MUSICIAN

Moondog

1916 - 1999

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Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his prolific work widely drew inspiration from jazz, classical, Native American music which he had become familiar with as a child, and Latin American music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moondog has received more than 1,582,426 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Moondog is the 644th most popular musician (down from 391st in 2019), the 3,303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,188th in 2019) and the 194th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Moondog ranks 644 out of 3,175. Before him are Victor Young, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Ian Hill, Rachid Taha, Joe Pass, and Steve Gadd. After him are Mikhail Pletnev, Gerry Mulligan, David Knopfler, Tony Banks, Gerd Albrecht, and Pierre Rode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Moondog ranks 115. Before him are Ugo Locatelli, Helmut Gröttrup, Erik Nilsson, Penelope Fitzgerald, Amha Selassie, and Hilary Koprowski. After him are Giuseppe Taddei, Julian Rotter, Wilhelm Batz, Jacques Georges, Harold Robbins, and Walter Cronkite. Among people deceased in 1999, Moondog ranks 100. Before him are Vazgen Sargsyan, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Heinz G. Konsalik, George Mosse, and Saul Steinberg. After him are Dennis W. Sciama, Oscar Cullmann, Jean Guitton, Petr Shelokhonov, Hendrick Chin A Sen, and Dmitry Likhachov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Moondog ranks 3,303 out of 20,380. Before him are Marlon Jackson (1957), Alvin Hansen (1887), Judith Resnik (1949), Henry Armstrong (1912), Susanne Langer (1895), and Steve Gadd (1945). After him are Raymond Franz (1922), Barbara Babcock (1937), Fred Brooks (1931), John Gavin (1931), Tracey Adams (1958), and Rusty Schweickart (1935).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Moondog ranks 194. Before him are Clifford Brown (1930), Ron Carter (1937), Joan Jett (1958), Victor Young (1900), Joe Pass (1929), and Steve Gadd (1945). After him are Gerry Mulligan (1927), Marcus Miller (1959), Kenny G (1956), Dick Dale (1937), Michael Stipe (1960), and Alec John Such (1951).

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