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Alexander Courage

1919 - 2008

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Alexander Mair Courage Jr. (December 10, 1919 – May 15, 2008) familiarly known as "Sandy" Courage, was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Courage has received more than 290,682 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alexander Courage is the 1,722nd most popular musician (up from 2,043rd in 2019), the 8,662nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,653rd in 2019) and the 645th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alexander Courage ranks 1,722 out of 3,175. Before him are RZA, Michael Steele, Arto Lindsay, Shelly Manne, Mike Chapman, and Arto Tunçboyacıyan. After him are Ray Anthony, Dominic Miller, Sophie Muller, Dave Weckl, Chris Thomas, and Machito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Alexander Courage ranks 295. Before him are Marie Windsor, Vladimír Vašíček, Pief Panofsky, Frank Piasecki, Ross Bagdasarian, and Forrest Tucker. After him are Bill Nicholson, George E. P. Box, Kurt Wires, Alan Cottrell, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Among people deceased in 2008, Alexander Courage ranks 300. Before him are Árpád Orbán, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Ruslana Korshunova, Igor Dmitriev, Douglas Bennett, and Neil Bartlett. After him are Benoît Lamy, Harvey Korman, Cecilia Colledge, Pauline Baynes, Margaret Truman, and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Courage ranks 8,662 out of 20,380. Before him are Clint Howard (1959), Shelly Manne (1920), Robert Jarvik (1946), Todd Field (1964), David Jenkins (1936), and Matthew McGrory (1973). After him are Liz Torres (1947), Don Patinkin (1922), Steve Franken (1932), Walt Ader (1913), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Alison Lurie (1926).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alexander Courage ranks 645. Before him are Stanley Turrentine (1934), Bernie Leadon (1947), RZA (1969), Michael Steele (1955), Arto Lindsay (1953), and Shelly Manne (1920). After him are Ray Anthony (1922), Dave Weckl (1960), Machito (1912), Booker T. Jones (1944), Jackie McLean (1931), and Cedar Walton (1934).

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