MUSICIAN

Wanda Jackson

1937 - Today

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Wanda LaVonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of rock, country and gospel. She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the nickname "The Queen of Rockabilly". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wanda Jackson has received more than 1,209,126 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Wanda Jackson is the 749th most popular musician (up from 754th in 2019), the 3,788th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,827th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wanda Jackson ranks 749 out of 3,175Before her are Karol Mikuli, Eric Singer, Pierre Baillot, Christian Ferdinand Abel, Rudolf Barshai, and John Miles. After her are Marco Uccellini, Jim Croce, Peter Machajdík, Frank Beard, Pink Anderson, and Željko Joksimović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Wanda Jackson ranks 229Before her are Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Harris Yulin, Yuri Manin, Eduard Artemyev, Giovanni Arrighi, and Cēzars Ozers. After her are Ada Rogovtseva, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Lois Lowry, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Mehdi Karroubi, and Edita Piekha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wanda Jackson ranks 3,788 out of 20,380Before her are Milton Glaser (1929), Nikki Haley (1972), Gordon Gould (1920), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Isiah Thomas (1961), and Harriet Lane (1830). After her are Ty Cobb (1886), John Perkins (1945), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Sarah Paulson (1974), Bernie Mac (1957), and Jim Croce (1943).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Wanda Jackson ranks 233Before her are Tim Buckley (1947), Kerry King (1964), Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Jim Hall (1930), McCoy Tyner (1938), and Eric Singer (1958). After her are Jim Croce (1943), Frank Beard (1949), Pink Anderson (1900), Ira Gershwin (1896), Jimmy Smith (1925), and Dave Grohl (1969).