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Harry Warren

1893 - 1981

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Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films. Over a career spanning six decades, Warren wrote more than 800 songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Warren is the 1,314th most popular composer (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 10,002nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,277th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Harry Warren ranks 1,314 out of 1,451. Before her are Elza Ibrahimova, Walter Susskind, Cemal Reşit Rey, Vladimír Franz, Mariano Mores, and David Raksin. After her are Humphrey Searle, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Christopher Young, Morten Lauridsen, John Debney, and Paul Le Flem.

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Among people born in 1893, Harry Warren ranks 256. Before her are Harlow Curtice, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Betty Blythe, Katharine Cornell, Aksel Berg, and Victor Verschueren. After her are Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Marie Pujmanová, Patricio Arabolaza, Giovanni Scatturin, Leatrice Joy, and Alfred Engelsen. Among people deceased in 1981, Harry Warren ranks 250. Before her are Geirr Tveitt, Eric Williams, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Big Walter Horton, Dragutin Najdanović, and Ioachim Moldoveanu. After her are Nikolay Smaga, Ann Harding, Ernesto Prinoth, Alberto Héber Usher, Howard Hanson, and James Corson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Warren ranks 10,004 out of 20,380. Before her are David Raksin (1912), Edgar Kennedy (1890), David S. Goyer (1965), Laura Poitras (1964), Brian Grazer (1951), and Conrad Aiken (1889). After her are Ben Feldman (1980), Richard Rush (1929), Charlotte Mineau (1886), Carol Yager (1960), Rick Ross (1976), and Steven R. Nagel (1946).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Harry Warren ranks 102. Before her are Shirley Walker (1945), Peter Schickele (1935), Paul Creston (1906), John Kander (1927), Horatio Parker (1863), and David Raksin (1912). After her are Christopher Young (1958), Morten Lauridsen (1943), John Debney (1956), Spike Jones (1911), Steve Jablonsky (1970), and Howard Hanson (1896).

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