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Allen Ginsberg (03 Jun 1926 - 05 Apr 1997)

Male Person - United States American poet and writer

Releases (13)

Official

Album

  1. New York Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1981
  2. The Lion For Real 1989
  3. Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems and Songs 1949-1993 06 Sep 1994
  4. Wichita Vortex Sutra 2004
  5. First Blues 21 Feb 2006

Album - Live

  1. Meditation Rock 1983

Album - Compilation

  1. The Last Word on First Blues 20 May 2016

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Two Evenings With Allen Ginsberg

Other

  1. The Ballad of the Skeletons 15 Jul 1996

Other - Spokenword

  1. Howl and Other Poems 1959
  2. The Lion for Real 1989
  3. The Voice of the Poet Series - Allen Ginsberg

Relationships (2)

Romantically Involved With

  1. Arthur Russell (1973)
  2. Peter Orlovsky

Recordings by (181)

  1. The Sunflower Sutra 4:50 (1959)
  2. Howl 21:50 (1959)
  3. In Back of the Real ?:?? (1959)
  4. Kaddish ?:?? (1959)
  5. Footnote to Howl 2:55 (1959)
  6. A Supermarket in California 2:19 (1959)
  7. Transcription of Organ Music 4:03 (1959)
  8. America 4:50 (1959)
  9. In the Back of the Real 0:50 (1959)
  10. Strange New Cottage in Berkeley 0:51 (1959)
  11. Europe, Europe 3:25 (1959)
  12. Question Of Freedom ?:?? (1972)
  13. I’m a Victim of Telephones 1:30 (1974)
  14. Jimmy Bearman 4:04 (1974)
  15. Please Master 4:40 (1976)
  16. Punk Rock / Old Pond 12:45 (1979)
  17. C.I.A. Dope Calypso 4:00 (1980)
  18. 4 Am Blues 9:59 (1981)
  19. Come Back Christmas 6:50 (1981)
  20. CIA Dope Calypso 4:57 (1981)
  21. Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag 3:38 (1981)
  22. Slack Key Guitar 7:00 (1981)
  23. Bus Ride Ballad to Suva 4:13 (1981)
  24. Prayer Blues 10:22 (1981)
  25. Dope Fiend Blues 4:10 (1981)
  26. Do the Meditation Rock 5:37 (1983)
  27. My Pretty Rose Tree 1:41 (1983)
  28. Bird Brain 6:02 (1983)
  29. Airplane Blues 5:55 (1983)
  30. A Song 2:17 (1987)
  31. Dream About William Carlos Williams 0:52 (1987)
  32. Scribble 0:48 (1989)
  33. Complaint of the Skeleton to Time 3:01 (1989)
  34. Xmas Gift 1:49 (1989)
  35. To Aunt Rose 3:31 (1989)
  36. The Lion for Real 5:45 (1989)
  37. Refrain 3:28 (1989)
  38. The Shrouded Stranger 3:21 (1989)
  39. Gregory Corso's Story 2:15 (1989)
  40. Cleveland, the Flats 2:58 (1989)
  41. The End 2:04 (1989)
  42. Stanzas: Written at Night in Radio City 5:05 (1989)
  43. Sunset 1:40 (1989)
  44. Hum Bom! 3:58 (1989)
  45. Kral Majales 5:08 (1989)
  46. Guru 3:30 (1989)
  47. Ode to Failure 2:45 (1989)
  48. C'mon Jack 2:45 (1989)
  49. Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London 1:09 (1990)
  50. Hum Bomb 3:01 (1992)
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On Recordings (44)

Instruments

  1. Introduction 2:06 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) harmonium
  2. The Little Black Boy 3:00 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) harmonium
  3. London 1:55 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) harmonium
  4. Ah! Sun-Flower 1:12 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) harmonium
  5. The Echoing Green 1:22 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) finger cymbals
  6. The Human Abstract 2:30 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) harmonium
  7. The Little Boy Lost 1:06 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) additional, piano

Vocals

  1. Give Peace a Chance 4:53 Plastic Ono Band (04 Jul 1969) guest, background vocals
  2. Nurses Song 2:07 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  3. Night 3:57 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  4. Ah! Sun-Flower 1:12 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  5. The Chimney Sweeper 2:20 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  6. Holy Thursday 1:15 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  7. London 1:55 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  8. The Echoing Green 1:22 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  9. The Little Boy Lost 1:06 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  10. (a) The Little Boy Found / (b) Laughing Song 1:24 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970) choir vocals
  11. The Garden of Love 1:02 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  12. (a) Introduction / (b) The Shepherd 2:10 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  13. Introduction 2:06 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  14. The Sick Rose 1:35 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  15. To Tirzah 1:42 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  16. The Lamb 1:10 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  17. The Little Black Boy 3:00 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  18. The Grey Monk 4:06 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  19. The Human Abstract 2:30 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  20. The Blossom 1:22 Allen Ginsberg / William Blake (1970)
  21. Don’t Go Home With Your Hard-On 5:36 Leonard Cohen (Nov 1977) background vocals
  22. Sam the Banana Man 4:00 Mark Bingham (1989)
  23. Things I'd Like 4:40 Mark Bingham (1989)
  24. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #2 Jahweh and Allah Battle 3:39 Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray (26 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  25. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #3 from Iron Horse 2:53 Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray (26 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  26. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #14 Ayers Rock/Uluru Song and “Throw Out the Yellow Journalists…” 4:06 Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray (26 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  27. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #7 from Howl, Part II 5:56 Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray (26 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  28. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #9 from Nagasaki Days (Numbers in Red Notebook) 0:40 Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray (26 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  29. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #6 from Wichta Vortex Sutra 7:44 Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray (26 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  30. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #1 from Iron Horse 6:40 Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Purnhagen, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray (26 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  31. Howl: I. 15:18 Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg (04 Jun 1996) spoken vocals
  32. Howl: III. 3:07 Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg (04 Jun 1996) spoken vocals
  33. Howl: Footnote to Howl 3:00 Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg (04 Jun 1996) spoken vocals
  34. Howl: II. 4:17 Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg (04 Jun 1996) spoken vocals
  35. When the Light Appears Boy 2:41 Cornershop (08 Sep 1997) spoken vocals
  36. The Ballad of the Skeletons 7:53 Paul McCartney (1997) spoken vocals
  37. Echorus 7:28 Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Edna Michell, Ulf Hoelscher, Allen Ginsberg (19 Jun 2001) spoken vocals

