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Dave Grusin

1934 - Today

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Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy Award and 10 Grammy Awards. Grusin was also a frequent collaborator with director Sydney Pollack, scoring many of his films like Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), Tootsie (1982), The Firm (1993), and Random Hearts (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Grusin has received more than 950,080 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Dave Grusin is the 748th most popular composer (down from 702nd in 2019), the 3,574th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,393rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Composer.

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  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dave Grusin ranks 748 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Christian Cannabich, Claude Balbastre, Benjamin Godard, Franz Krommer, and Augusta Holmès. After him are Louise Bertin, Carlos Seixas, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Johann Baptist Cramer, and Gabriel Yared.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Dave Grusin ranks 189. Before him are Vasily Lanovoy, Peter Berling, Sarah Kofman, Carel Godin de Beaufort, Raina Kabaivanska, and Rudi Carrell. After him are Hendrick Chin A Sen, Pat Boone, Ronald Harwood, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Vernon Dobtcheff, and Maureen Connolly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 3,574 out of 20,380. Before him are Cameron Mitchell (1918), David Stern (1942), Charles Coburn (1877), George Raft (1901), William Atherton (1947), and Joe Viterelli (1937). After him are Rick Barry (1944), Jean Acker (1893), Charles Martinet (1955), Pat Boone (1934), R. A. Salvatore (1959), and David Harbour (1975).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 40. Before him are Stephen Foster (1826), Alfred Newman (1900), Sun Ra (1914), Alex North (1910), Amy Beach (1867), and Jerome Kern (1885). After him are La Monte Young (1935), Lee Konitz (1927), Thomas Newman (1955), George Crumb (1929), Edward MacDowell (1860), and Meredith Monk (1942).

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