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Angus MacLise

1938 - 1979

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Angus William MacLise (March 14, 1938 – June 21, 1979) was an American percussionist, composer, poet, occultist and calligrapher, known as the first drummer for the Velvet Underground who abruptly quit due to disagreements with the band playing their first paid show. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angus MacLise is the 1,368th most popular composer (down from 1,367th in 2019), the 11,912th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,240th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Angus MacLise ranks 1,368 out of 1,451. Before him are Roy Harris, Eubie Blake, Christian Wolff, George Perle, Samuel Adler, and Hans Abrahamsen. After him are John Stainer, Ray Noble, Fred Ebb, Vladimir Jurowski, Stephen Warbeck, and Lennox Berkeley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Angus MacLise ranks 573. Before him are Herb Elliott, John Dean, Robert Hughes, Lagumot Harris, Mary Jo Catlett, and Hampton Fancher. After him are Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Peter Westbury, Dawn Wells, Kathy Kirby, Eduard Ivanov, and Maxine Waters. Among people deceased in 1979, Angus MacLise ranks 284. Before him are Arthur Fiedler, J. G. Farrell, Yuri Krylov, Gracie Fields, Zoltán Várkonyi, and Sally Rand. After him are Putte Kock, Vladimir Fyodorov, Walter Dietrich, Vivian Vance, John Glascock, and Jimmy McCulloch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Angus MacLise ranks 11,914 out of 20,380. Before him are Brett Favre (1969), Harry Chapin (1942), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Sally Rand (1904), DeAndre Yedlin (1993), and Shannyn Sossamon (1978). After him are Macklemore (1983), Susan Anton (null), Herbert E. Ives (1882), Edward Sedgwick (1889), Jeff Berlin (1953), and Mike Bordin (1962).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Angus MacLise ranks 123. Before him are Robert Russell Bennett (1894), George Bruns (1914), Jerry Herman (1931), Roy Harris (1898), Eubie Blake (2), and George Perle (1915). After him are Fred Ebb (1928), Raymond Scott (1908), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), David Newman (1954), Jerry Bock (1928), and William Grant Still (1895).

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