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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 songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Allen Toussaint, and Eddie Bo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willy DeVille is the 715th most popular musician (down from 482nd in 2019), the 3,944th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,537th in 2019) and the 222nd most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Willy DeVille ranks 715 out of 3,175. Before him are Fou Ts'ong, David Knopfler, Jim Lea, Enrico Toselli, Dick Dale, and Maynard Ferguson. After him are Damon Albarn, Jan Akkerman, Pierre Rode, Peter Hammill, Napoleon Orda, and Howard Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Willy DeVille ranks 195. Before him are Jadranka Stojaković, Bertrand Delanoë, Jim Beaver, Annelie Ehrhardt, Adriano Panatta, and Kathy Baker. After him are Krzysztof Wielicki, Angelo Branduardi, Mike Rutherford, Amos Gitai, Princess Elena of Romania, and Kazimierz Nycz. Among people deceased in 2009, Willy DeVille ranks 134. Before him are Eric Woolfson, Sidney Wood, Giovanni Arrighi, Francisco Ayala, Walter Cronkite, and Konstantin Feoktistov. After him are Budd Schulberg, Frank McCourt, Marilyn Chambers, Abdellatif Filali, Karl Koller, and Johannes Mario Simmel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 3,944 out of 20,380. Before him are Melvil Dewey (1851), Robert B. Anderson (1910), Susan Sullivan (1942), Dick Dale (1937), Christine Chubbuck (1944), and Sandra Faber (1944). After him are Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Nolan North (1970), Timothy Hutton (1960), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Rosemary Clooney (1928), and Walter Tewksbury (1876).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Willy DeVille ranks 222. Before him are Rufus Wainwright (1973), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), Jeff Buckley (1966), Steve Lacy (1934), Victor Young (1900), and Dick Dale (1937). After him are Robert Gordon (1947), Michael Stipe (1960), Lonnie Johnson (1899), Louis Prima (1910), Gene Krupa (1909), and Mick Mars (1951).

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