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Harold Budd

1936 - 2020

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Harold Montgomory Budd (May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020) was an American music composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, he became a respected composer in the minimal music and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the late 1960s, and later became better known for his work with figures such as Brian Eno and Robin Guthrie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Budd has received more than 546,597 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Budd is the 1,751st most popular musician (down from 1,392nd in 2019), the 8,904th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,917th in 2019) and the 659th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Harold Budd ranks 1,751 out of 3,175. Before him are Allen Toussaint, Chris Poland, Şehrazat, Cui Jian, Camilla Wicks, and Myles Kennedy. After him are Les Baxter, Leonidas Kavakos, Hilary Hahn, Daniel Johnston, George Gruntz, and Zak Starkey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Harold Budd ranks 471. Before him are Ignacio Achúcarro, Roger Mahony, Margaret Mahy, Janusz Zakrzeński, Robert A. Parker, and László Fábián. After him are Gerry Ashmore, Aleksei Mamykin, Lyudmila Pinayeva, Jerry Sanders, Leo Wilden, and Gerald Scarfe. Among people deceased in 2020, Harold Budd ranks 568. Before him are Veli Lehtelä, James E. Gunn, Giovanni Battista Rabino, Jon E. Ahlquist, Pedro Nájera, and Camilla Wicks. After him are Claude Barthélemy, Monique Mercure, Eppie Wietzes, Edmond Baraffe, Valentina Prudskova, and Seydou Diarra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold Budd ranks 8,904 out of 20,380. Before him are Lana Parrilla (1977), Michael Aschbacher (1944), Shelley Berman (1925), Myles Kennedy (1969), Minta Durfee (1889), and Patti Hansen (1956). After him are Les Baxter (1922), Caroll Spinney (1933), Hilary Hahn (1979), Bruce Bennett (1906), Daniel Johnston (1961), and Patrick Fabian (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Harold Budd ranks 659. Before him are Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Michael McDonald (1952), Allen Toussaint (1938), Chris Poland (1957), Camilla Wicks (1928), and Myles Kennedy (1969). After him are Les Baxter (1922), Hilary Hahn (1979), Daniel Johnston (1961), James Cotton (1935), Walter Becker (1950), and Will.i.am (1975).

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