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Joseph Lamb

1887 - 1960

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Joseph Francis Lamb (December 6, 1887 – September 3, 1960) was an American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott. The ragtime of Joseph Lamb ranges from standard popular fare to complex and highly engaging. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Lamb has received more than 49,956 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Joseph Lamb is the 1,382nd most popular composer (down from 1,245th in 2019), the 12,301st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,957th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Lamb ranks 1,382 out of 1,451. Before him are Poul Ruders, Inon Zur, Cecilia Seghizzi, Christophe Beck, David Newman, and Jimmy McHugh. After him are Don Davis, Ray Noble, Olga Neuwirth, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, George Whitefield Chadwick, and Charles Wuorinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Joseph Lamb ranks 287. Before him are Ira Davenport, Gertrude Astor, Walter Connolly, Billy Bevan, Karl Taylor Compton, and Arvi Pohjanpää. After him are Harry Hines Woodring, Edward Andrade, William Frawley, Ralph Ince, Ernest Gruening, and Jack Mulhall. Among people deceased in 1960, Joseph Lamb ranks 235. Before him are Charlie Buchan, Edward Hennig, Rudolf Degermark, Johnny Thomson, George Bonhag, and John P. Marquand. After him are Olle Larsson, Kathlyn Williams, Johnny Horton, Charles Holden, Dora Marsden, and Gladys Bentley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Lamb ranks 12,301 out of 20,380. Before him are Norman Podhoretz (1930), Ernest Moniz (1944), Richard Cushing (1895), Diplo (1978), Scott Wolf (1968), and Norman Taber (1891). After him are Cain Velasquez (1982), Del Harris (1937), Roger Sanchez (1967), David Silveria (1972), Nichkhun (1988), and Alex Honnold (1985).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Joseph Lamb ranks 127. Before him are Angus MacLise (1938), Lou Harrison (1917), Fred Ebb (1928), Norman Dello Joio (1913), David Newman (1954), and Jimmy McHugh (1894). After him are Don Davis (1957), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), Charles Wuorinen (1938), William Grant Still (1895), and Frank Loesser (1910).

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