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Jack Nitzsche

1937 - 2000

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Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( NEECH-ee; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others. He worked extensively in film scores for the films Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" with Buffy Sainte-Marie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Nitzsche is the 1,315th most popular musician (down from 1,257th in 2019), the 6,770th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,174th in 2019) and the 479th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jack Nitzsche ranks 1,315 out of 3,175. Before him are Michael Moran, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Bonnie Raitt, Stan Kenton, Mike Mangini, and Paweł Mąciwoda. After him are Issay Dobrowen, Ray Barretto, Chrisye, Big Bill Broonzy, Patti Scialfa, and Lee Kerslake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jack Nitzsche ranks 343. Before him are José Sacristán, Peter Fleischmann, Lenny Wilkens, Renato Longo, Linda Lavin, and Merle Haggard. After him are Vasyl Durdynets, Jørgen Leth, Sergey Ling, Christina Schollin, Joanna Russ, and Moacyr Scliar. Among people deceased in 2000, Jack Nitzsche ranks 209. Before him are John Hejduk, Jacqueline Auriol, Antony Padiyara, Anatoli Firsov, H. C. Artmann, and Robert R. Wilson. After him are Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Enric Valor i Vives, Henri Hérouin, Olena Apanovych, Abraham Pais, and Joann Lõssov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Nitzsche ranks 6,772 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Mangini (1963), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Mr. Lawrence (1969), John Starks (1965), Linda Lavin (1937), and Merle Haggard (1937). After him are Franchot Tone (1905), Walter Lang (1896), Fred Williamson (1938), Richard Lewis (1947), Gregory Olsen (1945), and Scott Patterson (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jack Nitzsche ranks 479. Before him are John Abercrombie (1944), Kenny Burrell (1931), Nancy Wilson (1954), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Stan Kenton (1911), and Mike Mangini (1963). After him are Ray Barretto (1929), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), Patti Scialfa (1953), Mark Lanegan (1964), Timbaland (1972), and Alan Wilson (1943).

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