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Gil Scott‐Heron (01 Apr 1949 - 27 May 2011)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (39)

Official

Album - Live

  1. Small Talk at 125th and Lenox 1970
  2. Tales of Gil Scott-Heron 1990
  3. Minister of Information 28 Sep 1994
  4. Save the Children: Live in Concert 19 Jul 2004
  5. Live at the Town & Country 1988 2008
  6. Hold Onto Your Dreams 05 Sep 2022

Album

  1. Pieces of a Man 1971
  2. Free Will 1972
  3. The Mind of Gil Scott Heron 1978
  4. Real Eyes 1980
  5. Reflections 1981
  6. Moving Target 1982
  7. Spirits 1994
  8. I’m New Here 08 Feb 2010
  9. Nothing New 19 Apr 2014

Album - Compilation

  1. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 1974
  2. The Best of Gil Scott-Heron 1984
  3. Glory: The Gil Scott-Heron Collection 1990
  4. Ghetto Style 1998
  5. Evolution (And Flashback) 09 Feb 1999
  6. The Best of Gil Scott Heron 03 Jun 2006
  7. Storm Music: The best of 2009
  8. Original Album Classics 24 Jan 2011
  9. The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters 2012

Single

  1. Johannesburg Sep 1975
  2. Angel Dust 1978
  3. Shut 'Um Down / Baltimore 1980
  4. Legend in His Own Mind / Your Daddy Loves You (For Gia Louise) 1980
  5. "B" Movie / Is That Jazz? 1981
  6. Re-Ron 1984
  7. Space Shuttle 05 Mar 1990
  8. Me and the Devil 2010
  9. Lady Day and John Coltrane (Andy Buchan edit) 28 Jan 2019

Broadcast - Live

  1. Ghetto Ghosts: Live 1977 21 Feb 2022

Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. The Gil Scott-Heron Collection: Sampler 1974-1975 1998 (as Gil Scott-Heron)

Single

  1. Don't Give Up / Message To The Messengers 1994

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 2010-04-14: Riverview Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN 2010
  2. Live in New York 04 May 2018

Relationships (1)

Collaborator On

  1. Artists United Against Apartheid

Recordings by (249)

  1. Small Talk at 125th and Lenox 1:21 (1970)
  2. Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 3:21 (1970)
  3. Omen 1:46 (1970)
  4. Brother 2:35 (1970)
  5. Comment #1 4:27 (1970)
  6. The Subject Was Faggots 3:11 (1970)
  7. Evolution (And Flashback) 3:21 (1970)
  8. Plastic Pattern People 2:53 (1970)
  9. Whitey on the Moon 1:59 (1970)
  10. The Vulture 4:33 (1970)
  11. Enough 4:14 (1970)
  12. Paint It Black 0:33 (1970)
  13. Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul? 5:15 (1970)
  14. Everyday 4:30 (1970)
  15. Home Is Where the Hatred Is 3:21 (1971)
  16. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 3:07 (1971)
  17. Lady Day and John Coltrane 3:35 (1971)
  18. Pieces of a Man 4:54 (1971)
  19. I Think I’ll Call It Morning 3:31 (1971)
  20. The Needle’s Eye 4:51 (1971)
  21. Save the Children 4:27 (1971)
  22. When You Are Who You Are 3:23 (1971)
  23. A Sign of the Ages 4:03 (1971)
  24. Or Down You Fall 3:13 (1971)
  25. The Prisoner 9:25 (1971)
  26. Free Will 3:42 (1972)
  27. The Middle of Your Day 4:32 (1972)
  28. Speed Kills 3:18 (1972)
  29. The King Alfred Plan 2:47 (1972)
  30. No Knock 2:12 (1972)
  31. Wiggy 1:37 (1972)
  32. Ain’t No New Thing 4:33 (1972)
  33. Billy Green Is Dead 1:30 (1972)
  34. …and then he wrote Meditations 3:14 (1972)
  35. Did You Hear What They Said? 3:29 (1972)
  36. Sex Education: Ghetto Style 0:51 (1972)
  37. The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues 5:09 (1972)
  38. Johannesburg 3:12 (Sep 1975)
  39. Fell Together 3:17 (Sep 1975)
  40. Angel Dust 3:28 (1978)
  41. Third World Revolution 4:22 (1978)
  42. H20 Gate Blues 7:58 (1978)
  43. We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon Our Analysis) 7:52 (1978)
  44. The New Deal 3:10 (1978)
  45. Jose Campos Torres 2:36 (1978)
  46. The Ghetto Call (Dot Dot Dit Dot Dit Dot Dot Dash) 12:57 (1978)
  47. Bicentennial Blues 8:39 (1978)
  48. We Almost Lost Detroit 4:39 (1979) live, 1979-09-19/23: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
  49. The Train From Washington 4:48 (1980)
  50. Not Needed 3:57 (1980)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Guerilla 7:49 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975) electric piano
  2. Winter in America 6:05 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975) electric piano

Vocals

  1. When You Are Who You Are 3:23 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  2. Or Down You Fall 3:13 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  3. The Needle’s Eye 4:51 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  4. Save the Children 4:27 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  5. I Think I’ll Call It Morning 3:31 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  6. Lady Day and John Coltrane 3:35 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  7. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 3:07 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  8. Home Is Where the Hatred Is 3:21 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  9. Pieces of a Man 4:54 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  10. A Sign of the Ages 4:03 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  11. The Prisoner 9:25 Gil Scott‐Heron (1971) lead vocals
  12. The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues 5:09 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  13. …and then he wrote Meditations 3:14 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972)
  14. The Middle of Your Day 4:32 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  15. Speed Kills 3:18 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  16. Wiggy 1:37 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  17. The King Alfred Plan 2:47 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  18. Billy Green Is Dead 1:30 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972)
  19. Free Will 3:42 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  20. Did You Hear What They Said? 3:29 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  21. No Knock 2:12 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  22. Sex Education: Ghetto Style 0:51 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  23. Ain’t No New Thing 4:33 Gil Scott‐Heron (1972) lead vocals
  24. Offering 3:34 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  25. The Liberation Song (Red, Black and Green) 6:15 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  26. Must Be Something 5:15 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  27. Winter in America 6:05 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)

