Van Morrison

Van Morrison, full name George Ivan Morrison (Bloomfield, Belfast, 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer and musician who is a member of the so-called Belfast Blues.He is singer-songwriter but also a guitarist and sometimes he plays the harmonica or the saxophone.



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[hide] *1 early life  ==Life Course[ Edit] == Van Morrison in 1972Early in his youth he comes into contact with music: his father collects American jazz and his mother is singer.
 * 2 discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
 * 2.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 2.4 Dvds
 * 3 external link

On his 12th Van Morrison band performs "Sultan Sands And The Javelins" follow two years later, the R & B band The Monarchs, in which he is the jazz saxophonist. After a while with The Monarchs to have toured with the band at the end of 1963, adds Morrison the Gamblers, which also included guitarist Billy Harrison, bassist Alan Henderson, keyboardist Eric Wrixon and drummer Ronnie Millings played. In the spring of 1964, the band moved to London, where a record deal is drawn. The name is changed on that occasion in Them, to avoid confusion with another group The Gamblers to avoid. The first single pops up in August 1964 (Don't start crying now) and remains virtually unnoticed. The following is the second plate Baby please don't go (december 1964), which is a top 10 hit after a hesitant start. Other hits are Here comes the night and Gloria, a composition by Morrison himself. The band offers the singer initially every opportunity to develop themselves, but by his outspoken character Morrison also conflicts. One leads to the departure of Harrison, while other members of the group one by one go. In a whole new occupation, in which Henderson only returns, the lp included Them Again, after which Morrison get itself out of the band in 1966. The American producer of Them, Bert Berns will see possibilities for a solo career and signed him to his record label Bang. To do this, from the first sessions was also one of Morissons's best-known songs: Brown eyed girl. The success of this song leads directly to Bang there also Morrisons brings out first solo album: Blowin' your mind! (1967).

After the death of Berns does not a year. With Morrison his new work he over to Warner Music, and in 1968 is released the album Astral Weeks . This album is considered by many to be his best record.

With the musicians with whom Morrison worked (including Miles Davis' bassist Richard Davis and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay) he created a unique blend of blues, gospeland soul, without ever falling standard expressions of those styles. Reviews were highly praised, however, the sales figures were left behind.

Morrison changes what of style, his work gets some more country influences, which can be heard on the albums back Moondance (1970), His band and the street choir (1970) and Tupelo honey (1971). Of each of these albums were also successful singles.

The music of van Morrison continues to develop, first put some soul- Saint Dominic's preview influences in (1973), later in the seventies, the more the R & B (A period of transition, 1977).

The eighties are facing Morrison in the sign of the mysticism, the combination of love and religion is a recurring theme in his lyrics. A special experiment is the cooperation with The Chieftains in 1987, Van Morrison goes looking for the Irish roots of his music. The result is Irish heartbeat.

With the release of his "collected hits" in 1990 gets his career back a move, with the result that in the 1990s up to now still new music of van Morrison comes out.

In February 1994 Van Morrison Gets the BRIT Award for his outstanding contribution to music.

Morrison continues to develop, in 1998 by the released "The philosopher's stone" is a special compilation of previously unreleased material. "Back on top" is likewise a success, and the enthusiastic commitment of his new record label (Virgin Records) makes this in years are commercially most successful album is.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2003 is released What's wrong with this picture? for the jazz label Blue Note Records.

<p lang="en" len="75" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Legendary is the dislike that Van Morrison has the press and the critics.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Its lush music seems directly at odds with his kortaffe ways, but yet he has worked with a wide variety of musicians. By Tom Jones (for whom he wrote a series of numbers in 1991) and Cliff Richard (duet in 1989) to B. B. King (duet in 1998) and Lonnie Donegan, and Cuby & the Blizzards in Netherlands (1967). ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;"> ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===