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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 88,557 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Legge is the 38th most popular producer, the 2,554th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,735th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Producer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Walter Legge ranks 38 out of 140. Before him are Dick Wolf, Joseph M. Schenck, Robert Evans, Luis Rodríguez, Stephen J. Cannell, and Michael G. Wilson. After him are Sam Warner, Erich Pommer, David Heyman, Hal B. Wallis, Saul Zaentz, and Safdie brothers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Walter Legge ranks 196. Before him are S. D. Burman, Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Juan Carlos Calvo, Max August Zorn, Charles Malik, and Renate Müller. After him are Yakov Malik, Penn Nouth, Óscar Domínguez, René Huyghe, Harry Hammond Hess, and Alexandre Trauner. Among people deceased in 1979, Walter Legge ranks 143. Before him are István Örkény, Ted Cassidy, Immanuel Velikovsky, Amedeo Biavati, Zeppo Marx, and Henri Anspach. After him are I. A. Richards, Henri Saint Cyr, Georgy Beriev, George Seaton, Tapio Rautavaara, and Bruno Apitz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Legge ranks 2,554 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Stone (1924), Simon Le Bon (1958), George Gissing (1857), James Galway (1939), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), and Robert Kerr (1882). After him are Harry Brearley (1871), Alan Lee (1947), Edwin Landseer (1802), Bryan Johnson (1926), Freddie Highmore (1992), and Robert Liston (1794).

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Among PRODUCERS In United Kingdom

Among producers born in United Kingdom, Walter Legge ranks 2. Before him are Simon Cowell (1959). After him are David Heyman (1961), Chris Blackwell (1937), Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), David Barron (1954), Peter Safran (1965), Hugh Padgham (1955), Miles Millar (1967), and Eric Fellner (1959).

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