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Spoken Word
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Spoken word Poetry albums often feature poets reciting their poems, or feature trained actors reading the works of famous authors.
Poetry Song Highlights
Seasons in the Sun
Jacques Brel
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Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Brother
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
The Bottle
Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Lady Day and John Coltrane
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
I'm an Old Man Now, And a Lonesome Man in Kansas
Allen Ginsberg
Tyger
Allen Ginsberg
Le Bourgeois
Jacques Brel
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Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Kaleidoscope
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
[Untitled]
Kevin Shields
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Patti Smith
Bicentennial Blues
Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Charlie Parker
Jack Kerouac
Steve Allen
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Jack Kerouac
A Mansion on the Hill
Fred Rose
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Hank Williams
Hank Williams
Eighth of January
Traditional
The Drifting Cowboys
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Jerry Rivers
New York, New York
Abiodun Oyewole
The Last Poets
Listen to the Warm [Vocal]
Rod McKuen
Rod McKuen
Me and the Devil
Robert Johnson
Gil Scott-Heron
Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
The Secret Life of the Love Song
Nick Cave
Johannesburg
Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Home
Gil Scott-Heron
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Jamie Smith
Jamie xx
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Gil Scott-Heron
We Almost Lost Detroit
Brian Jackson
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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
October in the Railroad Earth
Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy
Hank Snow
Escalation
Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp
The Bridge of Sighs
Warren Ellis
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Thomas Hood
Warren Ellis
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Marianne Faithfull
Hafta Have You
Ken Nordine
9 Shakespeare Sonnets~A Woman's Face (Sonnet 20)
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Other Styles in Spoken Word
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Beat Poetry
Documentary
Drama
Erotica
Fantasy
Instructional
Interview
Poetry
Radio Plays
Radio Shows
Speeches