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MUSICIAN

Yip Harburg

1896 - 1981

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Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (with Jay Gorney), "April in Paris", and "It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs for the film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow". He was known for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his leftist leanings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yip Harburg has received more than 561,955 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yip Harburg is the 1,837th most popular musician (down from 1,667th in 2019), the 9,363rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,425th in 2019) and the 740th most popular American Musician.

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  • 16

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  • 2.12

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  • 3.25

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yip Harburg ranks 1,837 out of 2,662Before him are Tom Harrell, Patrick Leonard, Armando Peraza, Mick Karn, Percy Heath, and Chick Webb. After him are Yuja Wang, Roy Bittan, Roger Miller, Jeremy Spencer, Merle Travis, and Edwin Hawkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Yip Harburg ranks 232Before him are V. K. Krishna Menon, Marie Prevost, Carl Abrahamsson, Heinz Prüfer, Liam O'Flaherty, and Natalie Talmadge. After him are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Okuro Oikawa, Gopal Swarup Pathak, Priscilla Dean, and Pavel Antokolsky. Among people deceased in 1981, Yip Harburg ranks 232Before him are Morris Kirksey, Eric Williams, Alexey Okladnikov, Ann Harding, Pierre Korb, and Louise Lorraine. After him are Carl Knowles, Jack Cameron, Nikolai Tishchenko, Dragutin Najdanović, Vittorio Tamagnini, and Nikolay Smaga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yip Harburg ranks 9,363 out of 18,182Before him are Fat Joe (1970), Willie Steele (1923), Percy Heath (1923), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Edie Adams (1927), and Chick Webb (1905). After him are Penny Hardaway (1971), Andy Weir (1972), Marco Rubio (1971), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Jay Harrington (1971), and Ricky Steamboat (1953).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Yip Harburg ranks 740Before him are Juan Atkins (1962), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Tom Harrell (1946), Patrick Leonard (1956), Percy Heath (1923), and Chick Webb (1905). After him are Roy Bittan (1949), Roger Miller (1936), Merle Travis (1917), Edwin Hawkins (1943), Richie Kotzen (1970), and Danny Carey (1961).