Gil Scott-Heron

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 fused jazz, blues, and soul with lyrics relative to social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles. He referred to himself as a "bluesologist", his own term for "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues". His poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music.

1 April 1949

Born on the same birth date (1 April 1949): Gérard Mestrallet • Paul Manafort • Sammy Nelson

Born on the same birth day (1 April): Ali MacGraw • Andreas Thorkildsen • Bernard Stiegler • Claude Cohen-Tannoudji • Gideon Gadot • Jane Powell • John Morris (cricketer, born 1964) • John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester • Joseph Murray • Joseph de Maistre • Lon Chaney • Loris Kessel • Luigi Schiavonetti • Mirka Federer • Oliver Turvey • Prince Karl of Bavaria (1874–1927) • Walter Bahr • Wangarĩ Maathai • William Mulready • Yuka Kaneko

Born in the same month (April 1949): A. C. Grayling • Bernd Eichinger • Bruno Kirby • Carlos Bianchi • Chas Mortimer • Christopher Hitchens • Craig Zadan • David Robinson (drummer) • Dominique Strauss-Kahn • Frank Doran (British politician) • John Scott (sociologist) • Karl Meiler • Larry Franco • Massimo D'Alema • Richard Thompson (musician) • Shing-Tung Yau