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Walter Murphy

1952 - Today

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Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Murphy has received more than 490,664 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Murphy is the 1,410th most popular composer (down from 1,319th in 2019), the 13,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,565th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Composer.

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  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Walter Murphy ranks 1,410 out of 1,451. Before him are William Alwyn, Arturo Rodas, Steve Roach, Michiru Yamane, Vivian Kubrick, and Ludovic Bource. After him are Hitoshi Sakimoto, George Perle, Meredith Willson, Ezio Bosso, Anu Malik, and Marc Shaiman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Walter Murphy ranks 723. Before him are Zilya Valeeva, Jose Advincula, Manuel Nájera, Magdalena Álvarez, Michael R. Clifford, and Joe Earl. After him are Yuriy Kutsenko, Pedro Soto, Michael Fallon, Irwin Keyes, Romeo Corbo, and Bill Kristol.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Murphy ranks 13,791 out of 20,380. Before him are John Michael Higgins (1963), Tom Forman (1893), Clayton Anderson (1959), JoJo (1990), Christopher C. Miller (1965), and John A. Russo (1939). After him are Jeffrey Lieber (1969), Billy Porter (1969), Patsy Mink (1927), Maximiliano Hernández (1973), Jim Rathmann (1928), and William Few (1748).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Walter Murphy ranks 140. Before him are Robert Ashley (1930), Justin Hurwitz (1985), Bernie Worrell (1944), Jeremy Soule (1975), Steve Roach (1955), and Vivian Kubrick (1960). After him are George Perle (1915), Meredith Willson (1902), Marc Shaiman (1959), Randall Thompson (1899), Eric Whitacre (1970), and John Ottman (1964).

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