1950 - 2009
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 782,272 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Willy DeVille is the 594th most popular musician (down from 502nd in 2019), the 3,101st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,646th in 2019) and the 181st most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Willy DeVille ranks 594 out of 2,662. Before him are Carl Flesch, Walter Gieseking, Alan Wilder, Nikki Sixx, Curtis Mayfield, and İdil Biret. After him are Josef Suk, Robert de Visée, Tony Sheridan, Lead Belly, Ben Webster, and Dick Dale.
1873 - 1944
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 588
1895 - 1956
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 589
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 590
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 591
1942 - 1999
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 592
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 593
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 594
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 595
1650 - 1733
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 596
1940 - 2013
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 597
1888 - 1949
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 598
1909 - 1973
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 599
1937 - 2019
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 600
Among people born in 1950, Willy DeVille ranks 132. Before him are James Rothman, Susana Higuchi, Bruce Boxleitner, Péter Esterházy, Bah Ndaw, and Richard Chase. After him are Joyce Banda, Yuen Wah, Roberto Bettega, Winfried Schäfer, Loredana Bertè, and Arthur D. Levinson. Among people deceased in 2009, Willy DeVille ranks 112. Before him are Samak Sundaravej, Yegor Gaidar, Eric Woolfson, Susanna Agnelli, John Hughes, and Marilyn Chambers. After him are Vyacheslav Ivankov, Gene Barry, Francisco Ayala, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Walter Cronkite, and Johannes Mario Simmel.
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 126
1950 - 2021
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 127
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 128
1950 - 2016
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 129
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 130
1950 - 1980
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 131
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 132
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 133
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 134
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 135
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 136
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 137
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 138
1935 - 2009
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 106
1956 - 2009
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 107
1945 - 2009
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 108
1922 - 2009
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 109
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 110
1952 - 2009
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 111
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 112
1940 - 2009
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 113
1919 - 2009
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 114
1906 - 2009
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 115
1923 - 2009
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 116
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 117
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 118
Among people born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 3,101 out of 18,182. Before him are Siri Hustvedt (1955), Stockard Channing (1944), Richard Chase (1950), Robert Cornelius (1809), Jonathan Groff (1985), and Teresa Wright (1918). After him are Lee Hazlewood (1929), Charles Curtis (1860), Harris Yulin (1937), William L. Shirer (1904), Winston Groom (1943), and Carl Panzram (1892).
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 3,095
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3,096
1950 - 1980
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3,097
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3,098
1985 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3,099
1918 - 2005
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3,100
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 3,101
1929 - 2007
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 3,102
1860 - 1936
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 3,103
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 3,104
1904 - 1993
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 3,105
1943 - 2020
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 3,106
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 3,107
Among musicians born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 181. Before him are Victor Young (1900), Al Di Meola (1954), Lee Morgan (1938), Ma Rainey (1886), Nikki Sixx (1958), and Curtis Mayfield (1942). After him are Lead Belly (1888), Ben Webster (1909), Dick Dale (1937), Jeff Buckley (1966), Marty Friedman (1962), and Frank Beard (1949).
1900 - 1956
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 175
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 176
1938 - 1972
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 177
1886 - 1939
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 178
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 179
1942 - 1999
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 180
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 181
1888 - 1949
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 182
1909 - 1973
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 183
1937 - 2019
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 184
1966 - 1997
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 185
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 186
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 187