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Bobby Vee

1943 - 2016

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Robert Thomas Velline (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. According to Billboard magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. He had six gold singles in his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Vee is the 1,387th most popular singer (up from 1,399th in 2019), the 7,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,146th in 2019) and the 385th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Bobby Vee ranks 1,387 out of 4,381. Before him are Peaches, Emma Kirkby, Hagigat Rzayeva, Diane Warren, Jeanette MacDonald, and Mary J. Blige. After him are Yardena Arazi, Jimi Jamison, Eddy Wally, Valery Meladze, Jacques Higelin, and Anna Jantar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bobby Vee ranks 485. Before him are Milan Damjanović, John Miles, Kaoru Ikeya, John Lennox, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, and Marília Pêra. After him are Rick Danko, Jon McBride, Klaus Köste, Csaba Fenyvesi, Frank Forberger, and Dante Spinotti. Among people deceased in 2016, Bobby Vee ranks 365. Before him are Rita Renoir, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Marcel Artelesa, Gardnar Mulloy, Stanley Mandelstam, and Ali Javan. After him are Eddy Wally, Fritz Herkenrath, Gilbert Kaplan, Eva Šuranová, Henning Enoksen, and Fritz Weaver.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Vee ranks 7,567 out of 20,380. Before him are Thad Jones (1923), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), Gunther Schuller (1925), Darlene Hard (1936), Jack Finney (1911), and Mary J. Blige (1971). After him are Kyle Gass (1960), Mae Murray (1885), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), Jimi Jamison (1951), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), and Alan Krueger (1960).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Bobby Vee ranks 385. Before him are Shirley Verrett (1931), Junior Wells (1934), Kenny Dorham (1924), Diane Warren (1956), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), and Mary J. Blige (1971). After him are Jimi Jamison (1951), Lyle Lovett (1957), David Johansen (1950), Gregg Rolie (1947), Bobby Hebb (1938), and Angie Stone (1965).

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