Van Morrison was born on 31 Aug 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His birth name was George Ivan Morrison. His is also called Van Morrison.
He is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn,idiosyncratic,and sublime.His live performances at their best are seen 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 acclaimed as among the greatest ever made.
Van Morrison released the following albums including No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (2008), A Night in San Francisco (2008), Veedon Fleece (2008), Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast (2008), Still on Top: The Greatest Hits (2008), Keep It Simple (2008), Avalon Sunset (2008), Back on Top (2008), A Sense of Wonder (2008), Wavelength (2008), Tupelo Honey (2008), It's Too Late To Stop Now: Live (2CD) (2008), The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 (2007), Forever Gold (2007), Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits (2007), Pay the Devil (2006), Magic Time (2005), Best of Van Morrison (2004), What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003), Down the Road (2002), Essential Van Morrison (2001), The Best of Van Morrison (1998), Poetic Champions Compose (1998), The Philosopher's Stone (1998), Into The Music (1998), It's Too Late to Stop Now (1997), Saint Dominic's Preview (1997), Hard Nose the Highway (1997), The Healing Game (1997), Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison (1996), Days Like This (1995), Too Long in Exile (1993), The Best of Van Morrison, Vol. 2 (1993), Hymns to the Silence (1991), Common One (1991), Bang Masters (1991), Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1990), Moondance (1990), Enlightenment (1990), His Band and the Street Choir (1990), Beautiful Vision (1990), Astral Weeks (1990) and T.B. Sheets (1990).
He is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn,idiosyncratic,and sublime.His live performances at their best are seen 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 acclaimed as among the greatest ever made.
Van Morrison released the following albums including No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (2008), A Night in San Francisco (2008), Veedon Fleece (2008), Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast (2008), Still on Top: The Greatest Hits (2008), Keep It Simple (2008), Avalon Sunset (2008), Back on Top (2008), A Sense of Wonder (2008), Wavelength (2008), Tupelo Honey (2008), It's Too Late To Stop Now: Live (2CD) (2008), The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 (2007), Forever Gold (2007), Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits (2007), Pay the Devil (2006), Magic Time (2005), Best of Van Morrison (2004), What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003), Down the Road (2002), Essential Van Morrison (2001), The Best of Van Morrison (1998), Poetic Champions Compose (1998), The Philosopher's Stone (1998), Into The Music (1998), It's Too Late to Stop Now (1997), Saint Dominic's Preview (1997), Hard Nose the Highway (1997), The Healing Game (1997), Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison (1996), Days Like This (1995), Too Long in Exile (1993), The Best of Van Morrison, Vol. 2 (1993), Hymns to the Silence (1991), Common One (1991), Bang Masters (1991), Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1990), Moondance (1990), Enlightenment (1990), His Band and the Street Choir (1990), Beautiful Vision (1990), Astral Weeks (1990) and T.B. Sheets (1990).
- Did Ye Get Healed?
- It's All in the Game/Make It Real One More Time
- I've Been Working
- I Forgot That Love Existed
- Vanlose Stairway/Trans-Euro Train/Fool for You
- You Make Me Feel So Free
- Beautiful Vision
- See Me Through/Soldier of Fortune/Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf ...
- Ain't That Loving You Baby?
