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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 124,178 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Avakian is the 89th most popular producer (up from 1,920th in 2019), the 2,340th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,860th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Producer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, George Avakian ranks 89 out of 89. Before him are Gauri Khan, Laura Ziskin, Scott Rudin, Susan Downey, Lou Adler, and Ilene Chaiken. After him are Jason Blum, Tim Bevan, Bryan Burk, Peter Del Vecho, Miles Millar, and Don Hahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, George Avakian ranks 310. Before him are Johnny Carey, John Houbolt, Isabella Abbott, Walt Hansgen, Ellen Stewart, and Naushad. After him are Gretchen Fraser, Jayne Meadows, Mary Beth Hughes, Shamshad Begum, Janet Waldo, and Ella Grasso. Among people deceased in 2017, George Avakian ranks 553. Before him are Nancy Dupree, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Warrel Dane, Ben Barres, Tino Insana, and Steve Sumner. After him are Milt Schmidt, Denis Johnson, Jim Bunning, Al Lawrence, Maria Verónica Reina, and Tommy Gemmell.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, George Avakian ranks 2,340 out of 3,262. Before him are Yuri Shargin (1960), Aleksandr Poleshchuk (1953), Vyacheslav Ivanenko (1961), Nikolay Merkushkin (1951), Ludmila Engquist (1964), and Rustem Khamitov (1954). After him are Vladimir Dezhurov (1962), Vasili Berezutski (1982), Tugan Sokhiev (1977), Vladimir Beschastnykh (1974), Darya Klishina (1991), and Vyacheslav Malafeev (1979).

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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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