Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945)[1] is a Northern Irish Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer whose recording career spans seven decades.
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| Birth name | George Ivan Morrison |
| Also known as | Van the man
The Belfast Cowboy The Belfast Lion |
| Born | 31 August 1945 Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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| Years active | 1958–present |
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| Associated acts | Them, Georgie Fame, Shana Morrison |
| Website | www |
Morrison's solo career began in 1967 with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl". His first well known album was Astral Weeks (1968).[2] While initially a poor seller, the album has become regarded as a classic.[3] Moondance (1970) made Morrison famous.[4]
Morrison has been honored into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016, he was knighted for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.[5][6]
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Trade ad for Van Morrison's album Saint Dominic's Preview.To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below.
Morrison performing at the Marin Civic Center, 2007.
Morrison performs in 1976 at the Band's final concert filmed for The Last Waltz.
Morrison performing at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in 2010.
Morrison and daughter Shana performing in Berkeley California; 9 December 2006
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References
- ↑ Van Morrison biography at AllMusic
- ↑ Turner (1993). pp. 86 – 90
- ↑ "Van Morrison: Astral Weeks". BBC Radio 6 Music. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ Eskow, Gary (1 April 2005). "Classic Tracks: Van Morrison's Moondance". Mix (magazine). Archived from the original on 19 April 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ↑ Rayner, Gordon (13 June 2015). Queen's Birthday Honours: Van Morrison knighted. London. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/11671979/Queens-Birthday-Honours-Van-Morrison-knighted.html. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ↑ The Queen's Birthday Honours 2015. Government of the United Kingdom. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-queens-birthday-honours-2015. Retrieved 3 July 2018.