- Stormy Monday/Have You Ever Loved a Woman?/No Rollin' Blues
- Help Me
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Tupelo Honey
- Moondance/My Funny Valentine
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- It Fills You Up
- I'll Take Care of You/ It's a Man's Man's Man's World
- Lonely Avenue/4 O'Clock in the Morning [Medley]
- So Quiet in Here/That's Where It's At
- In the Garden/You Send Me/Allegheny
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
- Shakin' All Over/Gloria
- Fair Play
- Linden Arden Stole the Highlights
- Who Was That Masked Man
- Streets of Arklow
- You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push the River
- Bulbs
- Cul de Sac
- Comfort You
- Come Here My Love
- Country Fair
- Introduction: Into The Mystic (Instrumental) / Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart
- Dweller On The Threshold
- It's All In The Game / You Know What They're Writing About
- She Gives Me Religion
- Haunts Of Ancient Peace Live
- Full Force Gale
- Beautiful Vision
- Vanlose Stairway
- Rave On, John Donne / Rave On Part 2
- Northern Muse (Solid Ground)
- Cleaning Windows
- Gloria
- Here Comes The Night
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Moondance
- Crazy Love
- Domino
- Wild Night
- Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
- Warm Love
- Wavelength
- Bright Side Of The Road
- Dweller On The Threshold
- Tore Down A La Rimbaud
- In The Garden
- Someone Like You
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Real Real Gone
- Days Like This
- The Healing Game
- Precious Time
- Stranded
- Whenever God Shines His Light
- Contacting My Angel
- I'd Love To Write Another Song
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Coney Island
- I'm Tired Joey Boy
- When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God
- Orangefield
- Daring Night
- These Are The Days
- Whenever God Shines His Light
- When The Saints (Go Marching In)
- Goin' Down Geneva
- Philosophers Stone
- In the Midnight
- Back on Top
- When the Leaves Come Falling Down
- High Summer
- Reminds Me of You
- New Biography
- Precious Time
- Golden Autumn Day
- Tore Down A La Rimbaud
- Ancient Of Days
- Evening Meditation
- The Master's Eyes
- What Would I Do
- A Sense Of Wonder
- Boffyflow And Spike
- If You Only Knew
- Let The Slave (Incorporating The Price Of Experience)
- A New Kind Of Man
- Crazy Jane On God
- A Sense Of Wonder
- Venice U.S.A.
- Hungry for You Love
- Wild Night
- Like A Cannonball
- Old Old Woodstock
- Starting A New Life
- You're My Woman
- Tupelo Honey
- I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)
- When That Evening Sun Goes Down
- Moonshine Whiskey
- Wild Night
- Down By The Riverside
- Warmlove
- Take Your Hands Out
- Medley: Lonely Avenue/4 O'Clock In the Morning
- Centerpiece
- That's Life
- I Don't Want To Go On Without You
- Shenandoah
- Lost John
- Hey Mr. DJ
- Blue And Green
- Sitting On Top Of the Wolrd
- Early In the Morning
- Moondance (live) <i>previously unreleased version</i>
- Comfortably Numb (live)<i>Recorded live at the Berlin Wall in 1990 with Roger Waters</i>
- There Stands The Glasss
- It's Alright
- Twist And Shake
- I Forgot Love Existed
- Really Don't Know
- Ordinary People
- Wonderful Remark
- Not Supposed To Break Down
- Laughing In The Wind
- Madame Joy
- Contemplation Rose
- Don't Worry About Tomorrow
- Try For Sleep
- Lover's Prayer
- Drumshanbo Hustle
- Twilight Zone
- Foggy Mountain Top
- Naked In The Jungle
- There There Child
- John Henry
- Western Plain
- Joyous Sound
- I Have Finally Come To Realise
- Flamingoes Fly
- Stepping Out Queen Part 2
- Street Theory
- Showbusiness
- For Mr. Thomas
- Crazy Jane On God
- Song Of Being A Child
- High Spirits
- Steppin' Out Queen
- You Know What They're Writing About
- Ain't Nothin' You Can Do
- Warm Love
- I Believe To My Soul
