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Sixto Rodriguez

1942 - 2023

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Sixto Diaz Rodríguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023), mononymously known as Rodríguez, was an American musician from Detroit, Michigan. Though his career was initially met with little fanfare in the United States, he found success in South Africa, Australia (touring the country twice in his earlier career), and New Zealand. Unbeknownst to him for decades, his music grew extremely successful and influential in South Africa, where he is believed to have sold more records than Elvis Presley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sixto Rodriguez has received more than 3,753,433 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sixto Rodriguez is the 292nd most popular musician (down from 289th in 2019), the 1,656th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,681st in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sixto Rodriguez ranks 292 out of 3,175. Before him are Kirk Hammett, John Mayall, Eddie Cochran, Yanni, Art Tatum, and Leopold Auer. After him are Terpander, André Previn, Riccardo Cocciante, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Jerry Reed, and Lisa Gerrard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Sixto Rodriguez ranks 124. Before him are Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Karen Grassle, Anita Pallenberg, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, António Lobo Antunes, and Felice Gimondi. After him are Frank Zane, Ivo Viktor, Fred Ward, Roger Ebert, Mitch McConnell, and Jean-Pierre Jabouille. Among people deceased in 2023, Sixto Rodriguez ranks 104. Before him are Shane MacGowan, Bo Larsson, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Burt Bacharach, and Marouf al-Bakhit. After him are Josephine Chaplin, Sinéad O'Connor, Antonio Carbajal, John B. Goodenough, Oleg Protopopov, and Ian Wilmut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sixto Rodriguez ranks 1,656 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee J. Cobb (1911), William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Don Rosa (1951), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), David O. Selznick (1902), and Lyonel Feininger (1871). After him are Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Jennifer Grey (1960), Vera Miles (1929), John Turturro (1957), Jean M. Auel (1936), and Frank Zane (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Sixto Rodriguez ranks 83. Before him are Marilyn Manson (1969), Bill Haley (1925), Sidney Bechet (1897), Kirk Hammett (1962), Eddie Cochran (1938), and Art Tatum (1909). After him are Jerry Reed (1937), John Densmore (1944), Joe Satriani (1956), Robby Krieger (1946), Fats Domino (1928), and Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954).

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