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George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison)
(born August 31, 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning Northern
Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist,
who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s.
He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar,
harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his
characteristic growl — a unique mix of folk, blues, Irish,
scat, and Celtic influences — Morrison is widely considered
one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the
history of rock and roll. Critic Greil Marcus has gone so
far as to say that "no white man sings like Van Morrison."
Known as "Van the Man" by his fans, Morrison first rose
to prominence as the lead singer of the Northern Irish band
Them, penning their seminal 1964 hit "Gloria". A few years
later, Morrison left the band for a successful solo career.
Morrison has pursued an idiosyncratic musical path. Much
of his music is tightly structured around the conventions
of American soul and R&B, such as the popular singles "Brown
Eyed Girl", "Moondance", "Into The Mystic","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 his classic
album 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's career, spanning
some five decades, has influenced many popular musical artists.
In 1993 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2000, Morrison
ranked #25 on American cable music channel VH1's list of
its 100 greatest artists of rock and roll, and in 2004,
Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Van Morrison 42nd on their
list of The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Paste Magazine ranked him 20th in their list of 100 Greatest
Living Songwriters in 2006 and Q Magazine ranked him 22nd
on their list of 100 Greatest Singers in April 2007.--Wikipedia
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