- Wild Children
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Take Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
- Here Comes The Night
- Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
- Gypsy
- I Will Be There
- Listen To The Lion
- Saint Dominic's Preview
- Redwood Tree
- Almost Independence Day
- One Of These Days
- You Can Count On Me
- If You Live
- Was
- Look Here
- City Home
- No Trouble Livin'
- Benediction
- Back On The Corner
- Tell Me Something
- I Don't Want Much
- New Nightclub
- Perfect Moment
- Too Long In Exile
- Big Time Operators
- Lonley Avenue
- Ball & Chain
- In The Forest
- Till We Get The Healng Done
- Gloria
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Wasted Years
- The Lonesome Road
- Moody's Mood For Love
- Close Enough For Jazz
- Before The World Was Made
- I'll Take Care Of You
- Instrumental / Tell Me What I Want
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- In The Garden
- Sense Of Wonder
- I'll Tell Me Ma
- Rave On, John Donne/Rave On Pt. 2 - (Live)
- Don't Look Back
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- One Irish Rover
- The Mystery
- Evening Meditation
- Professional Jealousy
- I'm Not Feeling It Anymore
- Ordinary Life
- Some Peace Of Mind
- So Complicated
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Why Must I Always Explain
- Village Idiot
- See Me Through Pt. II
- Take Me Back
- By His Grace
- All Saints Day
- Hymns To The Silence
- On Hyndford Street
- Be Thou My Vision
- Carrying A Torch
- Green Mansions
- Pagan Streams
- Quality Street
- It Must Be You
- I Need Your Kind Of Loving
- Spanish Rose
- Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
- Chick-A-Boom
- Send Your Mind
- The Smile You Smile
- The Back Room
- Midnight Special
- Joe Harper Saturday Morning
- I Love You (The Smile You Smile)
Oct 1990
- He Ain't Give You None
- Beside You
- It's All Right
- Madame George
- T.B. Sheets
- Who Drove The Red Sports Car?
- Ro Ro Rosey
- Brown Eyed Girl
Other Songs
- 4% Pantomime
- Across The Bridge Where Angels Dwell
- Alabamy Bound
- Alan Watts Blues
- Allow Me
- All The Bits
- Ancient of Days
- And The Healing Has Begun
- Angeliou
- At The End of The Day
- Baby Please Don't Go - (Them)
- Baby What You Want Me to Do
- Baby You Got What It Takes
- Back On Top
- Back Street Affair
- Bad or Good
- Bayou Girl
- Beautiful Obsession
- Big Blue Diamonds
- Bigtime Operators
- Bit By Bit
- Blow in Your Nose
- Blues in The Night
- Boffyflow and Spike
- Boogie Chillen
- Bright Lights Big City
- Cadillac
- Caledonia Soul Music
- Call My Name
- Call My Name (alternate single version)
- Carrickfergus
- Celtic Excavation
- Celtic Spring
- Centrepiece
- Checkin' It Out
- Chickee Coo
- Cold Wind in August
- Could You, Would You
- Crazy Arms
- Crazy Jane on God
- Cul De Sac
- Cypress Avenue
- Dead or Alive
- Do It
- Don't Change on Me
- Don't Start Crying Now
- Don't Worry About a Thing
- Don't You Know
- Don't You Make Me High
- Don't You Rock Me Daddio
- Down to Earth
- Drivin' Wheel
- Drumshanbo Hustle (another version)
- Dumb Dumb George
- Dum Dum George
- Evening Shadows
- Fame
- Fast Train
- Feedback Out on Highway 101
- Flamingos Fly
- Frankie Johnny
- Freaky if You Got This Far
- Friday's Child
- (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
- Give Me My Rapture
- Go for Yourself
- Going Home
- Goldfish Bowl
- Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
- Goodbye George
- Good Morning Blues
- Good Morning Little School Girl
- Goodnight Irene
- Go on Home Baby
- Grits Ain't Groceries
- Half As Much
- Hang on Groovy
- Have I Told You Lately
- Healing Game [Alternate Version]
- Heathrow Shuffle
- Heavy Connection
- Hello Josephine
- Here Comes Dumb George
- Hey Girl
- Hey, Where Are You
- Hold on George
- How Long Baby
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
