SINGER

Roberto Goyeneche

1926 - 1994

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Roberto Goyeneche (January 29, 1926 in Saavedra, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires – August 27, 1994 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango singer who epitomized the archetype of 1950s Buenos Aires' bohemian life, and became a living legend in the local music scene. Despite being of Basque descent, he was known as El Polaco ("the Pole") due to his light hair and thinness, like young Polish people of the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Goyeneche has received more than 58,683 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Goyeneche is the 1,470th most popular singer (down from 1,271st in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 388th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Argentinean Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Roberto Goyeneche ranks 1,470 out of 4,381. Before him are Edmundo Ros, Errol Brown, David Alexandre Winter, Jello Biafra, Alexia, and Park Hyung-sik. After him are Jorge Drexler, Bob Welch, Zazie, Ricardo Montaner, Ishtar, and Evelyn Lear.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Roberto Goyeneche ranks 384. Before him are Alfreda Markowska, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Emmanuel Wamala, Günter de Bruyn, Garret FitzGerald, and Li Han-hsiang. After him are Miguel León-Portilla, Evelyn Lear, Sverre Stenersen, Bill Black, Angus Scrimm, and Noor Jehan. Among people deceased in 1994, Roberto Goyeneche ranks 266. Before him are Medea Japaridze, Ljubomir Lovrić, Jerry Rubin, Alberto Natusch, Ion Lăpușneanu, and Vicente Enrique y Tarancón. After him are Charles Mathiesen, Ivan Fuqua, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Edward Kienholz, Homa Darabi, and Ermes Muccinelli.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Roberto Goyeneche ranks 475 out of 1,154. Before him are Juan José Campanella (1959), Héctor Méndez (1897), Ezequiel Garay (1986), Oscar Casanovas (1914), Carlos Mayor (1965), and María Luisa Bemberg (1922). After him are Ricardo Montaner (1957), Néstor Togneri (1942), Gustavo Zapata (1967), Ricardo Güiraldes (1886), Lucas Biglia (1986), and Gabriela Michetti (1965).

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Among SINGERS In Argentina

Among singers born in Argentina, Roberto Goyeneche ranks 7. Before him are Mercedes Sosa (1935), Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Facundo Cabral (1937), Sandro de América (1945), Luis Alberto Spinetta (1950), and León Gieco (1951). After him are Ricardo Montaner (1957), Gilda (1961), Andrés Calamaro (1961), Marcelo Álvarez (1962), Diego Torres (1971), and Chenoa (1975).

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