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Langston Hughes

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Real name
James Mercer Langston Hughes
Born
February 1, 1902
Died
May 22, 1967
Country
United States
IPI
00040162822 10 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called "jazz poetry". Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City.
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Songs written by Langston Hughes

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Boy Like You Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Norman Cordon PRF, Randolph Symonette REL January 9, 1947 Covered by (5 artists)
Ain't It Awful, the Heat? Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Helen Arden, Hope Emerson, Ellen Repp, Irving Kaufman and Wilson Smith PRF, Helen Arden, Norma Chambers, Ellen Repp & Wilson Smith REL January 9, 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
Backlash Blues Nina Simone, Langston Hughes Nina Simone April 1967 Covered by Wendy Saddington & the Copperwire
Hungry Blues Langston Hughes, James P. Johnson James P. Johnson March 9, 1939 Covered by (4 artists)
Lonely House Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Brian Sullivan PRF,REL January 9, 1947 Covered by (46 artists)
Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Danny Daniels & Sheila Bond January 9, 1947 Covered by (16 artists)
Remember That I Care Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Brian Sullivan & Anne Jeffreys PRF,REL January 9, 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
Somehow I Never Could Believe Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Polyna Stoska PRF,REL January 9, 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
The Backlash Blues Langston Hughes, Nina Simone Nina Simone April 1967 Unverified
We'll Go Away Together Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Brian Sullivan & Anne Jeffreys January 9, 1947 Covered by (4 artists)
What Good Would the Moon Be? Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Anne Jeffreys PRF, Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Murray Arnold REL January 9, 1947 Covered by (13 artists)
Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway? Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes Don Saxon PRF,REL January 9, 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
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