- Hungry For Your Love
- I Can Only Give You Everything
- If I Ever Needed Someone
- If You & I Could Be as Two
- I Gave My Love a Diamond
- I Got a Woman
- I Have Finally Come to Realize
- I Just Wanna Make Love To You
- I Like It Like That
- I Love You (The Smile You Smile)
- I'm Gonna Dress in Black
- In The Midnight
- Introduction: Into the Mystic
- I Paid The Price
- I Put a Spell on You
- I Shall Sing
- It Hurts to Want It So Bad
- It's All In The Game
- It Takes a Worried Man
- (It Won't Hurt) Half As Much
- I Wanna Go Home
- Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
- Jambalaya
- Jump & Thump
- Just a Little Bit
- Just Ball
- Kingdom Hall
- La Mambo
- Laughing in The Wind
- Lets Talk About Us
- Lifetimes
- Like a Cannonball
- Linden Arden Stole The Highlights
- Little Girl
- Little Girl (alternate version)
- Lonely Avenue
- Lonesome Road
- Look What The Good People Done
- Lorna
- Madam George
- Marie's Wedding
- Master's Eyes
- Max Wall
- Mechanical Bliss
- Mighty Like a Rose
- Moondance (live) <i>previously unreleased version</i>
- More and More
- Muleskinner Blues
- My Buckets Got A Hole In It
- My Lagan Love
- My Little Baby
- My Lonely Sad Eyes
- My Lonely Sad Eyes (another version)
- Mystic Eyes
- Natalia
- New Burying Ground
- News Nightclub
- Nobody Really Knows
- Nose in Your Blow
- Not Supposed to Break Down
- Not Working For You
- No Way Pedro
- Old Black Joe
- Once A Day
- One More Time
- One Two Brown Eyes
- Out of Sight
- Outskirts of Town
- Pay The Devil
- Philosophy
- Playhouse
- Queen Of The Slipstream
- Raglan Road
- Railroad Bill
- Real Gone Lover
- Reminds Me Of You
- Richard Cory
- Richard Cory (alternate version)
- Ring Worm
- Rock Roll Band
- Rolling Hills
- Route 66
- Sack O'woe
- Santa Fe
- Savoy Hollywood
- Scream & Holler
- See Me Through Part Ii
- See Me Through Part II (Just A Closer Walk With Thee)
- Shake It Mable
- Shake & Roll
- She Moved Through The Fair
- She's a Baby
- Shot of Rhythm & Blues
- Singing The Blues
- Something You Got
- Spanish Steps
- Spare Me a Little of Your Love
- Star of The County Down
- Starting a New Life
- Stepping Out Queen
- Stomp & Scream
- Stormy Monday
- (Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball
- (Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannon Ball
- Streets Of Arklow
- Sweet Sixteen
- Take It Where You Find It
- Take Your Hands Out Of My Pockets
- Ta Mo Chleamhnas Deanta
- T B Sheets
- Tell Me
- Tell Me What You Want
- The Ballad of Jesse James
- The Big Royalty Check
- The Dead Girls Of London [w/Frank Zappa] (1979)
- The Eternal Kansas City
- The Last Laugh
- The New Symphony Sid
- There Stands The Glass
- The Story of Them
- The Wobble
- Things Have Gone To Pieces
- Think Twice Before You Go
- Thirty Two
- This Has Got To Stop
- This Lion This Time
- 'Til I Gain Control Again
- Till I Gain Control Again
- Till We Get The Healing Done
- Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough
- Too - Ra - Loo - Ra - Loo - Ral
- Tore Down a La Rimbaud
- Troubadours
- Turn on Your Lovelight
- Twist & Shake
- Up Your Mind
- Veince U.S.A.
- Venice U. S. a.
- Walk & Talk
- Want a Danish
- What Am I Living For
- Whatever Happened To Pj Proby ?
- What Would I Do?
- Whenever God Shines His Light on Me
- When The Leaves Come Falling Down
- Who Can I Turn To?
- Who Drove The Red Sports Car
- Why Don't You Love Me
- Wobble & Ball
- Wonderful Remark (another version)
- You Can Count on Me
- You Can Count On Me (To Do My Part)
- You Don't Pull No Punches but You Don't Push The River
- You Gotta Make It Through The World
- You Just Can't Win
- You Know What they're Writting About
- You Move Me
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- You Really Got Me
- Your Mind is on Vacation
- You Say France & I'll Whistle
- You Win Again
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