COMPOSER

Harold Arlen

1905 - 1986

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Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Arlen has received more than 979,230 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Harold Arlen is the 971st most popular composer (down from 763rd in 2019), the 4,805th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,686th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Composer.

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  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Harold Arlen ranks 971 out of 1,451. Before him are Harry Gregson-Williams, Marvin Hamlisch, Attilio Ariosti, Johann von Herbeck, Walter Piston, and Nicolas Dalayrac. After him are Édouard Deldevez, Ludwig Thuille, Girolamo Diruta, Nicola Piovani, Friedrich Silcher, and Michael William Balfe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Harold Arlen ranks 197. Before him are Lillian Hellman, Karol Borsuk, Sanford Meisner, C. P. Snow, Étienne Mattler, and Siaka Stevens. After him are Mary Renault, Mario Varglien, Joel McCrea, Irmgard Keun, Abeid Karume, and Lilí Álvarez. Among people deceased in 1986, Harold Arlen ranks 146. Before him are Tahir Yahya, Moderato Wisintainer, Ernst Lehner, Ruth Teitelbaum, Otto Glória, and Étienne Mattler. After him are Lars-Erik Larsson, Hal B. Wallis, Harald Reinl, Bessie Love, Henry Russell, and Len Bias.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold Arlen ranks 4,805 out of 20,380. Before him are Anita O'Day (1919), Cammie King (1934), Melvin Purvis (1903), Sargent Shriver (1915), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), and Katharine Graham (1917). After him are Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), Virginia Dare (1587), Mildred McDaniel (1933), John Gray (1951), and John Hay (1838).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Harold Arlen ranks 53. Before him are David Del Tredici (1937), Cathy Berberian (1925), Elliott Carter (1908), William Christie (1944), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), and Walter Piston (1894). After him are Michael Giacchino (1967), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Leonard Rosenman (1924), and Carter Burwell (1954).

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