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Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949) is an American poet and musician, known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word performer, associated with African American militant activists. Heron is most well known for his poem/song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"[1]. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-20, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1960s. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Spoken word is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is a famous poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron about the political and social turmoil of 1970s America. ...

Table of contents 1 History/overview 2 See also 3 Discography 4 Books 5 Samples

History/overview

Scott-Heron was born in Chicago but spent his early childhood in Tennessee, then moving to the Bronx for most of his high school career. After spending a year in college at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, he released his first novel, The Vulture, which was very well-received. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis (largest metropolitan area is Nashville) Governor Phil Bredesen Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... Lincoln University is the name of a university in New Zealand and several in the United States: Lincoln University (California) Lincoln University (Missouri) Lincoln University (New Zealand) Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) See also: University of Lincoln This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ...

He began recording in 1970 with the LP Small Talk at 125th & Lennox with the assistance of Bob Thiele, co-writer Brian Jackson, Hubert Laws, Bernard Purdie, Charlie Saunders, Eddie Knowles, Ron Carter and Bert Jones, all jazz musicians (see 1970 in music). The album included the aggressive diatribe against his perception of the white-owned corporate media and middle-class America's ignorance of the problems of inner cities in songs such as Whitey On The Moon[2]. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Bob Thiele (1922 - January 30, 1996) was an American record producer. ... Brian Jackson is a sociologist and author of the book Life In Classrooms, 1968. ... Hubert Laws is an American jazz flutist, who also studied classical music. ... Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937, Ferndale, Michigan, USA) is a jazz bassist. ... Bert Jones (born 1951) is a former NFL quarterback who played for the Baltimore Colts and, briefly, the Los Angeles Rams. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... See also: 1969 in music, other events of 1970, 1971 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music Events Charles Wuorinen, aged 32, becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. ...

The 1971 Pieces of a Man used more conventional song structures than the loose, spoken word feel of his first, though he didn't reach the charts until 1975 with "Johannesburg"[3]. His biggest hit was 1978's "The Bottle"[4], produced by Heron and longtime partner Brian Jackson, which peaked at #15 on the R&B charts (see 1978 in music). 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Brian Jackson is a sociologist and author of the book Life In Classrooms, 1968. ... See also: 1977 in music, other events of 1978, 1979 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music Events January 14 - The Sex Pistols played their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Franciscos Winterland Ballroom. ...

During the 1980s, Scott-Heron continued recording, frequently attacking then-President Ronald Reagan and his conservative policies: // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Order: 40th President Vice President: George H.W. Bush Term of office: 21 January 1981 – 20 January 1989 Preceded by: Jimmy Carter Succeeded by: George H.W. Bush Date of birth: 6 February 1911 Place of birth: Tampico, Illinois Date of death: 5 June 2004 Place of death: Bel-Air...

"The idea concerns the fact that this country wants nostalgia. They want to go back as far as they can – even if it’s only as far as last week. Not to face now or tomorrow, but to face backwards. And yesterday was the day of our cinema heroes riding to the rescue at the last possible moment. The day of the man in the white hat or the man on the white horse - or the man who always came to save America at the last moment – someone always came to save America at the last moment – especially in “B” movies. And when America found itself having a hard time facing the future, they looked for people like John Wayne. But since John Wayne was no longer available, they settled for Ronald Reagan – and it has placed us in a situation that we can only look at – like a B movie" (Gil Scott-Heron, "B" Movie)

Scott-Heron was dropped by Arista in 1985 (see 1985 in music), and quit recording, though he continued to tour. In 1993, he signed to TVT Records and released Spirits and album that included the seminal track Message To The Messengers[5]. The first track on the album was a position point poem to the rap artist of the day and included such comments as: Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music Events January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... TVT Records is an independent record label in the United States. ...

• "Four letter words or fours syllable words won't make you a poet, It will only magnify how shallow you are and let ev'rybody know it."
• "Tell all them gun-totin' young brothers that the 'man' is glad to see us out there killin' one another! We raised too much hell, when they was shootin' us down."
• "Young rappers, one more suggestion, before I get outta your way. I appreciate the respect you give to me and what you've got to say."

The poem was a recognition of Scott-Heron status as a founding father of rap and a plea for the new rappers to speak for change rather than perpetuate the current social situation, to be more articulate and artistic: Founding Fathers are persons instrumental not only in the establishment (founding) of a political institution, but also in the origination of the idea of the institution. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ...

"There's a big difference between putting words over some music, and blending those same words into the music. There's not a lot of humour. They use a lot of slang and colloquialisms, and you don't really see inside the person. Instead, you just get a lot of posturing"

In 2001, Gil Scott-Heron was incarcerated for drug and/or domestic abuse offenses. Apparently, the death of his mother and funeral expenses coupled with crack cocaine led to a downward spiral. While out of jail in 2002, Gil Scott-Heron recorded with and appeared on the Blackalicious album, "Blazing Arrow." Blackalicious is an American alternative hip hop duo. ...

His father, Gil Heron, was a soccer player for the Scottish club Celtic F.C. in the 1950s. Celtic F.C. was at this time the football team of Scotlands Irish catholic immigrants. Gil Heron was the first black player to play for Celtic F.C., a Glasgow soccer club. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Celtic Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced sel-tic) or the Bhoys, are one of the worlds most famous football clubs. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the...

See also

• Langston Hughes
• The Last Poets

Langston Hughes, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an African American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. ... The Last Poets are a group of poets and musicians, arising from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement. ...

Discography

• Small Talk at 125th & Lenox Ave. 1970 Flying Dutchman Records
• Pieces of a man. 1971 Flying Dutchman Records
• Free Will. 1972 Flying Dutchman Records
• Winter in America. 1974 Strata-East Records
• The Revolution will not be Televised. 1974 Flying Dutchman Records
• The first minute of a new day - The Midnight Band. 1975 Arista Records
• From South Africa to South Carolina. 1975 Arista Records
• It's your world - Live. 1976 Arista Records
• Bridges. 1977 Arista Records
• Secrets. 1978 Arista Records
• The mind of Gil Scott-Heron 1979 Arista Records
• 1980. 1980 Arista Records
• Real eyes. 1980 Arista Records
• Reflections. 1981 Arista Records
• Moving target. 1982 Arista Records
• The best of Gil Scott-Heron. 1984 Arista Records
• Tales of Gil Scott-Heron and his Amnesia Express. 1990 Arista Records
• Glory - the Gil Scott-Heron collection. 1990 Arista Records
• Minister of Information. 1994 Peak Top Records
• Spirits. 1994 TVT Records
• The Gil Scott-Heron collection sampler: 1974-1975. 1998 TVT Records
• Ghetto Style. 1998 Camden Records
• Evolution and Flashback: The Very Best of Gil Scott-Heron. 1999 RCA

1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... TVT Records is an independent record label in the United States. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson Consumer Electronics, which manufactures RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related accessories; and...

Books

• Small Talk At 125th And Lenox
• The Vulture. 1969 - ISBN 0862415284
• The Nigger Factory. 1972 - ASIN 0862415276
• So Far, So Good. 1990 - ASIN 0883781336
• Now and Then: The Poems of Gil Scott-Heron. 2001 - ISBN 086241900X

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Samples

• Download sample "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox" from Small Talk at 125th and Lenox