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Walter Murphy

1952 - Today

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Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. Further classical-disco fusions followed, such as "Flight '76", "Toccata and Funk in 'D' Minor" "Bolero", and "Mostly Mozart", but were not as successful. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Murphy is the 1,408th most popular composer (up from 1,410th in 2024), the 13,850th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,786th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Walter Murphy ranks 1,409 out of 1,451. Before him are Frank Loesser, Robert Ashley, Mamoru Samuragochi, Ludger Stühlmeyer, Malcolm Williamson, Lera Auerbach, and Gus Kahn. After him are Kazumi Totaka, Alla Zahaikevych, John Murphy, Edvin Marton, and Steve Roach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Walter Murphy ranks 722. Before him are Linda M. Godwin, Françoise Combes, Vera Anisimova, Roberto Bailey, Hilkka Riihivuori, and Marsha Blackburn. After him are John Parr, Marco Aurélio, Mario Medina, Chuck Leavell, Milena Duchková, and Ernesto Díaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Murphy ranks 13,854 out of 20,380. Before him are Caleb Landry Jones (1989), Joshua Waitzkin (1976), Jason Williams (1975), Kate Upton (1992), Bobby Wanzer (1921), and Josh Dun (1988). After him are Al D'Amato (1937), Jesper Hansen (null), Dr. Demento (1941), Madison Beer (1999), Zelina Vega (1990), and Dennis Miller (1953).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Walter Murphy ranks 138. Before him are Ned Rorem (1923), Charles Wuorinen (1938), Jimmy McHugh (1894), Randall Thompson (1899), Frank Loesser (1910), and Robert Ashley (1930). After him are Steve Roach (1955), Vivian Kubrick (1960), Meredith Willson (1902), Jeremy Soule (1975), Justin Hurwitz (1985), and Marc Shaiman (1959).

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