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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.
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 1964 hit
"Gloria". A few years later, Morrison left the band for a
successful solo career.
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
A
versatile musician playing guitar, harmonica, saxophone, keyboards,
drums,tambourine as well as vocals, he covered a wide variety of genre
including :Rock, blue-eyed soul, R&B, folk, blues, celtic, jazz,
country.*
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