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Gil Scott‐Heron

Gil Scott‐Heron is a person from the US, active from 1949.

Person US 1949–2011 jazz-funk jazz poetry soul jazz
TOTAL PLAYS
640
SONGS PLAYED
77
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2016-12-08 14:12 · 6 Music — "When You Are Who You Are"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "Lady Day And John Coltrane"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2016 — 2026
80 60 40 20 0
'16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 492 77%
Radio 2 110 17%
Radio 1 28 4%
1Xtra 10 2%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Lady Day And John Coltrane 137 2026-05-12
2 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 113 2026-05-09
3 When You Are Who You Are 67 2025-12-17
4 Johannesburg 42 2025-09-05
5 New York Is Killing Me 37 2025-08-18
6 I Think I'll Call It Morning 28 2025-08-03
7 Grandma's Hands 15 2025-11-04
8 Home Is Where the Hatred Is 15 2025-02-02
9 Me and the Devil 14 2024-11-26
10 Winter in America 11 2025-04-12
11 Whitey on the Moon 9 2025-09-16
12 Pieces of a Man 9 2024-05-11
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-12 22:57 Lady Day And John Coltrane 6 Music
2026-05-09 09:00 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 6 Music
2026-05-03 22:42 Save the Children Radio 2
2026-04-22 18:47 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Radio 2
2026-03-03 19:56 Lady Day And John Coltrane Radio 2
2026-02-10 21:43 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Radio 2
2026-01-04 02:08 The Bottle (MS Edit) Radio 1
2025-12-17 10:09 When You Are Who You Are 6 Music
2025-12-11 22:17 Lady Day And John Coltrane Radio 2
2025-12-07 21:25 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Radio 2
2025-12-07 18:42 Winter In America (Interlude) 6 Music
2025-11-26 06:22 When You Are Who You Are 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

77 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
'B' Movie (Intro, Poem, Song) — 1 ▶
17th Street — 1 ▶
1980 — 4 ▶
A Legend in His Own Mind — 2 ▶
Ain't No Such Thing as Superman — 3 ▶
Angel Dust — 3 ▶
B Movie — 7 ▶
B Movie (Radio 1 Session, 25 Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
Billy Green Is Dead — 1 ▶
Blue Collar (Live at Glastonbury '86) — 1 ▶
Blue Collar - Glastonbury 1986 — 1 ▶
Blue Colour (Glastonbury 1986) — 4 ▶
Brother — 2 ▶
Combinations — 2 ▶
Did You Hear What They Said? — 2 ▶
Explanations — 1 ▶
First Minute Of A New Day (Live) [Remastered] — 1 ▶
Free Will — 1 ▶
Give Her a Call — 1 ▶
Grandma's Hands — 15 ▶
Gun — 7 ▶
Gun (Glastonbury 1986) — 6 ▶
Gun (Live at Glastonbury '86) — 1 ▶
Gun (Live at Glastonbury 1986) — 1 ▶
Gun [Live at Glastonbury 1986] — 1 ▶
Home Is Where the Hatred Is — 15 ▶
I Think I'll Call It Morning — 28 ▶
I'll Take Care Of You — 3 ▶
I'll Take Care Of You (rLr Dub) — 1 ▶
I'm New Here — 5 ▶
Inner City Blues — 2 ▶
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) — 4 ▶
Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised — 1 ▶
It's Your World — 1 ▶
Johannesburg — 42 ▶
Johannesburg (Glastonbury 1986) — 9 ▶
Johannesburg (Live at Glastonbury '86) — 1 ▶
Lady Day And John Coltrane — 137 ▶
Lady Day And John Coltrane (Allergies Refix) — 1 ▶
Me and the Devil — 14 ▶
Must Be Something — 2 ▶
My Cloud — 6 ▶
New York Is Killing Me — 37 ▶
No Exit — 1 ▶
No Knock — 3 ▶
Not Needed — 1 ▶
On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 1) — 1 ▶
On Coming From a Broken Home (Pt. 1) — 1 ▶
On Coming From A Broken Home Part 2 — 3 ▶
On Coming From a Broken Home, Part 1 — 3 ▶
Paint It Black — 2 ▶
Peace Go With You, Brother — 1 ▶
Piano Player — 2 ▶
Pieces of a Man — 9 ▶
Racetrack In France — 1 ▶
Re-Ron — 1 ▶
Running — 1 ▶
Save the Children — 2 ▶
Small Talk at 125th & Lenox — 1 ▶
Storm Music — 1 ▶
The Bottle — 8 ▶
The Bottle (MS Edit) — 1 ▶
The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues — 3 ▶
The Needle's Eye — 1 ▶
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised — 113 ▶
The Train From Washington — 1 ▶
We Almost Lost Detroit — 3 ▶
When You Are Who You Are — 67 ▶
Where Did the Night Go — 2 ▶
Where Did The Night Go (Makaya McCraven Re-imagining) — 1 ▶
Whitey on the Moon — 9 ▶
Who'll Pay Reparations For My Soul? — 1 ▶
Winter in America — 11 ▶
Winter In America (Interlude) — 1 ▶
Winter in America (Solo version) — 1 ▶
Winter in America - Live 1983 — 1 ▶
Your Daddy Loves You — 3 ▶