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Billy Collins (22 Mar 1941 - )

Male Person - United States poet

Releases (1)

Official

Other - Spokenword

  1. The Best Cigarette 1997

Recordings by (37)

  1. Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House 1:12 (1997)
  2. Shoveling Snow With the Buddha 2:22 (1997)
  3. Marginalia 3:13 (1997)
  4. Afternoon With the Irish Cows 1:55 (1997)
  5. Walking Across the Atlantic 0:36 (1997)
  6. Intro 0:52 (1997)
  7. Consolation 2:36 (1997)
  8. Forgetfulness 2:43 (1997)
  9. Workshop 5:39 (1997)
  10. Morning 0:55 (1997)
  11. Driving Myself to a Poetry Reading 1:23 (1997)
  12. Wolf 1:23 (1997)
  13. Purity 2:09 (1997)
  14. The Art of Drowning 1:47 (1997)
  15. Nostalgia 3:31 (1997)
  16. Candle Hat 2:41 (1997)
  17. Sweetalk 1:10 (1997)
  18. Instructions to the Artist 1:27 (1997)
  19. Pin Up 2:23 (1997)
  20. Flames 0:36 (1997)
  21. Saturday Morning 0:48 (1997)
  22. The Afterlife 2:21 (1997)
  23. Man in Space 0:47 (1997)
  24. Aristotle 3:37 (1997)
  25. Wires of the Night 1:34 (1997)
  26. History of Weather 1:35 (1997)
  27. Best Cigarette 1:56 (1997)
  28. Invention of the Sax 3:06 (1997)
  29. Child Development 1:36 (1997)
  30. On Reading in the Morning Paper That Dreams May Be Only Nonsense 1:34 (1997)
  31. The First Dream 1:22 (1997)
  32. Japan 1:33 (1997)
  33. Thesaurus 2:09 (1997)
  34. Nightclub 3:11 (1997)
  35. On Turning Ten 1:45 (01 Nov 2005)
  36. “The Lanyard” 2:23 (04 Mar 2008)
  37. “The Revenant” 2:24 (04 Mar 2008)

On Recordings (35)

Vocals

  1. Pin Up 2:23 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  2. Flames 0:36 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  3. Consolation 2:36 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  4. Driving Myself to a Poetry Reading 1:23 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  5. Afternoon With the Irish Cows 1:55 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  6. Man in Space 0:47 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  7. Invention of the Sax 3:06 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  8. Sweetalk 1:10 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  9. Morning 0:55 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  10. The Art of Drowning 1:47 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  11. History of Weather 1:35 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  12. Intro 0:52 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  13. Aristotle 3:37 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  14. The First Dream 1:22 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  15. The Afterlife 2:21 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  16. Marginalia 3:13 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  17. Wolf 1:23 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  18. Candle Hat 2:41 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  19. Japan 1:33 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  20. Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House 1:12 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  21. Nostalgia 3:31 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  22. On Reading in the Morning Paper That Dreams May Be Only Nonsense 1:34 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  23. Wires of the Night 1:34 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  24. Thesaurus 2:09 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  25. Walking Across the Atlantic 0:36 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  26. Instructions to the Artist 1:27 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  27. Forgetfulness 2:43 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  28. Saturday Morning 0:48 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  29. Best Cigarette 1:56 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  30. Purity 2:09 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  31. Shoveling Snow With the Buddha 2:22 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  32. Workshop 5:39 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  33. Nightclub 3:11 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  34. Child Development 1:36 Billy Collins (1997) spoken vocals
  35. On Turning Ten 1:45 Billy Collins (01 Nov 2005) spoken vocals

Credited as (4)

  1. Billy Collins
  2. Billy Collins & Conor Oberst
  3. Garrison Keillor feat. Billy Collins
  4. Garrison Keillor with Billy Collins

Works (49)

Wrote

  1. Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House
  2. Shoveling Snow with Buddha
  3. Marginalia
  4. Afternoon with Irish Cows
  5. Walking Across the Atlantic
  6. Intro
  7. Consolation
  8. Forgetfulness
  9. Workshop
  10. Morning
  11. Driving Myself to a Poetry Reading
  12. Wolf
  13. Purity
  14. The Art of Drowning
  15. Nostalgia
  16. Candle Hat
  17. Sweetalk
  18. Instructions to the Artist
  19. Pinup
  20. Flames
  21. Saturday Morning
  22. The Afterlife
  23. Man in Space
  24. Aristotle
  25. The Wires of the Night
  26. A History of Weather
  27. The Best Cigarette
  28. The Invention of the Saxophone
  29. Child Development
  30. On Reading in the Morning Paper that Dreams May Be Only Nonsense
  31. The First Dream
  32. Japan
  33. Thesaurus
  34. Nightclub
  35. On Turning Ten

Lyrics

  1. The Afterlife
  2. Ars Poetica
  3. The Invention of the Saxophone
  4. Ars Poetica: I. Introduction to Poetry
  5. Ars Poetica: II. Sonnet
  6. Ars Poetica: III. Vade Mecum
  7. Ars Poetica: IV. Endangered
  8. Insomnia
  9. The Man in the Moon
  10. The Willies
  11. Forgetfulness
  12. Dancing Towards Bethlehem
  13. Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems of the Sung Dynasty, I Pause to Admire the Length and Clarity of Their Titles
  14. Winter Songs: VI. Neither Snow

Links (15)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.bestcigarette.us/
  2. http://www.bigsnap.com/billy.html

Other Databases

  1. https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL32555A/
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/131953729
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n77-006958
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12306915x
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77006958

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Billy-collins

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Billy+Collins

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/492769

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Collins

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/4739098

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000070292

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/100286402

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863057