COMPOSER

Jerry Herman

1931 - 2019

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Gerald Sheldon Herman (July 10, 1931 – December 26, 2019) was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre. One of the most commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist for a number of hit musicals, starting in the 1960s, that were characterized by an upbeat and optimistic outlook and what Herman called "the simple, hummable showtune". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Herman has received more than 642,393 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jerry Herman is the 1,354th most popular composer (down from 1,281st in 2019), the 10,492nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,629th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jerry Herman ranks 1,354 out of 1,451. Before him are Qigang Chen, Robert Russell Bennett, George Butterworth, Roy Harris, Klaus Egge, and George Alexander Macfarren. After him are Lennox Berkeley, John Stainer, Humphrey Searle, Samuel Adler, Magnus Lindberg, and Shirley Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jerry Herman ranks 539. Before him are Kálmán Markovits, Yves Dreyfus, Gordon Pirie, Dean Smith, Georgi Vladimov, and Josephine Tewson. After him are Bernie Geoffrion, Boris Gurevich, Andrew Hill, Bruce C. Murray, Arthur Fry, and Felix Sobolev. Among people deceased in 2019, Jerry Herman ranks 483. Before him are Johannes Schaaf, Aleksandar Kostov, Stanton T. Friedman, Donald Kalpokas, Robert Walker, and Neville Lederle. After him are Napoleon Chagnon, Walter Munk, Vasil Metodiev, Peter McNamara, Antal Bolvári, and Jürgen Kissner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Herman ranks 10,492 out of 20,380. Before him are Kelly Reichardt (1964), Ginni Rometty (1957), Don Keefer (1916), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Dennis Muren (1946), and Dorothy Thompson (1893). After him are Joe Arpaio (1932), Kerr Smith (1972), T. J. Thyne (1975), Melanie Martinez (1995), Marguerite Clayton (1891), and Anthony Lake (1939).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Jerry Herman ranks 118. Before him are Mark Mancina (1957), Jerry Bock (1928), Eubie Blake (2), Lowell Mason (1792), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), and Roy Harris (1898). After him are Shirley Walker (1945), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Angus MacLise (1938), Lou Harrison (1917), Fred Ebb (1928), and Norman Dello Joio (1913).

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