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George Avakian

1919 - 2017

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George Mesrop Avakian (Armenian: Ջորջ (Գևորգ) Ավագյան; Russian: Геворк Авакян; March 15, 1919 – November 22, 2017) was an American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, he was a major force in the expansion and development of the U.S. recording industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Avakian has received more than 131,390 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Avakian is the 107th most popular producer (down from 89th in 2019), the 2,652nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,336th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Producer.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, George Avakian ranks 107 out of 140. Before him are Don Hahn, David Barron, Deborah Snyder, Bryan Burk, Craig Mazin, and Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. After him are Jason Blum, Tim Bevan, Yash Johar, Peter Safran, Laura Ziskin, and Jane Rosenthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, George Avakian ranks 341. Before him are Shamshad Begum, Johnny Carey, Kitty Wells, David Blackwell, Walt Hansgen, and Mason Adams. After him are Naushad, Isabella Abbott, Gretchen Fraser, Jayne Meadows, Ella Grasso, and Ellen Stewart. Among people deceased in 2017, George Avakian ranks 605. Before him are Bruce Forsyth, Lorne Loomer, Margit Schumann, Peggy Cummins, Uli Vos, and Jim Bunning. After him are Nat Hentoff, Al Lawrence, Janusz Wójcik, Warrel Dane, David Axelrod, and Keely Smith.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, George Avakian ranks 2,652 out of 3,761. Before him are Fedor Samokhin (1918), Sultan Ibragimov (1975), Marina Anissina (1975), Grigory Kiriyenko (1965), Yulia Lipnitskaya (1998), and Viktor Yakushev (1937). After him are Yevgeni Zimin (1947), Vladimir Beschastnykh (1974), Galina Malchugina (1962), Igor Romishevsky (1940), Vladimir Turchinsky (1963), and Margarita Drobiazko (1971).

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Among PRODUCERS In Russia

Among producers born in Russia, George Avakian ranks 2. Before him are Joseph M. Schenck (1876).

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