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Tommy Steele

1936 - Today

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Sir Thomas Hicks (born 17 December 1936), known professionally as Tommy Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. After being discovered at the 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, London, Steele recorded a string of hit singles including "Rock with the Caveman" (1956) and the chart-topper "Singing the Blues" (1957). Steele's rise to fame was dramatised in The Tommy Steele Story (1957), the soundtrack of which was the first British album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Steele has received more than 2,689,379 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tommy Steele is the 1,683rd most popular singer (up from 1,702nd in 2019), the 4,526th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,463rd in 2019) and the 179th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tommy Steele ranks 1,683 out of 3,528. Before him are Jaden Smith, Lynsey de Paul, Peabo Bryson, Haha, Skin, and Amina Annabi. After him are Kim Jae-joong, Maurane, Bryan Johnson, Bizarre, MØ, and Latifa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Tommy Steele ranks 443. Before him are Charlie Daniels, Leon O. Chua, Loren Acton, Rubén Héctor Sosa, Sissy Schwarz, and Peter Hill-Wood. After him are Guillermo Escalada, Otto Leodolter, Yury Osipov, Volker Strassen, Roger Miller, and Andrew Davies.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Steele ranks 4,526 out of 7,765. Before him are Yvonne Blake (1940), Chris Dreja (1945), Skin (1967), Jackie Blanchflower (1933), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), and John Whitehurst (1713). After him are Ed Stafford (1975), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Anna Popplewell (1988), Bryan Johnson (1926), Kenneth Williams (1926), and Hamilton Harty (1879).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Tommy Steele ranks 179. Before him are Richard Thompson (1949), Duffy (1984), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), Justin Hayward (1946), Lynsey de Paul (1948), and Skin (1967). After him are Bryan Johnson (1926), Marina Diamandis (1985), Teddy Sinclair (1986), Paul Jones (1942), George Ezra (1993), and Adam Ant (1954).

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