William S. Burroughs

Aliases: William Burroughs
Real name: William Seward Burroughs II
Born: February 5, 1914
Died: August 2, 1997
Country: United States
IPI: 00334322986 11 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Writer and visual artist, who was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature.
Related: John Giorno Frequent collaborator

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Title	Performer	Release date	Uses samples from
103rd Street Boys	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
Burroughs Called the Law	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
Dead Souls	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
Excerpts	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
I Was Fooling Around with These Tapes in Hotels	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
I Was Fooling Around with These Tapes in Hotels Pt. 2	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
Last Words of Hassan Sabbah	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
Summer Will	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
The President	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
The Saints Go Marching Through All the Popular Tunes	Dub Spencer & Trance Hill feat. William S. Burroughs	January 2010	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs
Uranian Willy	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William Burroughs Originally by William Burroughs
Uranian Willy (Part 2)	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William Burroughs Originally by William Burroughs
Virus B-23	William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill	March 14, 2014	William S. Burroughs Originally by William S. Burroughs

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Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Burroughs Called the Law	William S. Burroughs	1986	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
Dead Souls	William S. Burroughs	1989	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
Excerpts from "The Western Lands" [incl. "The President"]	William S. Burroughs	1985	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
From "Cities of the Red Night" [incl. Virus B-23]	William S. Burroughs	1975	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
From "Junkie": 103rd Street Boys	William S. Burroughs	1975	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
I Was Fooling Around with These Tapes in Hotels	William S. Burroughs	May 1981	Covered by (2 artists) Sampled by (2 artists)
Just Say No to Drug Hysteria (Excerpt)	William S. Burroughs	1989	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
Last Words of Hassan Sabbah	William S. Burroughs	May 1981	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
Summer Will	William S. Burroughs	May 1981	Covered by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Sampled by William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
The Saints Go Marching Through All the Popular Tunes	William S. Burroughs	May 1981	Covered by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill feat. William S. Burroughs Sampled by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill feat. William S. Burroughs
Uranian Willy	William Burroughs	1965	Covered by (2 artists) Sampled by (2 artists)

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