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Vernon Duke

1903 - 1969

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Vernon Duke (10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1903 – 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), "I Can't Get Started," with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1936), "April in Paris," with lyrics by E. Y. ("Yip") Harburg (1932), and "What Is There To Say," for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, also with Harburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vernon Duke has received more than 181,807 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Vernon Duke is the 1,560th most popular musician (up from 1,562nd in 2019), the 2,024th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,882nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Russian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vernon Duke ranks 1,560 out of 3,175. Before him are John Sykes, Robben Ford, Janine Jansen, Scott Weiland, Jim Root, and Tré Cool. After him are Robert Cray, Richard Rodney Bennett, Andor Földes, Boots Randolph, Peter Baltes, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Vernon Duke ranks 276. Before him are Eric A. Havelock, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Gérard Delbeke, Guillermo Saavedra, Juan Jover, and Hans Christian Branner. After him are Bernard Leene, Afanasy Beloborodov, George Koltanowski, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Alan Napier, and Armand Blanchonnet. Among people deceased in 1969, Vernon Duke ranks 192. Before him are Moisés Solana, Károly Fogl, Ardeshir Irani, Ramdas Gandhi, Hans Deppe, and Marcel Riesz. After him are Skip James, Corneliu Robe, Vilho Väisälä, Óscar Osorio, Hjalmar Cedercrona, and Veli Saarinen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vernon Duke ranks 2,024 out of 3,761. Before him are Efrem Zimbalist (1889), Rudolf Povarnitsyn (1962), Pavel Sadyrin (1942), Viktor Anichkin (1941), Boris Lagutin (1938), and Pavel Lednyov (1943). After him are Aleksandr Aksinin (1954), Dmitri Vrubel (1960), Zinaida Yermolyeva (1898), Aleksandr Andronov (1901), Yuri Shatunov (1973), and Lev Chugaev (1873).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Vernon Duke ranks 37. Before him are Alexander Rosenbaum (1951), Mikhail Krug (1962), Zhanna Bichevskaya (1944), Vasily Andreyev (1861), Pyotr Mamonov (1951), and Efrem Zimbalist (1889). After him are Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Maxim Vengerov (1974), Igor Presnyakov (1960), Boris Berezovsky (1969), Arcadi Volodos (1972), and Vadim Repin (1971).

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