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Raymond Scott

1908 - 1994

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Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow; September 10, 1908 – February 8, 1994) was an American composer, band leader, pianist, record producer, and inventor of electronic instruments. Known best in his time as a composer of production music, Scott is today regarded as an early pioneer of electronica. Though Scott never scored cartoon soundtracks, his music is familiar to millions because Carl Stalling adapted it in over 120 Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and other Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Scott has received more than 395,930 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Scott is the 1,264th most popular composer (down from 1,130th in 2019), the 9,928th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,620th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Composer.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Raymond Scott ranks 1,264 out of 1,216. Before him are Lou Harrison, Don Davis, Roy Harris, David Newman, Eubie Blake, and Klaus Egge. After him are Lennox Berkeley, George Fenton, Steve Jablonsky, Fred Ebb, Humphrey Searle, and Thomas Adès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Raymond Scott ranks 351. Before him are Roger Beaufrand, Rudolf Gramlich, Branislav Hrnjiček, Marceline Day, Víctor Peralta, and Carl Shy. After him are Imogene Coca, Bram Fischer, Theodore Roethke, Carl Laemmle Jr., Fidel Ortiz, and Antony Tudor. Among people deceased in 1994, Raymond Scott ranks 293. Before him are Ellsworth Vines, Kristen Pfaff, Jacques Dimont, John Smith, Ralph Miliband, and Esther Ralston. After him are Sam Hanks, Martha Raye, Stephen McNally, Lynne Frederick, Serge Blusson, and Ivan Fuqua.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raymond Scott ranks 9,928 out of 18,182. Before him are Eddie Kaye Thomas (1980), John Hoyt (1905), John Prine (1946), Laz Alonso (1974), Joe Namath (1943), and Dianne Reeves (1956). After him are Rajon Rondo (1986), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Naomi Wolf (1962), Kathy Griffin (1960), James Marshall (1967), and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1957).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Raymond Scott ranks 110. Before him are Shirley Walker (1945), Lou Harrison (1917), Don Davis (1957), Roy Harris (1898), David Newman (1954), and Eubie Blake (2). After him are Steve Jablonsky (1970), Fred Ebb (1928), Brian Tyler (1972), Joel Goldsmith (1957), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), and William Bolcom (1938).

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