Performance · Other credits
Dick Gregory
St. Louis, United States • 1932-10-12 – 2017-08-19
Dick Gregory is credited on 51 releases across 15 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2011 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
51
Pressings credited
15
Albums
6
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Richard Claxton Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic. Gregory became popular among the African-American communities in the southern United States with his "no-holds-barred" sets, poking fun at the bigotry and racism in the United States. In 1961 he became a staple in the comedy clubs, appeared on television, and released comedy record albums. Gregory was at the forefront of political activism in the 1960s, when he protested against the Vietnam War and racial injustice, and advocated for animal rights. He was arrested multiple times and went on many hunger strikes. He later became a speaker and author, with his autobiography selling over a million copies. Gregory died of heart failure, aged 84, at a Washington, D.C., hospital in August 2017.
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Credited work
51 releases · 15 albums · active 1961–2011
- Performance · 37
- Other credits · 12
- Production · 7
Studios: The Blue Angel Jazz Club · the hungry i · Room 1742 · Village Gate
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Sacred Spirit
- Plastic Ono Band
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- The Cambridge Strings
- Neil Scott (3)
- Various
- JeffMajors
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