MUSICIAN

Moondog

1916 - 1999

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Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his prolific work widely drew inspiration from jazz, classical, Native American music which he had become familiar with as a child, and Latin American music. His strongly rhythmic, contrapuntal pieces and arrangements later influenced composers of minimal music, in particular American composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Due to an accident, Moondog was blind from the age of 16. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moondog is the 779th most popular musician (down from 644th in 2019), the 4,272nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,303rd in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Moondog ranks 779 out of 3,175Before him are Scott Walker, Robert Casadesus, Buddy Guy, Billie Joe Armstrong, Ivan Mládek, and Mick Box. After him are Bob Seger, Eduard van Beinum, Harold Faltermeyer, Vinnie Vincent, Lee Morgan, and Allan Holdsworth.

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Among people born in 1916, Moondog ranks 120Before him are Ramón José Velásquez, Harold Robbins, Wilhelm Batz, Maria Altmann, John Basilone, and Paul Halmos. After him are Hidetoki Takahashi, Vladimir Demikhov, Erik Nilsson, Iosif Shklovsky, Jackie Gleason, and Maurice Bavaud. Among people deceased in 1999, Moondog ranks 114Before him are Fritz Fischer, Karekin I, Carlos Romero, Theodore Hall, George Mosse, and Milt Jackson. After him are Flávio Costa, Grete Stern, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Vazgen Sargsyan, Giant Baba, and Paul Sacher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Moondog ranks 4,272 out of 20,380Before him are Anthony Franciosa (1928), Thomas Newman (1955), Bobby Kimball (1947), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Chuck Billy (1962), and Lee Hazlewood (1929). After him are Kevin Federline (1978), Bob Seger (1945), Bruce Davison (1946), David D. Friedman (1945), James Rebhorn (1948), and Carla Gugino (1971).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Moondog ranks 249Before him are Milt Jackson (1923), Walter Donaldson (1893), Joe Walsh (1947), Scott Walker (1943), Buddy Guy (1936), and Billie Joe Armstrong (1972). After him are Bob Seger (1945), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Lee Morgan (1938), Andrew Hill (1931), Eddie Vedder (1964), and Horace Silver (1928).