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Norman Granz

1918 - 2001

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Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo and the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series. Granz was acknowledged as "the most successful impresario in the history of jazz". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Granz has received more than 278,813 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Granz is the 94th most popular producer, the 10,209th most popular biography from United States and the 55th most popular American Producer.

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  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Norman Granz ranks 94 out of 140. Before him are Neal H. Moritz, Michael Patrick King, John Wells, Lauren Shuler Donner, Gauri Khan, and Mark Ronson. After him are Scott Rudin, Lou Pearlman, Coxsone Dodd, Lou Adler, Gulshan Kumar, and Arnold Kopelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Norman Granz ranks 295. Before him are Pearl Bailey, Jeanne Bates, Said Mohamed Jaffar, Elaine de Kooning, Eddy Arnold, and Alberto Héber Usher. After him are Adolph Kiefer, Kenneth Connor, Jafar Salmasi, Edith Massey, Virginia Davis, and Guillermo Lovell. Among people deceased in 2001, Norman Granz ranks 293. Before him are Michael Ritchie, Josef Peters, Michael Dertouzos, Billy Liddell, Corinne Calvet, and Madhavrao Scindia. After him are Helia Bravo Hollis, Aleksandr Volodin, Ruhi Sarıalp, Kim Stanley, René Bondoux, and Joyce King.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Granz ranks 10,209 out of 20,380. Before him are John La Farge (1835), Lillian Wald (1867), Aline MacMahon (1899), Edward Brooke (1919), George Ariyoshi (1926), and William C. McCool (1961). After him are Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Jo Jorgensen (1957), Jodi Benson (1961), Alicia Witt (1975), Andrea Parker (1970), and Sam Bottoms (1955).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Norman Granz ranks 55. Before him are Brian Grazer (1951), Richard Maibaum (1909), Neal H. Moritz (1959), Michael Patrick King (1954), John Wells (1956), and Lauren Shuler Donner (1949). After him are Scott Rudin (1958), Lou Pearlman (1954), Lou Adler (1933), Arnold Kopelson (1935), Don Hahn (1955), and Deborah Snyder (1901).

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