John H. Hammond Jr.

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civil rights activist human music critic record producer talent scout

John H. Hammond Jr. was a highly influential American record producer and talent scout who discovered and promoted major artists such as Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.

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Label	Occurrences
John H. Hammond Jr. canonical	7
John Hammond	7
John H. Hammond	3
John H. Hammond Sr.	1
John Henry Hammond	1
John Henry Hammond II	1
John Henry Hammond Jr.	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ music critic ⓘ record producer ⓘ talent scout ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
child	John P. Hammond ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-12-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1987-07-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Yale University ⓘ
employer	Columbia Records ⓘ
ethnicGroup	White American ⓘ
familyName	Hammond ⓘ
father	John H. Hammond Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Henry Hammond
fullName	John H. Hammond Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Henry Hammond Jr.
genre	blues ⓘ folk music ⓘ jazz ⓘ rock music ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy for racial integration in American music industry ⓘ discovering and promoting Billie Holiday ⓘ discovering and promoting Bob Dylan ⓘ discovering and promoting Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Hammond family ⓘ
mother	Emily Vanderbilt Sloane ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement
notableEvent	organized 1938 From Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall ⓘ organized 1939 From Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall ⓘ
notableWork	A&R work at Columbia Records ⓘ From Spirituals to Swing concerts ⓘ discovering Billie Holiday ⓘ promoting Aretha Franklin ⓘ promoting Benny Goodman ⓘ promoting Big Joe Turner ⓘ promoting Charlie Christian ⓘ promoting Count Basie ⓘ promoting George Benson ⓘ promoting Leonard Cohen ⓘ promoting Pete Seeger ⓘ signing Bob Dylan to Columbia Records ⓘ signing Bruce Springsteen to Columbia Records ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ music critic ⓘ record producer ⓘ talent scout ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Esme O'Brien Sarnoff ⓘ Jemison McBride ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ

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Blowin' in the Wind → producer → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

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Richard Attenborough → portrayed → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

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From Spirituals to Swing concerts → organizer → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

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Jemison McBride → spouse → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

Grammy Trustees Award → hasNotableRecipient → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan → producer → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

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Benny Goodman → relative → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

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Cold Shot → producer → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

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Little Big Man → musicBy → John H. Hammond Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Hammond