Credited as (38)

  1. Allen Ginsberg
  2. Allen Ginsberg & Bob Dylan
  3. U2 & Allen Ginsberg
  4. Allen Ginsberg & Margaret Mead
  5. Bob Dylan, The Band & Allen Ginsberg
  6. U2 and Allen Ginsberg
  7. Allen Ginsberg & Het Mondriaan Quartet / Niew Hip Stilen
  8. Allen Ginsberg & Het Mondriaan Quartet
  9. George Gruntz, Allen Ginsberg
  10. Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Edna Michell, Ulf Hoelscher, Allen Ginsberg
  11. Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg
  12. Martyn Bates / Allen Ginsberg
  13. Philip Glass, libretto by Allen Ginsberg
  14. Arthur Russell and The Flying Hearts featuring Allen Ginsberg
  15. Allen Ginsberg / William Blake
  16. Bono feat. Allen Ginsberg
  17. Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Allen Ginsberg
  18. Allen Ginsberg & John Lennon / Doodles Weaver
  19. Stephen Emmer feat. Allen Ginsberg
  20. Allen Ginsberg, James “Son Ford” Thomas, and Bill Ferris
  21. Allen Ginsberg, James Son Ford Thomas & Bill Ferris
  22. Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Purnhagen, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray
  23. Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray
  24. Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray
  25. Steve Taylor and Allen Ginsberg
  26. Allen Ginsberg, Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye
  27. Hobo & Allen Ginsberg
  28. Martyn Bates & Allen Ginsberg
  29. The Plastik Beatniks feat. Allen Ginsberg
  30. Alex Henry Foster & Allen Ginsberg
  31. Allen Ginsberg & Ratso
  32. Arthur Russell and The Flying Hearts feat. Allen Ginsberg
  33. Plastic Clock Radio / Steve Weber / Gerard Malanga and Ingrid Superstar / The Velvet Underground / Marion Brown, Scott Holt, and Ron Jackson / Allan Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky / Plastic Clock Radio / Tuli Kupferberg / Ishmael Reed / Andy Warhol
  34. Allen Ginsberg / Peter Orlovsky
  35. Allen Ginsberg, James “Son Ford” Thomas and Bill Ferris
  36. Garrison Keillor feat. Allen Ginsberg
  37. Walt Whitman read by Allen Ginsberg
  38. Youth feat. Allen Ginsberg

Works (61)

Wrote

  1. Wichita Vortex Sutra (1966)
  2. [Merrily to Welcome in the New Year] (1971)
  3. [Mantras] (1971)
  4. [Many Loves] (1971)
  5. [Gimme My Money Back] (1971)
  6. [Om My Soul Shalom] (1971)
  7. [Greaser Jam] (1971)
  8. [Raghupati Rashava] (1971)
  9. [(Oh Babe) For You] (1971)
  10. Slide
  11. Going to San Diego
  12. Nurse's Song
  13. Jimmy Berman Rag
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Composed

  1. The Ballad of the Skeletons
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Lyrics

  1. Howl (1954 - 1955)
  2. America (1956)
  3. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #1 from Iron Horse
  4. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #2 Jahweh and Allah Battle
  5. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #3 from Iron Horse
  6. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #4 To P.O.
  7. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #5 from Crossing Nation; Over Denver Again; Going to Chicago and To Poe: Over the Planet, Air Albany-Baltimore
  8. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #6 from Wichita Vortex Sutra
  9. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #7 from Howl, Part II
  10. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #8 from Cabin in the Rockies
  11. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #9 from Nagasaki Days (Numbers in Red Notebook)
  12. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #10 Aunt Rose
  13. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #11 from The Green Automobile
  14. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #12 from N.S.A. Dope Calypso
  15. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #13 from Nagasaki Days (Everybody’s Fantasy)
  16. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #14 Ayers Rock/Uluru Song and “Throw Out the Yellow Journalists…”
  17. Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #15 Father Death Blues (from Don’t Grow Old)
  18. Mad Coyote Madly Sings
  19. A Keening Wish
  20. When the Light Appears Boy
  21. Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox
  22. Refrain
  23. September on Jessore Road
  24. Howl: I.
  25. Howl: II.
  26. Howl: III.
  27. Howl: Footnote to Howl
  28. American Choruses
  29. American Choruses: I. Walt Whitman
  30. American Choruses: II. Song
  31. American Choruses: III. America
  32. American Choruses: IV. Transcription
  33. Plutonian Ode: I. Recitation
  34. Plutonian Ode: II. Aria
  35. Vomit Express
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Libretto

  1. Hydrogen Jukebox
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Links (17)

Official Homepages

  1. http://omnivorerecordings.com/artist/allen-ginsberg/
  2. http://allenginsberg.org/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/allen_ginsberg
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/11853940X
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79109040
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79109040
  5. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL29479A
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64q7thm
  7. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119049903
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-834087

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Allen%20Ginsberg

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/541586

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/105832

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000744364

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320091/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/108417923

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711