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Abbey Lincoln

1930 - 2010

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Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist and songwriter. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards, as well as writing and singing her own material. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbey Lincoln is the 1,122nd most popular singer (up from 1,319th in 2019), the 6,209th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,744th in 2019) and the 309th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Abbey Lincoln ranks 1,122 out of 4,381. Before her are Randy Meisner, Sabahudin Kurt, Zaz, Eva Nansen, Chava Alberstein, and Pete Ham. After her are Nikolai Slichenko, Natacha Atlas, Larin Paraske, Nek, Arlo Guthrie, and Anita Bryant.

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Among people born in 1930, Abbey Lincoln ranks 361. Before her are Alevtina Kolchina, Olene Walker, Judit Temes, Sigvard Ericsson, Boris Parygin, and István Mészáros. After her are Ignazio Fabra, Helen Merrill, Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Mate Trojanović, Edgar Basel, and Frances Sternhagen. Among people deceased in 2010, Abbey Lincoln ranks 242. Before her are Imre Polyák, Robert Byrd, Dixie Carter, Nelly Landry, Jamie Gillis, and Stephen J. Cannell. After her are Jean Rollin, Dario Mangiarotti, Guy Lapébie, Mary Daly, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, and Galimzyan Khusainov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abbey Lincoln ranks 6,210 out of 20,380. Before her are Son House (1902), Joan Mitchell (1925), Theodore Roszak (1933), John Mulcahy (1876), Shelley Long (1949), and Thomas Say (1787). After her are Road Dogg (1969), Paul Chambers (1935), John Agar (1921), Janet Jagan (1920), Edmund Gettier (1927), and Herbert Friedman (1916).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Abbey Lincoln ranks 309. Before her are Vanilla Ice (1967), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Tech N9ne (1971), Eydie Gormé (1928), Megan Thee Stallion (1995), and Randy Meisner (1946). After her are Arlo Guthrie (1947), Anita Bryant (1940), Phil Anselmo (1968), Billy Vaughn (1919), Lou Gramm (1950), and Leon Russell (1942).

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