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Wendy Carlos

1939 - Today

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Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer known for electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Studying and working with various electronic musicians and technicians at the city's Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, she helped in the development of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog's first commercially available keyboard instrument. Carlos came to prominence with Switched-On Bach (1968), an album of music by Johann Sebastian Bach performed on a Moog synthesizer, which helped popularize its use in the 1970s and won her three Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wendy Carlos is the 662nd most popular musician (down from 572nd in 2019), the 3,723rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,938th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wendy Carlos ranks 662 out of 3,175. Before her are Emanuel Feuermann, Chad Smith, Jörg Demus, Gaspara Stampa, Rezső Seress, and Clifford Brown. After her are Axel Rudi Pell, Curtis Mayfield, Peter Schreier, Conrad Graf, Ben Webster, and Bill Bruford.

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Among people born in 1939, Wendy Carlos ranks 184. Before her are Sal Mineo, Peppino di Capri, John Howard, Donald Adamson, Ignacio Zoco, and Silvana Armenulić. After her are Giulio Angioni, Brenda Vaccaro, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Vladimir Durković, Takako Shimazu, and Glauber Rocha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendy Carlos ranks 3,723 out of 20,380. Before her are Charlie Hickcox (1947), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), Tate Donovan (1963), Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941), and Ben Turpin (1869). After her are John P. Ryan (1936), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), Wayne Dyer (1940), J. Walter Christie (1865), Brent Spiner (1949), and Richard Tucker (1913).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Wendy Carlos ranks 202. Before her are Tyler, the Creator (1991), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Archie Shepp (1937), Joan Jett (1958), Chad Smith (1961), and Clifford Brown (1930). After her are Curtis Mayfield (1942), Ben Webster (1909), Tico Torres (1953), Tom Fogerty (1941), Eric Singer (1958), and Stephen Kovacevich (1940).

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