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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. He is 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 862,549 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Dave Grusin is the 703rd most popular composer (down from 693rd in 2019), the 3,401st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,287th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Composer.

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  • 860k

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  • 52.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dave Grusin ranks 703 out of 1,216Before him are Antoine Forqueray, František Brixi, Franz Lachner, Veljo Tormis, Alexander Mosolov, and Benjamin Godard. After him are Robert Cambert, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Eduard Tubin, Amy Beach, Oskar Merikanto, and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Dave Grusin ranks 172Before him are Dida, Harlan Ellison, Henri Konan Bédié, George Hilton, Robert D. Hare, and Boris Volynov. After him are Fou Ts'ong, Eddie Fenech Adami, Eva Mozes Kor, Lau Kar-leung, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, and Manfred Wörner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 3,401 out of 18,182Before him are Jon Cryer (1965), Carla Bley (1936), Fred Quimby (1886), Richard Bright (1937), Dan Gurney (1931), and Lynne Cheney (1941). After him are Willie Garson (1964), Chris McCandless (1968), Bill Nelson (1942), Elmore Leonard (1925), Dennis Weaver (1924), and Nancy Roman (1925).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 41Before him are Jonathan Larson (1960), Ernest Guiraud (1837), Basil Poledouris (1945), Alex North (1910), Thomas Newman (1955), and Sun Ra (1914). After him are Amy Beach (1867), Harold Arlen (1905), Edward MacDowell (1860), Jerome Kern (1885), Elliott Carter (1908), and La Monte Young (1935).