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Langston Hughes

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(February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was a member of an abolitionist family. He was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston, brother of John Mercer Langston, who was the first Black American to be elected to public office, in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighth grade, and was selected as Class Poet. His father didn't think he would be able to make a living at writing, and encouraged him to pursue a more practical career.

Top songs

  1. I Have Known Rivers
  2. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
  3. The Weary Blues
  4. Dreams
  5. I Too
  6. Ballad Of The Gypsy
  7. Mother to Son
  8. Sylvester's Dying Bed
  9. Trumpet Player
  10. Mulatto
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  1. The Story of the Blues
  2. Still Here
  3. Homesick Blues
  4. Night and Morn
  5. In My Poetry (Commentary)
  6. We Are the American Heartbreak (Commentary)
  7. Blues Montage, Pt. 1: Opening Blues/Blues Montage
  8. Feet Live Their Own Life
  9. Ma Lord
  10. One Way Ticket
  11. Rhythms of the World
  12. The Struggle
  13. Portraits of Langston: V. Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret
  14. Blues Montage
  15. Mama and Daughter
  16. Lincoln Monument; Washington; Aunt Sue's Stories
  17. Life Is Fine
  18. Testament
  19. Blues At Dawn
  20. As I Go
  21. The South
  22. I'm Gonna Testify
  23. Ku-Klux-Klan
  24. I, Too
  25. Puzzled
  26. Merry-Go-Round
  27. Hey (Night) Too Blue Ballad of the Fortune Teller
  28. Morning After
  29. Simple Prayers a Prayer
  30. Six-Bits Blues
  31. Introduction to the Negro Speaks of Rivers
  32. Blues Montage, Pt. 2: Commercial Theatre/Morning After
  33. I Went to Columbia (Commentary)
  34. Note On the Commercial Theatre
  35. The Weary Blues; Wide River; Homesick Blues; Night and Morn
  36. As I Grew Older; I, Too
  37. Kid Sleepy
  38. Negro Speaks of Rivers
  39. Cultural Exchange
  40. Out of Work
  41. The Very First Poem That I Sold (Commentary)
  42. The Explanation of Our Times
  43. Consider Me
  44. "Dreams" And "Youth"
  45. Could Be / Bad Luck Card / Bad Man
  46. Dinner Guest Me
  47. African Dance; Dream Variation; The Negro Speaks of Rivers
  48. Dressed Up; When Sue Wears Red; April Rain Song
  49. Blues Montage, Pt. 3: Could Be/Opening Blues
  50. Consider Me: The Stranger/Midnight Stroll/ Backstage
  51. Eventually I Found Work (Commentary)
  52. Southern Mammy Songs
  53. Intern at Provident Hospital
  54. Hey Hey (Morn)
  55. Weary Blues
  56. Baby; Mother to Son; Dreams; Youth
  57. Migrant
  58. There Are Certain Disadvantages (Commentary)
  59. Simple - Intro
  60. Tell Me
  61. Good Morning / Harlem
  62. The Dream Keeper: Dreams; Water-Front Street; Long Trip
  63. I Sort of Went Backwards (Commentary)
  64. Bed Time
  65. Motto / Dead in There
  66. Dream Montage: Weird Nightmare
  67. Double G Train
  68. Simple-Intro
  69. Seascape; Sailor
  70. Warning: Augmented
  71. Parisian Beggar Woman; Mexican Market Woman
  72. Same In Blues / Comment on Curb
  73. Daybreak
  74. Negro
  75. Boogie: 1 a.m.
  76. Part I - The Struggle: Negroes With the Spanish Explorers
  77. Dream Montage: Jump Monk
  78. Simple Prays a Prayer
  79. Wonder Where My Money Went - Interlude Mix
  80. Feet O'Jesus; Prayer; Prayer Meeting; Ma Lord
  81. Dream Variations
  82. Democracy / Island
  83. In time of silver rain - Upper voices
  84. Sunday Morning Prophecy
  85. Wooing the Muse
  86. Too Blue
  87. Wonder Where My Money Went - Interlude Mix 2
  88. The Weary Blues Wide River Homesick Blues
  89. Madam and the Census Taker
  90. Part I - The Struggle: Phyllis Wheatley

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