MUSICIAN

Arif Mardin

1932 - 2006

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Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for over 30 years, as producer, arranger, studio manager, and vice president, before moving to EMI and serving as vice president and general manager of Manhattan Records. Mardin worked with artists including The Rascals, Queen, Melissa Manchester, John Prine, the Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Michael Crawford, Chaka Khan, Howard Jones, Laura Nyro, Ringo Starr, Carly Simon, Phil Collins, Daniel Rodriguez, and Norah Jones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arif Mardin has received more than 474,250 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Arif Mardin is the 990th most popular musician (up from 1,010th in 2019), the 836th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 933rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arif Mardin ranks 990 out of 3,175. Before her are Tommy Thayer, Michael Weikath, Ivan Lins, Véronique Sanson, Carl Tausig, and Louis Diémer. After her are Blackie Lawless, Oscar Hammerstein II, Bernhard Romberg, Susumu Hirasawa, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, and Levon Helm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Arif Mardin ranks 247. Before her are Carlo Maria Abate, Anand Panyarachun, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Quentin Blake, Loretta Lynn, and Hisashi Owada. After her are Paul Bley, Lajos Csordás, Miroslav Hroch, Turgay Şeren, Banharn Silpa-archa, and Phyllida Law. Among people deceased in 2006, Arif Mardin ranks 195. Before her are Yitzhak Kaduri, Gert Fredriksson, Kazimierz Górski, Theodore Levitt, Paul Halmos, and Anita O'Day. After her are Pío Leyva, Sven Axbom, Max Merkel, Rainer Barzel, Paul Arizin, and Fernando Romeo Lucas García.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Arif Mardin ranks 836 out of 1,347. Before her are Evagrius of Constantinople (350), Yıldırım Akbulut (1935), Deniz Gezmiş (1947), Can Yaman (1989), Adile Sultan (1826), and Julia Cornelia Paula (300). After her are Basil III of Constantinople (1846), Tarık Akan (1949), Selda Bağcan (1948), Turgay Şeren (1932), Daron Acemoglu (1967), and Siamanto (1878).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Arif Mardin ranks 7. Before her are Barış Manço (1943), Joe Strummer (1952), İdil Biret (1941), Ahmet Ertegun (1923), Âşık Veysel (1894), and Orhan Gencebay (1944). After her are Selda Bağcan (1948), Fazıl Say (1970), Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957), Şehrazat (1952), Şebnem Ferah (1972), and Burak Yeter (1982).

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