MUSICIAN

Willy DeVille

1950 - 2009

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Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr.; August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willy DeVille has received more than 842,660 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Willy DeVille is the 482nd most popular musician (up from 592nd in 2019), the 2,537th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,094th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Musician.

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  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Willy DeVille ranks 482 out of 3,175. Before him are Ivry Gitlis, Trevor Horn, Matt Cameron, Henri Herz, Archie Shepp, and Peter Cetera. After him are Isao Tomita, Maria Yudina, Yann Tiersen, Greg Lake, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Willy DeVille ranks 121. Before him are Ernesto Samper, Neil Jordan, Roberto Bettega, Péter Esterházy, Vagit Alekperov, and Camarón de la Isla. After him are Juan Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Bernie Taupin, Andrzej Szarmach, Bah Ndaw, and Bobby McFerrin. Among people deceased in 2009, Willy DeVille ranks 89. Before him are Lino Lacedelli, Pat Hingle, Irving Penn, Claude Berri, Ernst Barkmann, and James Whitmore. After him are Manea Mănescu, Edward Schillebeeckx, Hélio Gracie, Vasily Aksyonov, Eleanor F. Helin, and Henry Allingham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 2,537 out of 20,380. Before him are Dusty Hill (1949), John L. Sullivan (1858), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Dennis Farina (1944), Barbara Eden (1931), and Chris Pine (1980). After him are Tom Sizemore (1961), Xander Berkeley (1955), Earl Boen (1945), John C. Calhoun (1782), Barbara Bain (1931), and Philo Farnsworth (1906).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 140. Before him are Richie Sambora (1959), James Ingram (1952), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Matt Cameron (1962), Archie Shepp (1937), and Peter Cetera (1944). After him are Pat Metheny (1954), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Chad Smith (1961), Suzanne Vega (1959), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), and Jason Newsted (1963).

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