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Paul Williams

1940 - Today

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Paul Hamilton Williams Jr. (born September 19, 1940) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World", Biff Rose's "Fill Your Heart", and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Williams has received more than 144,965 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Williams is the 1,153rd most popular composer (down from 1,061st in 2019), the 6,903rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,404th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Composer.

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  • 140k

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  • 46.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Williams ranks 1,153 out of 1,216Before him are Paul Whiteman, Manolis Kalomiris, Tadeusz Baird, Alan Hovhaness, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, and Hans Gál. After him are Havergal Brian, Vladimir Shainsky, Emil Paur, Boris Tishchenko, Rudolf Friml, and Alphons Czibulka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Paul Williams ranks 371Before him are Daniel Quillen, David Peoples, Michael Sarrazin, Zvonko Bego, Richard Corben, and Viktor Pavlov. After him are Fausto Bertinotti, Anzor Kavazashvili, Francisco Toledo, Karin Baal, Fred Hansen, and Donna Mills.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Williams ranks 6,903 out of 18,182Before him are Peter Pace (1945), James Hall (1811), Dan Rather (1931), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Tina Weymouth (1950), and John Holt (1923). After him are Carl O. Sauer (1889), Harve Presnell (1933), Sara Paretsky (1947), Chris Paul (1985), James L. Elliot (1943), and Bruce Kirby (1925).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Paul Williams ranks 74Before him are Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), John Corigliano (1938), Leonard Rosenman (1924), Paul Whiteman (1890), and Alan Hovhaness (1911). After him are Leonard Slatkin (1944), William Schuman (1910), Milton Babbitt (1916), Mark Snow (1946), David Diamond (1915), and Paul Creston (1906).