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![Listen to Three Chords And The Truth (Expanded Edition) [Deluxe] by Van Morrison](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music113/v4/cc/b6/d3/ccb6d395-603e-f1ae-0da0-c8c232ffdedf/19UMGIM54540.rgb.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Three Chords And The Truth (Expanded Edition) [Deluxe] by Van Morrison")
![Listen to Back on Top (2008 Remaster) [Bonus Track Version] by Van Morrison](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music211/v4/44/e8/8c/44e88c40-d8b5-4cc9-003d-2df6f5c7af5f/886445393606_Cover.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Back on Top (2008 Remaster) [Bonus Track Version] by Van Morrison")
![Listen to Wavelength (2008 Remaster) [Bonus Track Version] by Van Morrison](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/a2/68/9f/a2689f46-8930-0fca-da2d-b469d45cb841/886445370898_Cover.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Wavelength (2008 Remaster) [Bonus Track Version] by Van Morrison")
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About Van Morrison
Hometown
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Born
August 31, 1945
Genre
Rock
One of the most expressive, instantly recognizable voices ever to emerge from Ireland, Van Morrison has spent over half a century internalizing his deep ardor for and understanding of American soul and R&B, jazz, and country, to say nothing of his Irish folk roots, forming a hybrid popularized as “Celtic soul.” He was born in Belfast in 1945; by age 12 he was playing in a skiffle band. He first tasted success fronting the short-lived Irish R&B-driven garage-rock band Them, scoring a minor hit with “Here Comes the Night” and recording the future rock anthem “Gloria.” But Morrison established his voice as a solo artist in 1967, cutting one of his most indelible songs, “Brown Eyed Girl.” Following a contract dispute with Bang Records that silenced him for a year, he launched a relationship with Warner Bros., which released the 1968 album Astral Weeks. This emotionally dark, paradigm-setting collection, made with jazz veterans such as Richard Davis and Connie Kay, introduced the sort of elastic arrangements that would allow the singer to use his full-bodied voice to alter the rhythms of his phrasing, stretching syllables like putty and rendering every performance unique. He made another six albums from 1970 to 1974, balancing punchy, horn-spiked soul with expansive post-folk ruminations, while drawing upon many stripes of American music, his lyrics becoming increasingly spiritual. After a three-year break from recording, he picked up with Period of Transition in 1977, co-produced by Dr. John. By the 1980s, Morrison was exploring the constituent ingredients of his sound, devoting albums to jazz, country, soul, and Irish folk, including a collaboration with The Chieftains on 1988’s Irish Heartbeat. With more than 40 studio albums to his name, he stands as a peerless model for reinvention and stylistic fusion.
Van Morrison has also released music as a member of Them.
Musical InfluencesVan Morrison's musical influences include James Brown, Chet Baker, Sam Cooke and more.
Influenced by Van MorrisonVan Morrison has influenced the music of The Pogues, Carly Rae Jepsen, David Gray and more.
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