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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 170,629 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Vernon Duke is the 1,567th most popular musician (down from 1,447th in 2019), the 1,886th most popular biography from Russia (down from 121st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Musician.

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  • 170k

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  • 44.60

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  • 20

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  • 3.10

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  • 3.02

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vernon Duke ranks 1,567 out of 2,662. Before him are Larry Williams, Peter Baltes, Myles Kennedy, Marshmello, Kenny Barron, and Rob Bourdon. After him are Sean Lennon, Mr Lordi, Cedar Walton, Earl Wild, Yegor Letov, and Doc Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Vernon Duke ranks 271. Before him are Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, Anders Rydberg, Josephine Hutchinson, George Koltanowski, Kenneth Clark, and Norman Foster. After him are DeHart Hubbard, Hermann Volk, Niní Marshall, Lilly Scholz, Ruth Svedberg, and Bernard Leene. Among people deceased in 1969, Vernon Duke ranks 176. Before him are Tom Naudé, Vilho Väisälä, Óscar Osorio, Leigh Harline, Károly Dietz, and Miles Dempsey. After him are Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Viktor Vinogradov, Gisela Arendt, Rodolfo Choperena, Bruno Söderström, and Josef Hassmann.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vernon Duke ranks 1,886 out of 3,262. Before him are Artem Dzyuba (1988), Yuri Baturin (1949), Lev Alburt (1945), Valentin Ivanov (1961), Jorma Valkama (1928), and Nikolai Menshutkin (1842). After him are Mikhail Somov (1908), Yegor Letov (1964), Alexei Lubimov (1944), Georgy Ushakov (1901), Zemfira (1976), and Viktor Vinogradov (1894).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Vernon Duke ranks 30. Before him are Anahit Tsitsikian (1926), Andrei Gavrilov (1955), Yuri Bashmet (1953), Pyotr Mamonov (1951), Josef Lhévinne (1874), and Zhanna Bichevskaya (1944). After him are Yegor Letov (1964), Alexei Lubimov (1944), Maxim Vengerov (1974), Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Zedd (1989), and Boris Berezovsky (1969).

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