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Jerome Kern

1885 - 1945

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Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerome Kern is the 690th most popular composer (up from 741st in 2019), the 3,774th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,549th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jerome Kern ranks 690 out of 1,451. Before him are Oskar Merikanto, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Zbigniew Preisner, Alonso Mudarra, and Jakov Gotovac. After him are Maurice Emmanuel, Josip Runjanin, Augusta Holmès, Carmine Coppola, Xavier Cugat, and Tielman Susato.

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Among people born in 1885, Jerome Kern ranks 98. Before him are Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Milan Vidmar, Noman Çelebicihan, Alexandros Koryzis, Iuliu Hossu, and St John Philby. After him are Dezső Kosztolányi, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Antonio Bacci, Frank Knight, Leó Weiner, and Louise Bryant. Among people deceased in 1945, Jerome Kern ranks 191. Before him are Alfred Meyer, Milena Pavlović-Barili, Ignacio Zuloaga, Petar Bojović, Julius Leber, and Isamu Chō. After him are Jüri Uluots, Günther Lützow, Mihail Sebastian, Walter Hohmann, Johannes Popitz, and Emil von Reznicek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Kern ranks 3,774 out of 20,380. Before him are John Hillerman (1932), Tom Fogerty (1941), Betsy Blair (1923), Paul Shenar (1936), David Boreanaz (1969), and Paul Milgrom (1948). After him are Tracey Adams (1958), Richard Bull (1924), Paul Douglas (1892), Gil Birmingham (1953), Jack Klugman (1922), and Alvin E. Roth (1951).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Jerome Kern ranks 38. Before him are Morton Feldman (1926), Ernest Guiraud (1837), James Scott (1885), Stephen Foster (1826), Alex North (1910), and Basil Poledouris (1945). After him are Carmine Coppola (1910), Lee Konitz (1927), Sun Ra (1914), Stephen Sondheim (1930), Edward MacDowell (1860), and Dave Grusin (1934).

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