COMPOSER

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 420,928 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Raymond Scott is the 1,086th most popular composer (up from 1,262nd in 2019), the 5,966th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,906th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Composer.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Raymond Scott ranks 1,086 out of 1,451. Before him are Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Henri Pousseur, Toivo Kuula, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, Carter Burwell, and Johann Nicolaus Bach. After him are Julius Rietz, Jaromír Weinberger, Heinrich Schenker, Shivkumar Sharma, Emil Hartmann, and František Škroup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Raymond Scott ranks 246. Before him are Winston Graham, Władysław Raginis, Kristjan Palusalu, Frol Kozlov, Quentin Crisp, and Devika Rani. After him are Nils Poppe, Hu Die, Erich Srbek, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Vladimir Kotelnikov, and Boris Rybakov. Among people deceased in 1994, Raymond Scott ranks 214. Before him are Fernando de Santiago, Gozo Shioda, Max Petitpierre, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Devika Rani, and Ladislav Mňačko. After him are Karl-Heinz Metzner, Lew Hoad, Severino Minelli, Masayoshi Ito, Gilbert Roland, and Russell Kirk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raymond Scott ranks 5,966 out of 20,380. Before him are Quanah Parker (1845), Ralph Nelson (1916), David Douglas Duncan (1916), John Kuck (1905), Junior Wells (1934), and Terence Trent D'Arby (1962). After him are Ollie Johnston (1912), David Gale (1921), James Marsters (1962), Ossie Davis (1917), Gary Dourdan (1966), and Don Wilson (1954).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Raymond Scott ranks 60. Before him are Michael Giacchino (1967), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Leonard Rosenman (1924), and Carter Burwell (1954). After him are W. C. Handy (1873), Harry Partch (1901), Morton Gould (1913), Roger Sessions (1896), Frank Churchill (1901), and Gunther Schuller (1925).

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