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R. D. Burman

1939 - 1994

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Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994), known professionally as R.D. Burman, was an Indian music director and actor, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films, bringing a new level of music ensemble with his compositions. Burman did his major work with legendary singers Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, and Kishore Kumar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. D. Burman has received more than 3,756,605 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). R. D. Burman is the 1,246th most popular composer (down from 1,118th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from India (down from 597th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Composer.

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  • 3.8M

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  • 42.89

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, R. D. Burman ranks 1,246 out of 1,216. Before him are Mark Mancina, Vincent Youmans, Vicente Amigo, John Wilbye, Earl Scruggs, and Peter Warlock. After him are Joseph Lamb, Howard Hanson, Masaaki Suzuki, Vincent Persichetti, Hamilton Harty, and George Bruns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, R. D. Burman ranks 458. Before him are Francisco Mendes, Edoardo Menichelli, Margaret Drabble, Martin Feldstein, Max Lorenz, and Vitali Davydov. After him are Lee Trevino, Henning Christophersen, Sante Gaiardoni, Oscar Calics, Cleve Moler, and Alexey Korneyev. Among people deceased in 1994, R. D. Burman ranks 282. Before him are Dolly Haas, Ira Murchison, Rolf Jacobsen, Bill Hicks, Noah Beery Jr., and Willi Eichhorn. After him are Louis Gabrillargues, Jule Styne, Antal Kocsis, Albert Decourtray, Ellsworth Vines, and Kristen Pfaff.

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In India

Among people born in India, R. D. Burman ranks 663 out of 1,493. Before him are Shivakumara Swami (1907), Jagjit Singh (1941), Arunachalam Muruganantham (1961), Surekha Sikri (1945), Aruna Irani (1946), and Michael Bates (1920). After him are Raja Ramanna (1925), Charles Sturt (1795), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Harish-Chandra (1923), and Juhi Chawla (1967).

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Among COMPOSERS In India

Among composers born in India, R. D. Burman ranks 3. Before him are Tyagaraja (1767) and Zakir Hussain (1951). After him are Anu Malik (1960), Kailash Kher (1973), Pritam (1971), and Yo Yo Honey Singh (1983).

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