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Langston Hughes
real name James Mercer Langston Hughes
United States · 1902-02-01 – 1967-05-22
Langston Hughes is credited on 895 releases across 231 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
895
Credits
231
Albums
8
Decades active
163
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American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer and columnist, born 1 February 1901 in Joplin, Missouri, USA and died 22 May 1967 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Credited work
895 releases · 231 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 931
- Other credits · 230
Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Nola Recording Studios · RCA Victor Studios, New York · Studio Dejvice
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Nina Simone Sings The Blues
1967
New Orleans' Sweet Emma And Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band
1964
'Nuff Said!
1968
Muddy Waters At Newport 1960
1960
5
1964
Abbey Is Blue
1960
Broadway - Blues - Ballads
1964
Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall
1960
English Electric
2013
Straight Ahead
1961
Something Cool
1954
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2022
A Long Time Listening
2010
Live In Europe
1972
Moon Faced And Starry Eyed
1960
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Highlights From Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2022
Life Is Fine
2017
September Song And Other American Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill
Driftglass
2019
Black Eyes
2003
James P. Johnson
1982
Etc…2
1980
Songs Of The Poets : Dylan, Harrison & Simone
1976
I've Known Rivers And Other Bodies
1973
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