COMPOSER

Leigh Harline

1907 - 1969

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Leigh Adrian Harline (March 26, 1907 – December 10, 1969) was an American film composer and songwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leigh Harline has received more than 248,440 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Leigh Harline is the 1,156th most popular composer (up from 1,195th in 2019), the 6,689th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,621st in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Leigh Harline ranks 1,156 out of 1,451Before him are Frank Churchill, Jānis Ivanovs, Gunther Schuller, José Vianna da Motta, Zakir Hussain, and Vladimir Shainsky. After him are Robert Planquette, Thomas Morley, Paul Whiteman, Vano Muradeli, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Jonathan Larson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Leigh Harline ranks 274Before him are Raymond Abellio, Walter Nausch, George Baird, Reino Kuuskoski, Benjamin Sheares, and Vitaliano Brancati. After him are Adelaide Lambert, Ethel Lackie, Eugène Chaboud, Eugène Guillevic, Eric Brook, and Alain Daniélou. Among people deceased in 1969, Leigh Harline ranks 171Before him are René Guillot, José Piendibene, Miles Dempsey, Frederick Lane, Mildred Davis, and Chang Taek-sang. After him are Zinaida Aksentyeva, Fred Hampton, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Saverio Ragno, Julius Katchen, and Hagigat Rzayeva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leigh Harline ranks 6,689 out of 20,380Before him are Melissa Rauch (1980), Roy Eldridge (1911), Joe R. Lansdale (1951), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), Theresa Russell (1957), and James Worthy (1961). After him are Nicole Aniston (1987), James L. Peters (1889), Robert Guillaume (1927), Kate Bruce (1860), Dexter Holland (1965), and Campbell Scott (1961).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Leigh Harline ranks 67Before him are W. C. Handy (1873), Harry Partch (1901), Morton Gould (1913), Roger Sessions (1896), Frank Churchill (1901), and Gunther Schuller (1925). After him are Paul Whiteman (1890), Jonathan Larson (1960), John Corigliano (1938), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), William Schuman (1910), and Alf Clausen (1941).