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 602,075 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yip Harburg is the 2,103rd most popular musician (down from 1,831st in 2019), the 11,044th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,342nd in 2019) and the 835th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yip Harburg ranks 2,103 out of 3,175. Before him are Clifford Jordan, Constant Lambert, Joe Meek, Debbie Gibson, Eddie Condon, and Lorenz Hart. After him are Tom Scholz, Post Malone, Baby Dodds, Mike McCready, Al Foster, and Barney Bigard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Yip Harburg ranks 266. Before him are Ralph Bagnold, Constance Binney, R. C. Sherriff, Elliott Nugent, Ramón Eguiazábal, and William Cameron Townsend. After him are Art Langley, Lilyan Tashman, Alan Mowbray, Reverend Gary Davis, Norman Thomas Gilroy, and Erle C. Kenton. Among people deceased in 1981, Yip Harburg ranks 271. Before him are Margaret Lindsay, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Louis Kuehn, Sam Jones, Pierre Korb, and Harry Chapin. After him are Kazimierz Kordylewski, Yefim Dzigan, Leopold Wohlrab, Vittorio Tamagnini, Charles Barton, and Mauri Rose.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yip Harburg ranks 11,044 out of 20,380. Before him are William H. Dana (1930), Bill Mulliken (1939), Robert B. Anderson (1910), Lorenz Hart (1895), Alfonso Ribeiro (1971), and Fitzhugh Lee (1835). After him are David Denman (1973), Martha Coolidge (1946), Kim Wayans (1961), Tom McGrath (1964), William Gillette (1853), and Brian Teacher (1954).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Yip Harburg ranks 835. Before him are Stone Gossard (1966), Mike Starr (1966), Clifford Jordan (1931), Debbie Gibson (1970), Eddie Condon (1905), and Lorenz Hart (1895). After him are Tom Scholz (1947), Post Malone (1995), Baby Dodds (1898), Mike McCready (1966), Al Foster (1943), and Barney Bigard (1906).

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