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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 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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  • 780k

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  • 53.70

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Willy DeVille ranks 594 out of 2,662Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Willy DeVille ranks 132Before 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 112Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 3,101 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 181Before 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).