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"Johannesburg" is a song by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, with music provided by the Midnight Band. It is the first track on Scott-Heron and Jackson's collaborative album From South Africa to South Carolina, released in November 1975 through Arista Records.
Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago. [9] His mother, Bobbie Scott, born in Mississippi, [17] was an opera singer who performed with the Oratorio Society of New York.His father, Gil Heron, nicknamed "The Black Arrow", was a Jamaican footballer who in the 1950s became the first black man to play for Celtic F.C. in Glasgow, Scotland. [18]
From South Africa to South Carolina is a studio album by the American vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and the keyboardist Brian Jackson. [6] [7] It was released in November 1975 by Arista Records. [8] Scott-Heron performed "Johannesburg" and "A Lovely Day" on Saturday Night Live in December 1975. [9]
Pieces of a Man is the debut studio album by American poet Gil Scott-Heron. It was recorded in April 1971 at RCA Studios in New York City and released later that year by Flying Dutchman Records . The album followed Scott-Heron's debut live album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970) and departed from that album's spoken-word performance, instead ...
The First Minute of a New Day served as Jackson's and Scott-Heron's debut for the Arista label and featured the eight-piece Midnight Band. [5] With the Midnight Band and better financial support from Arista, the album benefited from a larger supporting cast and slicker production, in contrast to the sparse production on Winter in America. [5]
Gil Scott-Heron had recorded his song "Johannesburg" in 1975, followed by Peter Gabriel's "Biko" ... Gil Scott-Heron had recorded his song "Johannesburg" in 1975, ...
The Best of Gil Scott-Heron is a 1984 compilation album by American recording artist Gil Scott-Heron, ... "Johannesburg" (1975) "Ain't No Such Thing as Superman ...
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