MUSICIAN

Jack Nitzsche

1937 - 2000

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Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( NEECH-ee; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others. He worked extensively in film scores for the films Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Nitzsche has received more than 1,212,727 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jack Nitzsche is the 1,255th most popular musician (down from 1,076th in 2019), the 6,175th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,241st in 2019) and the 442nd most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jack Nitzsche ranks 1,255 out of 3,175. Before him are Shawn Crahan, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Ralph Siegel, Thomas Quasthoff, and Red Garland. After him are Graham Gouldman, 3T, Jason Becker, Anahit Tsitsikian, Pixinguinha, and Jimmy Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jack Nitzsche ranks 327. Before him are Chris Blackwell, Loretta Swit, Manga, Grace Bumbry, Ramsewak Shankar, and Nadia Gamal. After him are Leo Kadanoff, Regimantas Adomaitis, Dawn Fraser, Vasyl Durdynets, Manfred Krug, and Sandy Dennis. Among people deceased in 2000, Jack Nitzsche ranks 198. Before him are Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Dorino Serafini, Nils Poppe, Piero Pasinati, Anton Heida, and John Hejduk. After him are Ioannis Andreou, Carlo Parola, Billy Barty, William Stokoe, H. C. Artmann, and FM-2030.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Nitzsche ranks 6,175 out of 20,380. Before him are John Hejduk (1929), Florence Vidor (1895), Daniel Wu (1974), Red Garland (1923), Dan Rather (1931), and Chris Mulkey (1948). After him are Paul W. Merrill (1887), Matthew Settle (1969), Robert Greene (1959), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Ottis Toole (1947), and Robert Richardson (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jack Nitzsche ranks 442. Before him are Timbaland (1972), Mike Bloomfield (1943), Shawn Crahan (1969), Roy Haynes (1925), Jimmy Cobb (1929), and Red Garland (1923). After him are Jason Becker (1969), Jimmy Reed (1925), Gene Pitney (1940), Lee Ritenour (1952), Paul Gray (1972), and Vinnie Paul (1964).

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