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Rino Gaetano

1950 - 1981

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Salvatore Antonio "Rino" Gaetano (29 October 1950 – 2 June 1981) was an Italian musician and singer-songwriter. He is famous for his satirical songs and oblique yet incisive political commentary. He is remembered for his raspy voice, for the heavily ironic lyrics of his songs and his social protests. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rino Gaetano has received more than 240,997 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rino Gaetano is the 1,057th most popular singer (up from 1,135th in 2019), the 3,298th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,244th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Italian Singer.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Rino Gaetano ranks 1,057 out of 4,381Before him are Mathé Altéry, Hanka Paldum, Kikki Danielsson, Luis Miguel, Elīna Garanča, and Lenny Kuhr. After him are Heintje Simons, Adrian Belew, Thongchai McIntyre, Francesco Tamagno, Virginia E. Johnson, and Désirée Artôt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Rino Gaetano ranks 292Before him are Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Phillip Noyce, Ajita Wilson, Debbie Allen, Ronny Yu, and Lenny Kuhr. After him are András Adorján, Michael Tomasello, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Klaus Wunder, Mariano García Remón, and Lou Gramm. Among people deceased in 1981, Rino Gaetano ranks 144Before him are Evsei Liberman, Beatrice Tinsley, William Gopallawa, Karl Struss, Antonio Berni, and Durgabai Deshmukh. After him are Gerhard Marcks, Ross Martin, Isao Kimura, Paul Hörbiger, Francis Hunter, and Ernesto Prinoth.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rino Gaetano ranks 3,298 out of 5,161Before him are Gianluigi Donnarumma (1999), Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (1948), Maurizio Costanzo (1938), Giuseppe Adami (1878), Eleonora Giorgi (1953), and Pino Puglisi (1937). After him are Girolamo Mei (1519), Titus Didius (-200), Francesco Tamagno (1850), Tullio Pinelli (1908), Dorian Gray (1931), and Alessandro Striggio (1540).

Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Rino Gaetano ranks 76Before him are Licia Albanese (1909), Enzo Ghinazzi (1955), Tony Renis (1938), Antonello Venditti (1949), Franca Raimondi (1932), and Nilla Pizzi (1919). After him are Francesco Tamagno (1850), Claudia Muzio (1889), Caterina Caselli (1946), Fedora Barbieri (1920), Gala (1975), and Nada (1953).