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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 5,002,324 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Teddy Pendergrass is the 1,596th most popular singer (down from 1,309th in 2019), the 8,583rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,136th in 2019) and the 425th most popular American Singer.

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  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 1,596 out of 3,528Before him are Lloyd Price, Meja, Corinne Hermès, Chris Barnes, Taco, and DJ Yella. After him are Kim Jong-kook, Duffy, Diomedes Díaz, Andrea Corr, Arne Bendiksen, and Soko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 433Before him are Hugo Hovenkamp, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carlos Roberto Flores, Shahid Khan, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Howard Ashman. After him are Nicholas Evans, Chris Stein, Nikica Valentić, Phil Alden Robinson, Rambhadracharya, and Karmenu Vella. Among people deceased in 2010, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 327Before him are James Gammon, Pavel Lednyov, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, Hédi Annabi, Michele Giordano, and Paul Drayton. After him are Frank Fenner, Janusz Zakrzeński, Giovanni Pettenella, Michael Foot, Doris Eaton Travis, and Lisa Blount.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 8,583 out of 18,182Before him are Jason Lewis (1971), Coleen Gray (1922), DJ Yella (1967), Henry Dearborn (1751), Kate Bruce (1860), and Philip G. Epstein (1909). After him are Kellan Lutz (1985), Adam Rodriguez (1975), Belladonna (1981), John Berryman (1914), Scott Turow (1949), and Andrea Parker (1970).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Teddy Pendergrass ranks 425Before him are Jeff Scott Soto (1965), Thelma Houston (1946), Arthur Alexander (1940), Lloyd Price (1933), Chris Barnes (1967), and DJ Yella (1967). After him are Kelly Clarkson (1982), Mavis Staples (1939), Rakim (1968), P. P. Arnold (1946), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), and Julian Casablancas (1978).