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Neal Hefti

1922 - 2008

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Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for The Odd Couple movie and TV series and for the Batman TV series. He began arranging professionally in his teens, when he wrote charts for Nat Towles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neal Hefti has received more than 331,374 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Neal Hefti is the 1,587th most popular musician (down from 1,338th in 2019), the 7,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,682nd in 2019) and the 581st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Neal Heftis by language

Over the past year Neal Hefti has had the most page views in the with 37,528 views, followed by German (4,308), and French (3,411). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (90.70%), Egyptian Arabic (45.00%), and Hungarian (37.35%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Neal Hefti ranks 1,587 out of 3,175. Before him are Calixa Lavallée, Guru Josh, Imants Kalniņš, Dion DiMucci, Fito Páez, and Nujabes. After him are Bronisław Kaper, Richard Bonynge, Barry McGuire, Michael Anthony, D. J. Fontana, and Neal Schon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Neal Hefti ranks 340. Before him are Osvaldo Fattori, Jack Kruschen, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Tony Leblanc, Lloyd La Beach, and Sydney Lassick. After him are Mochtar Lubis, Guy Madison, Carl Amery, Margaret Leighton, Rudolf Illovszky, and José Craveirinha. Among people deceased in 2008, Neal Hefti ranks 273. Before him are Larry James, Carole Caldwell Graebner, Paulos Faraj Rahho, Roberto Sosa, Judah Folkman, and Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada. After him are Mira Alečković, Ola Brunkert, Gabriel París Gordillo, Algis Budrys, Eugenio Montejo, and Jimmy Giuffre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neal Hefti ranks 7,972 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Corey Stoll (1976), Armand Duplantis (1999), Billie Eilish (2001), David Hand (1900), and Aida Turturro (1962). After him are Frank Wykoff (1909), Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844), David Thompson (1953), Adam Darius (1930), Henry Kolker (1874), and Rachael Harris (1968).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Neal Hefti ranks 581. Before him are Peter Tork (1942), Kenny Barron (1943), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), Tom DeLonge (1975), Herb Ellis (1921), and Dion DiMucci (1939). After him are Barry McGuire (1935), Michael Anthony (1954), D. J. Fontana (1931), Neal Schon (1954), Lyle Mays (1953), and Derek Sherinian (1966).

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