Michael Nesmith
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American musician, songwriter, actor (1942–2021)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The Prison
- Infinite Tuesday
- The long, sandy hair of Neftoon Zamora
- The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora Audio Book
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-12-30
- Active to
- 2021-12-10
Discography
- The Wichita Train Whistle Sings1968
- And the Hits Just Keep On Comin’1972
- Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash1973
- From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing1977
- The Prison1977
- Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma1979
- Tropical Campfires1992
- The Garden (A Book With a Soundtrack)1994
- Rays2005
- Live at The Troubadour2018
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 50,864
- Total plays
- 1,250,094
Tags
Michael Nesmith (born Robert Michael Nesmith on December 30, 1942; died December 10, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known as a member of The Monkees. A pioneer of country rock, Nesmith notably composed "Different Drum", a hit for Linda Ronstadt (by way of The Stone Poneys). In 1981, Nesmith won the inaugural Grammy Award for Video of the Year for Elephant Parts, a "video record" consisting of humorous sketches and visual representations of songs <a href="https
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Place of death
- Carmel Valley Village
- Mother
- Bette Nesmith Graham
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christian Science
- Award
- Grammy Awards
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Michael Nesmith 2013.jpg
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- Commons category
- Michael Nesmith
- date of birth
- 1942-12-30
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- name in native language
- Robert Michael Nesmith
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- date of death
- 2021-12-10
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/arts/music/michael-nesmith-dead.html
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- short name
- Michael Nesmith
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Michael Nesmith, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
