Larry Heard

American musician

Person Human Q1375814

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: May 31, 1960
Place of birth: Chicago
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: club DJ, musician, disc jockey, record producer, composer, manufacturer^[9]
Genre: house music, Chicago house, deep house, jazz house^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Official website: www.myspace.com^[23]
Given name: Larry^[18]
Member of: The Manhattan Transfer^[10]
Pseudonym: Mr. Fingers, Loosefingers, Fingers Inc., Trio Zero^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Record label: Trax Records, MCA Records^[16]^[17]
Start of work period: 1983^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Mr. Fingers en Larry Heard ar لاري هيرد cs Mr. Fingers de Mr. Fingers el Λάρι Χερντ es Mr Fingers es Mr. Fingers fr Mr. Fingers fr Can You Feel It? fr Fingers Inc fr Mr Fingers he לארי הארד ja ラリー・ハード nl Mr. Fingers pt Mr. Fingers ru Mr. Fingers ru Ларри Херд ru Ларри Хёрд ru Херд, Ларри

🔖 Identifiers · 28

ISNI: 0000000055507870
VIAF cluster ID: 21758340
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no98038327
GND ID: 134755456
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000782191
BBC Things ID: 3dc9db8e-8a03-460e-ab71-b956d7c8468e
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14010369q
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 129509
Deezer artist ID: 17304
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134755456
Discogs artist ID: 148
Facebook username: larry.heard.35

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Freebase ID: /m/01m2t73
Laut.de artist ID: Larry-Heard
MusicBrainz artist ID: 4346875a-2bba-4566-8dc1-680c38ba44c6
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 46316
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000054284
Myspace ID: larryheardakamrfingers
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095926923
Pitchfork artist ID: 13181-larry-heard
Prabook ID: 2147571
Rate Your Music artist ID: larry_heard
Resident Advisor artist ID: larryheard
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 787823
Songkick artist ID: 404457
SoundCloud ID: Larry-Heard-aka-MR-Fingers
Tidal artist ID: 6142
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkMHCD3HqHVy7hT7ywjYP

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 5

composer, musician, disc jockey, record producer, manufacturer

Genre 3

house music, deep house, Chicago house

Record label 2

MCA Records, Trax Records

Belongs to 1

The Manhattan Transfer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Instance of 1

human

Mb:member of band 1

Fingers, Inc.

Place of birth 1

Chicago

Sex or gender 1

male

← Significant person 1

deep house

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Summary

Larry Heard was born on May 31, 1960^[1], in Chicago^[2]. He has worked as a club DJ^[3], musician^[4], disc jockey^[5], record producer^[6], and composer^[7].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

Type: Person^[25]
Country: US^[26]
Began / founded: 1960-05-31^[27]
Genre(s): electronic, house^[28]
Community tags: electronic, house^[29]
MusicBrainz ID: 4346875a-2bba-4566-8dc1-680c38ba44c6^[30]

FAQs

Where was Larry Heard born?

Larry Heard was born in Chicago^[2].

What did Larry Heard do for work?

Larry Heard worked as a club DJ^[3], musician^[4], disc jockey^[5], record producer^[6], and composer^[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Larry Heard — place of birth (P19): Chicago. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Larry Heard — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-24. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Larry Heard — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Larry Heard — occupation (P106): club DJ. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Larry Heard — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Larry Heard — occupation (P106): disc jockey. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Larry Heard — occupation (P106): record producer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Larry Heard — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Larry Heard — occupation (P106): manufacturer. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Larry Heard — genre (P136): house music. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Larry Heard — genre (P136): Chicago house. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Larry Heard — genre (P136): deep house. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Larry Heard — genre (P136): jazz house. allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Larry Heard — record label (P264): Trax Records. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Larry Heard — record label (P264): MCA Records. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Larry Heard — member of (P463): The Manhattan Transfer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Larry Heard — date of birth (P569): May 31, 1960. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Larry Heard — given name (P735): Larry. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Larry Heard — pseudonym (P742): Mr. Fingers. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Larry Heard — pseudonym (P742): Loosefingers. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Larry Heard — pseudonym (P742): Fingers Inc.. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Larry Heard — pseudonym (P742): Trio Zero. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Larry Heard — official website (P856): https://www.myspace.com/larryheardakamrfingers. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Larry Heard — start of work period (P2031): 1983. wikidata.org.

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[25] ↑ Larry Heard — Type: Person. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[26] ↑ Larry Heard — Country: US. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[27] ↑ Larry Heard — Began / founded: 1960-05-31. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[28] ↑ Larry Heard — Genre(s): electronic, house. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[29] ↑ Larry Heard — Community tags: electronic, house. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[30] ↑ Larry Heard — MusicBrainz ID: 4346875a-2bba-4566-8dc1-680c38ba44c6. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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3d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65760: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 6142

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → club DJ, musician, disc jockey +1

Instance of → human

Record label → Trax Records, MCA Records

Genre → house music, Chicago house, deep house +1

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"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31719: import P21 and P106 from GND (16)"

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