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Rita Pavone

1945 - Today

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Rita Ori Filomena Merk-Pavone (née Pavone, Italian: [ˈriːta paˈvoːne]; born August 23, 1945) is an Italian-Swiss pop singer, actress and showgirl, who enjoyed success through the 1960s. Known as "the Mosquito of Turin" (la Zanzara di Torino), she was also nicknamed "Carrot Hair" (Pel di carota) because of the red color of her hair. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rita Pavone has received more than 448,214 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Rita Pavone is the 228th most popular singer (up from 284th in 2019), the 1,324th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,552nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Rita Pavone ranks 228 out of 4,381. Before her are George Strait, Rob Halford, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Petula Clark, Ibrahim Ferrer, and Jacqueline Boyer. After her are Edita Gruberová, Ricky Martin, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Phil Ochs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Rita Pavone ranks 78. Before her are Graça Machel, Linda Lee Cadwell, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Dirk Benedict, Maud Adams, and Milo Manara. After her are Robert Sarah, George Smoot, Van Morrison, Türkan Şoray, Kim Carnes, and Bob Gunton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rita Pavone ranks 1,324 out of 5,161. Before her are Lucius Munatius Plancus (-87), Bernabò Visconti (1323), Frederick of Naples (1451), Odoric of Pordenone (1286), Aurelia Cotta (-120), and Titus Quinctius Flamininus (-229). After her are Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369), Giovanni Ceva (1647), Valentino Rossi (1979), Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823), and Lina Wertmüller (1928).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Rita Pavone ranks 26. Before her are Franco Corelli (1921), Tito Gobbi (1913), Umberto Tozzi (1952), Zucchero Fornaciari (1955), Alessandro Moreschi (1858), and Mario Del Monaco (1915). After her are Sabrina Salerno (1968), Giuseppina Strepponi (1815), Fabrizio De André (1940), Laura Pausini (1974), Giulietta Simionato (1910), and Giuditta Pasta (1797).

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