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Phạm Duy

1921 - 2013

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Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one thousand songs to his credit, he is widely considered one of the three most salient and influential figures of modern Vietnamese music, along with Văn Cao and Trịnh Công Sơn. His music is noted for combining elements of traditional music with new methods, creating melodies that are both modern and traditional. A politically polarizing figure, his entire body of work was banned in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and subsequently in unified Vietnam for more than 30 years until the government began to ease restrictions on some of his work upon his repatriation in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phạm Duy is the 2,022nd most popular musician (down from 1,572nd in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 96th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Vietnamese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Phạm Duy ranks 2,022 out of 3,175. Before him are John Sebastian, Digital Underground, Keith Levene, Mark King, Andy Fraser, and Ara Malikian. After him are Richie Kotzen, Kevin Moore, Fedde Le Grand, Lene Marlin, Andy Timmons, and Dave Edmunds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Phạm Duy ranks 421. Before him are Walter Mirisch, Karel Husa, Ron Greenwood, Ian Raby, Nelson Riddle, and Günther Bechem. After him are Gilbert Stork, Muriel Pavlow, Víctor Balaguer, Sheb Wooley, Kathleen Byron, and Jerzy Stefan Stawiński. Among people deceased in 2013, Phạm Duy ranks 443. Before him are Simon Pimenta, Bryan Forbes, James Herbert, Hugh Huxley, Annette Funicello, and Aisha Rateb. After him are Peter Geach, Chokri Belaid, Ruth Patrick, Aaron Swartz, Valérie Benguigui, and Stanisław Szozda.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Phạm Duy ranks 106 out of 136. Before him are Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905), Ngô Bảo Châu (1972), Dany Carrel (1932), Võ Văn Thưởng (1970), Philipp Rösler (1973), and Eugene H. Trinh (1950). After him are Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân (1954), Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (1921), Linh Dan Pham (1974), Dustin Nguyen (1962), Kim Thúy (1968), and Cung Le (1972).

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Among MUSICIANS In Vietnam

Among musicians born in Vietnam, Phạm Duy ranks 3. Before him are Riccardo Cocciante (1946), and Trịnh Công Sơn (1939).

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