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Mississippi John Hurt

real name John Smith Hurt

Teoc, United States · 1893-07-03 – 1966-11-02

Mississippi John Hurt is credited on 663 releases across 199 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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199

Albums

8

Decades active

158

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Influential country blues singer and guitarist.
Born: 8 March 1893 (exact birth date disputed) in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi
Died: 2 November 1966 in Grenada, Mississippi, USA (heart attack)
Blues enthusiast located Hurt in 1963 and persuaded him to move to Washington, D.C. He was recorded by the Library of Congress in 1964. This helped further the American folk music revival, which led to the rediscovery of many other bluesmen of Hurt's era. He also went on to record several albums.

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663 releases · 199 albums · active 1952–2025

  • Performance · 1,188
  • Other credits · 11

Studios: RCA's Studio B · Cornell University · Town Hall, New York · Oberlin College

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