Gil Scott-Heron
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Gilbert Scott-Heron was an American jazz poet, singer, musician and author, known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson
Scott-Heron performing at the Göta Källare nightclub in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2010
Scott-Heron performing at WOMAD in Bristol, England, 1986
Scott-Heron performing at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, 2009
Gil Heron
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Gilbert Saint Elmo Heron was a Jamaican professional footballer. He was the first black player to play for Scottish club Celtic and was the father of poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron.
Gil Scott-Heron
…born in Chicago. His mother, Bobbie Scott, born in Mississippi, 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. Gil's…
Heron in Ebony magazine, 1947