Produced

  1. Your Daddy Loves You 3:00 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  2. H₂Ogate Blues 8:25 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  3. Rivers of My Fathers 8:33 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  4. Peace Go With You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum) 5:33 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  5. Song for Bobby Smith 4:45 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  6. A Very Precious Time 5:18 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  7. Back Home 2:52 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  8. The Bottle 5:14 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  9. Peace Go With You, Brother (Wa-Alaikum-Salaam) 1:11 Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
  10. Ain't No Such Thing as Superman 4:13 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  11. A Lovely Day 3:25 Gil Scott‐Heron and Brian Jackson (1975)
  12. The Summer of ’42 4:38 Gil Scott‐Heron and Brian Jackson (1975)
  13. Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon) 8:01 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  14. Alluswe 5:00 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  15. Johannesburg 4:46 Gil Scott‐Heron and Brian Jackson (1975)
  16. Essex 9:17 Gil Scott‐Heron and Brian Jackson (1975)
  17. Offering 3:34 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  18. A Toast to the People 5:45 Gil Scott‐Heron and Brian Jackson (1975)
  19. Must Be Something 5:15 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  20. Western Sunrise 5:16 Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band (1975)
  21. Fell Together 4:26 Gil Scott‐Heron and Brian Jackson (1975)

Credited as (36)

  1. Gil Scott‐Heron
  2. Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson
  3. Gil Scott‐Heron & Jamie xx
  4. Blackalicious feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  5. Bobby Womack feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  6. Congo Sanchez feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  7. D. Gómez - N - Pocas Libras feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  8. Gil Scott‐Heron and Brian Jackson
  9. Gil Scott‐Heron and Jamie xx
  10. Gil Scott‐Heron feat. Brian Jackson
  11. Jamie xx & Gil Scott‐Heron
  12. Jean-Jacques Milteau with Gil Scott‐Heron
  13. Pretty Purdie & The Playboys feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  14. Ron Holloway & Gil Scott‐Heron
  15. Gil Scott-Heron
  16. Playboy Tre feat. Bohagon & Gil Scott‐Heron
  17. Gil Scott‐Heron feat. Nas
  18. Gil Scott Heron
  19. Gil Scott‐Heron, Makaya McCraven
  20. Gil Scott‐Heron & Makaya McCraven
  21. Gil Scott-Heron, Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
  22. Gil Scott‐Heron, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
  23. Gil Scott‐Heron, Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
  24. Brian Jackson feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  25. Jean‐Jacques Milteau with Gil Scott‐Heron
  26. Wax Tailor feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  27. Belly feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  28. Gil Scott‐Hero
  29. Gil Scott‐Heron / Norah Jones
  30. JAY‐Z feat. Gil Scott‐Heron
  31. Gil Scott‐Heron & His Amnesia Express
  32. Gil Scott‐Heron / Brian Jackson
  33. Gil Scott‐Heron with Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band
  34. Gil Scott‐Heron, Brian Jackson & The Midnight Band
  35. Gil Scott‐Heron feat. Mos Def
  36. Bobby Womack & Gil Scott‐Heron

Works (179)

Wrote

  1. Rivers of My Fathers
  2. A Very Precious Time
  3. Back Home
  4. Song for Bobby Smith
  5. Your Daddy Loves You
  6. H2Ogate Blues
  7. Guan Guanco
  8. Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)
  9. The Summer of '42
  10. Beginnings (First Minute of a New Day)
  11. South Carolina (Barnwell)
  12. A Lovely Day
  13. Hello Sunday! Hello Road!
  14. Racetrack in France
  15. Under the Hammer
  16. Tuskeegee #626
  17. Delta Man (Where I’m Comin’ From)
  18. 95 South (All of the Places We’ve Been)
  19. Madison Avenue
  20. Cane
  21. Third World Revolution
  22. Better Days Ahead
  23. Three Miles Down
  24. Angola Louisiana
  25. Washington, D.C.
  26. Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb and Blind)
  27. No Exit
  28. Explanations
  29. Black History / The World
  30. Omen
  31. Comment #1
  32. Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
  33. The Subject Was Faggots
  34. Evolution (And Flashback)
  35. Plastic Pattern People
  36. The Vulture
  37. Enough
  38. Paint It Black
  39. Who'll Pay Reparations on My Soul?
  40. Everyday
  41. Re-Ron
  42. The Middle of Your Day
  43. The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues
  44. Speed Kills
  45. The King Alfred Plan
  46. Wiggy
  47. Ain't No New Thing
  48. Billy Green Is Dead
  49. Sex Education: Ghetto Style
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Composed

  1. The Bottle
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Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Woodstock ’94

Links (23)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13451825X
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/gil_scott_heron
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50003969
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50003969
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13943435f
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6dn7gvr

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Gil-scott-heron

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Gil+Scott-Heron

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/237611

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/16533
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/57947

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000658346

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779942/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/32188455

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378858

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/2009

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/1621
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0kEfub5RzlZOB2zGomqVSU

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/artist/id315331

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b5b89643-c488-4f39-a302-25cab31084a5

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.gilscottheron.com/GILDISC.htm

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/revolutionwillnotbetelevised

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/GilScottJamiexxVEVO