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Percy Faith

1908 - 1976

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Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listening" or "mood music" format. He became a staple of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Faith has received more than 599,595 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Percy Faith is the 947th most popular composer (down from 840th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Canada (down from 198th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Composer.

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  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Percy Faith ranks 947 out of 1,216. Before her are Ester Mägi, Ary Barroso, Myroslav Skoryk, Daniel Alomía Robles, W. C. Handy, and Simeon ten Holt. After her are Carlo Rustichelli, Akira Ifukube, Marvin Hamlisch, Wilhelm Kienzl, Tan Dun, and Édouard Deldevez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Percy Faith ranks 188. Before her are Doria Shafik, Jean Effel, Sœur Emmanuelle, Štefan Čambal, Luis de Souza Ferreira, and Thurgood Marshall. After her are Pál Titkos, Edward R. Murrow, Bronisława Wajs, Sucheta Kriplani, Arthur O'Connell, and Arkhip Lyulka. Among people deceased in 1976, Percy Faith ranks 128. Before her are Jean Martinon, Jean Servais, Juan José Torres, Imogen Cunningham, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, and Marguerite Laugier. After her are Bertha Lutz, Haddon Sundblom, Sergei Shtemenko, Armas Taipale, Pierre Jean Jouve, and Otto Tief.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Percy Faith ranks 229 out of 1,350. Before her are Agnes Martin (1912), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Guy Laliberté (1959), Norm Macdonald (1959), David Baszucki (1963), and Gaëtan Dugas (1952). After her are Diana Krall (1964), Harry Crerar (1888), Mario Lemieux (1965), David Card (1956), Kim Campbell (1947), and Gordon Thomson (1945).

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Among COMPOSERS In Canada

Among composers born in Canada, Percy Faith ranks 2. Before her are Howard Shore (1946). After her are Mychael Danna (1958), Christophe Beck (1972), Erik Mongrain (1980), and Venetian Snares (1975).

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