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Walter Legge

1906 - 1979

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Harry Walter Legge (1 June 1906 – 22 March 1979) was an English classical music record producer, most especially associated with EMI. His recordings include many sets later regarded as classics and reissued by EMI as "Great Recordings of the Century". He worked in the recording industry from 1927, combining this with the post of junior music critic of The Manchester Guardian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Legge has received more than 82,982 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Legge is the 38th most popular producer, the 2,742nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 3rd most popular British Producer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Walter Legge ranks 38 out of 89. Before him are Kathleen Kennedy, Andrew G. Vajna, Erich Pommer, Shonda Rhimes, David Heyman, and Saul Zaentz. After him are Joseph M. Schenck, Harry Saltzman, Robert Evans, Jesse L. Lasky, Barbara Broccoli, and Álex Pina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Walter Legge ranks 205. Before him are Maurice Sachs, Laurens van der Post, Roman Karmen, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Madeleine Carroll, and Betti Alver. After him are Penn Nouth, S. D. Burman, Martí Ventolrà, Alexandre Trauner, Juan Modesto, and Boris Kaufman. Among people deceased in 1979, Walter Legge ranks 145. Before him are I. A. Richards, Tapio Rautavaara, Ted Cassidy, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Minnie Riperton, and Jim Hutton. After him are Juana de Ibarbourou, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, John Cromwell, Mahmoud Taleghani, Marcel Jouhandeau, and John Diefenbaker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Legge ranks 2,742 out of 7,765. Before him are William Burnside (1852), Beryl Markham (1902), John Phillips (1800), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Alexander Burnes (1805), and Joseph Morgan (1981). After him are John Rutter (1945), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), Flora Robson (1902), Spencer Gore (1850), Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), and Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847).

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Among PRODUCERS In United Kingdom

Among producers born in United Kingdom, Walter Legge ranks 3. Before him are Simon Cowell (1959) and David Heyman (1961). After him are Chris Blackwell (1937), Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), Miles Millar (1967), Hugh Padgham (1955), and Eric Fellner (1959).

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