075th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ricky Nelson ranks 355 out of 3,528. Before him are Sinéad O'Connor, Rubén Blades, Joseph Kobzon, Franzl Lang, Dave Evans, and Sacha Distel. After him are Anastacia, Alizée, Chris Brown, Denny Doherty, Manuel García, and Joe Lynn Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Ricky Nelson ranks 131. Before him are Jean-Luc Dehaene, Dietmar Hopp, Peter Benchley, Jan Jongbloed, Tony Tan, and Masahiro Hamazaki. After him are Denny Doherty, Adel Emam, Michael Parks, Taihō Kōki, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, and James L. Brooks. Among people deceased in 1985, Ricky Nelson ranks 58. Before him are Louise Brooks, Zarifa Aliyeva, Michael Redgrave, Herbert Bayer, Wellington Koo, and Birabongse Bhanudej. After him are Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Axel Springer, Abe Lenstra, David Purley, Helmuth Plessner, and Nicolas Frantz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ricky Nelson ranks 2,231 out of 18,182. Before him are Paul Bowles (1910), Alicia Rhett (1915), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), and Ivan Sutherland (1938). After him are Richard Sennett (1943), Chet Atkins (1924), Eva Longoria (1975), James Newton Howard (1951), Russ Meyer (1922), and Anastacia (1968).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ricky Nelson ranks 110. Before him are Linda Ronstadt (1946), Eric Adams (1952), Perry Como (1912), Roberta Flack (1937), Marc Anthony (1968), and Neil Sedaka (1939). After him are Anastacia (1968), Chris Brown (1989), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), Kanye West (1977), Selena Gomez (1992), and LP (1981).

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