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Vernon Duke

1903 - 1969

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Vernon Duke (10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1903 – 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), "I Can't Get Started," with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1936), "April in Paris," with lyrics by E. Y. ("Yip") Harburg (1932), and "What Is There To Say," for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, also with Harburg. He wrote the words and music for "Autumn in New York" (1934) for the revue Thumbs Up! In his book, American Popular Song, The Great Innovators 1900-1950, composer Alec Wilder praises this song, writing, “The verse may be the most ambitious I’ve ever seen." Duke also collaborated with lyricists Johnny Mercer, Ogden Nash, and Sammy Cahn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vernon Duke is the 1,795th most popular musician (down from 1,562nd in 2019), the 2,196th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,024th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Russian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vernon Duke ranks 1,795 out of 3,175. Before him are Nigo, Blind Willie McTell, Afrojack, Urs Bühler, Richard Tandy, and Curtis Fuller. After him are John Martyn, Cui Jian, Michael Anthony, Martin Garrix, Sharleen Spiteri, and Marius Müller-Westernhagen.

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Among people born in 1903, Vernon Duke ranks 314. Before him are Josef Maleček, Juan Jover, Tadeusz Friedrich, Ruth Svedberg, Lola Álvarez Bravo, and Niní Marshall. After him are Harold Whitlock, Ella Baker, Yuli Raizman, Clare Boothe Luce, Olavi Paavolainen, and Guy Simonds. Among people deceased in 1969, Vernon Duke ranks 219. Before him are Ramdas Gandhi, Skip James, Barton MacLane, Corneliu Robe, Fred Hampton, and Vilho Väisälä. After him are Hans Deppe, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Bess Meredyth, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Raymond Flacher, and Zheng Junli.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vernon Duke ranks 2,196 out of 3,761. Before him are Vera Maretskaya (1906), Valery Bolotov (1970), Tatyana Golikova (1966), Kirill Serebrennikov (1969), Gavriil Popov (1936), and Andrei Kobyakov (1960). After him are Anatoly Maltsev (1909), Majit Gafuri (1880), Semyon Nadson (1862), Sara Sadíqova (1906), Ekaterina Kalinchuk (1922), and Boris Piotrovsky (1908).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Vernon Duke ranks 40. Before him are Vasily Andreyev (1861), Josef Lhévinne (1874), Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Pyotr Mamonov (1951), Mikhail Krug (1962), and Yegor Letov (1964). After him are Marina Tchebourkina (1965), Boris Berezovsky (1969), Igor Presnyakov (1960), Arcadi Volodos (1972), Maxim Fadeev (1968), and Alexander Vedernikov (1964).

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