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Kim Gordon

1953 - Today

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Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from Los Angeles's Otis College of Art and Design, she moved to New York City to begin an art career. There, she formed Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Kim Gordon is the 1,055th most popular singer (up from 1,304th in 2024), the 5,854th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,668th in 2019) and the 298th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kim Gordon ranks 1,055 out of 4,381. Before her are Ayumi Hamasaki, Mýa, Katharine McPhee, Kićo Slabinac, Andrea True, and Anita Traversi. After her are Fedora Barbieri, Maggie MacNeal, Haykanoush Danielyan, Mark Tornillo, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, and Kikki Danielsson.

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Among people born in 1953, Kim Gordon ranks 254. Before her are Dževad Karahasan, Władysław Kozakiewicz, Scott Hicks, Grete Waitz, Charles Martin Smith, and Hiroyuki Usui. After her are Ken Davitian, Andrey Makarevich, Gernot Rohr, Zoran Lilić, Sara Simeoni, and Zoran Filipović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kim Gordon ranks 5,854 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Alice Brown (1960), Tony Amendola (1951), Billy Crudup (1968), Gordon Douglas (1907), and Dianne Feinstein (1933). After her are Rob Bourdon (1979), Paul Morrissey (1938), John Garfield (1913), Dizzy Reed (1963), Matt Schulze (1972), and Ambrose Burnside (1824).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kim Gordon ranks 298. Before her are Anita O'Day (1919), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), Tammi Terrell (1945), Mýa (1979), Katharine McPhee (1984), and Andrea True (1943). After her are Mark Tornillo (1954), Joan Osborne (1962), Donny Hathaway (1945), Julie London (1926), MC Hammer (1962), and Vanilla Ice (1967).

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