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Eva Cassidy

1963 - 1996

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Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and musician known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992, she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by the 1996 live solo album titled Live at Blues Alley. Although she had been honored by the Washington Area Music Association, she was virtually unknown outside her native Washington, D.C., at the time of her death from melanoma at the age of 33 in 1996. Two years after her death, Cassidy's music was brought to the attention of British audiences, when her versions of "Fields of Gold" and "Over the Rainbow" were played by Mike Harding and Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eva Cassidy is the 1,168th most popular singer (down from 1,163rd in 2019), the 6,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,945th in 2019) and the 320th most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Eva Cassidy ranks 1,168 out of 4,381. Before her are Alessandro Safina, Marie Myriam, Heintje Simons, Conchita Bautista, Daniel Balavoine, and Everlast. After her are Azis, Thongchai McIntyre, Eve, Margaret Price, Manuel García, and Big Sean.

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Among people born in 1963, Eva Cassidy ranks 222. Before her are Jon Brion, Edie Falco, Jan Heintze, Edu Marangon, Alessandro Safina, and Sergey Kozlov. After her are Alessandra Martines, Thomas Bo Larsen, Richard Marx, Jiang Wen, Andrei Tchmil, and Ziad Tlemçani. Among people deceased in 1996, Eva Cassidy ranks 199. Before her are Kusuo Kitamura, Eno Raud, José Sasía, Harry Andersson, Jamie Uys, and Don McNeill. After her are Alger Hiss, Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Gabriel Alonso, Lydia Chukovskaya, and Yun Chi-young.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eva Cassidy ranks 6,426 out of 20,380. Before her are Paula Patton (1975), Wes Bentley (1978), Don McNeill (1918), Al Ernest Garcia (1887), Richard Powers (1957), and Chief Joseph (1840). After her are Horace W. Babcock (1912), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), Louis Brandeis (1856), Eric Heiden (1958), Donald Byrd (1932), and Mark Tobey (1890).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Eva Cassidy ranks 320. Before her are Billy Vaughn (1919), Lou Gramm (1950), Leon Russell (1942), Jon Brion (1963), Melanie Martinez (1995), and Everlast (1969). After her are Eve (1978), Big Sean (1988), Kvitka Cisyk (1953), Jim Steinman (1947), Jackie Wilson (1934), and Thomas Hampson (1955).

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