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Shirley Walker

1945 - 2006

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Shirley Anne Walker (née Rogers; April 10, 1945 – November 30, 2006) was an American film and television composer and conductor. She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood during her career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Walker has received more than 261,074 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Shirley Walker is the 1,257th most popular composer (down from 1,158th in 2019), the 9,557th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,741st in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Shirley Walker ranks 1,257 out of 1,216. Before her are Hamilton Harty, George Bruns, Näcip Cihanov, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mychael Danna, and Jerry Bock. After her are Lou Harrison, Don Davis, Roy Harris, David Newman, Eubie Blake, and Klaus Egge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Shirley Walker ranks 489. Before her are Javed Akhtar, Göran Claeson, Vadim Abdrashitov, Susan Haack, Jacques Dimont, and Terry Callier. After her are Wolfgang Seguin, Henri Emmanuelli, Vladimir Nazlymov, Dan Harrington, Roger C. Field, and Cliff DeYoung. Among people deceased in 2006, Shirley Walker ranks 308. Before her are Erik Elmsäter, Loyola de Palacio, Neroli Fairhall, Bernie Geoffrion, Ann Richards, and Darren McGavin. After her are Martin David Kruskal, Ossi Reichert, Joseph Vissers, Ron Greenwood, Soraya, and Bertha Brouwer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Walker ranks 9,557 out of 18,182. Before her are Marguerite Clayton (1891), Slater Martin (1925), Jack Falahee (1989), Rudy Vallée (1901), Johnny Mandel (1925), and Patsy Ruth Miller (1904). After her are Pat O'Connor (1928), Ann Dvorak (1911), Joe Exotic (1963), William Schallert (1922), Chaz Bono (1969), and Christian Laettner (1969).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Shirley Walker ranks 104. Before her are Earl Scruggs (1924), Joseph Lamb (1887), Howard Hanson (1896), Vincent Persichetti (1915), George Bruns (1914), and Jerry Bock (1928). After her are Lou Harrison (1917), Don Davis (1957), Roy Harris (1898), David Newman (1954), Eubie Blake (2), and Raymond Scott (1908).

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