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Van Morrison

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2021 - Latest Record Project: Volume 1
2019 - Three Chords & the Truth
2018 - The Prophet Speaks
2018 - You're Driving Me Crazy
2017 - Versatile
2017 - Roll With the Punches
2016 - Keep Me Singing
2016 - ..It's Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD
2015 - The Essential Van Morrison
2015 - Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue
2012 - Born to Sing: No Plan B
2009 - Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl
2008 - Van The Man
2008 - Keep It Simple
2007 - Still on Top: The Greatest Hits
2006 - Pay the Devil
2005 - Magic Time
2003 - What's Wrong With This Picture?
2002 - Down the Road
2000 - Brown Eyed Girl
2000 - The Great Van Morrison
2000 - The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast
2000 - You Win Again
1999 - Back on Top
1999 - Super Hits
1998 - The Philosopher's Stone
1997 - The Healing Game
1997 - The Masters
1995 - Days Like This
1994 - A Night in San Francisco
1993 - Too Long in Exile
1993 - The Best of Van Morrison, Volume 2
1991 - Hymns to the Silence
1990 - Enlightenment
1990 - The Best of Van Morrison
1989 - Avalon Sunset
1988 - Irish Heartbeat
1987 - Poetic Champions Compose
1986 - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
1984 - A Sense of Wonder
1984 - Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast
1983 - Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
1982 - Beautiful Vision
1980 - Common One
1979 - Into the Music
1978 - Wavelength
1977 - A Period of Transition
1974 - It's Too Late to Stop Now
1974 - Veedon Fleece
1973 - Hard Nose the Highway
1972 - Saint Dominic's Preview
1971 - Tupelo Honey
1970 - Moondance
1970 - His Band and the Street Choir
1968 - Astral Weeks
1967 - Blowin' Your Mind!
0 - Van Morrison

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Origin
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Genre
Folk

Style
Rock/Pop

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Bittersweet

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1945

Active
1962 to Present...

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5 users Van Morrison - Into the Mystic
5 users Van Morrison - Crazy Love
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Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely viewed as among the greatest ever made.
Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns' death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him three sessions to record Astral Weeks in 1968. Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially poorly received; however, the next one, Moondance, established Morrison as a major artist, and throughout the 1970s he built on his reputation with a series of critically acclaimed albums and live performances. Morrison continues to record and tour, producing albums and live performances that sell well and are generally warmly received, sometimes collaborating with other artists, such as Georgie Fame and The Chieftains. In 2008 he performed Astral Weeks live for the first time since 1968.
Much of Morrison's music is structured around the conventions of soul music and R&B, such as the popular singles "Brown Eyed Girl", "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)", "Domino" and "Wild Night". An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, loosely connected, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz, and stream-of-consciousness narrative, such as Astral Weeks and lesser-known works such as Veedon Fleece and Common One. The two strains together are sometimes referred to as "Celtic Soul".
Morrison has received considerable acclaim, including six Grammy Awards, being inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and appearing on several "Greatest Artists" lists.


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