SINGER

Teddy Pendergrass

1950 - 2010

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Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Teddy Pendergrass has received more than 5,278,469 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Teddy Pendergrass is the 1,584th most popular singer (up from 1,590th in 2019), the 8,269th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,565th in 2019) and the 389th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 1,584 out of 4,381. Before him are Jasraj, Telma Hopkins, Conway Twitty, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Steve Strange, and Bebe Rexha. After him are Brendan Perry, Jessica Simpson, Joe Elliott, Leeteuk, Missy Elliott, and Alissa White-Gluz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 455. Before him are Jill Stein, Mac Wilkins, Yuji Hyakutake, Ken Alibek, Juice Leskinen, and Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. After him are Aloma Wright, Anders Linderoth, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Richard Norton, Robert Brandom, and Debra Hill. Among people deceased in 2010, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 330. Before him are Patricia Wrightson, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Nena, Eva Ibbotson, Corey Haim, and Marc Bazin. After him are Corey Allen, Hédi Annabi, Alexandru Neagu, José Antonio Labordeta, Guru, and Paul Drayton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 8,269 out of 20,380. Before him are Erykah Badu (1971), Charles R. Knight (1874), ASAP Rocky (1988), Laverne Cox (1984), Rick Warren (1954), and Amar Bose (1929). After him are Emma Smith (1804), Marie Windsor (1919), Brad Renfro (1982), Gregory Chaitin (1947), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), and Harlow Curtice (1893).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 389. Before him are Kendrick Lamar (1987), Candice Night (1971), Aaron Neville (1941), Telma Hopkins (1948), Conway Twitty (1933), and Bebe Rexha (1989). After him are Jessica Simpson (1980), Missy Elliott (1971), Frankie Lymon (1942), Barbara Bonney (1956), Johnny Rivers (1942), and Method Man (1971).

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