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Forrest City AR, United States (1967 – present)
Reverend Albert Green (born April 13,1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas) is an American Grammy award winning soul and gospel singer who enjoyed great popularity in the 70s with the hit singles Let’s Stay Together, Tired Of Being Alone and You Oughta Be With Me. Green boasted a voice capable of both fluid high streams of sugar and deep south growls and rasps. He has sold over 20 million records worldwide and was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, being referred to as “one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music.”
In 1967 at the age of 16, Al formed an R&B group, Al Green & the Creations, with several of his high-school friends. Two creation members, Curtis Rogers and Palmer James, founded their own independent record company, Hot Line Music Journal, and had the group record for the label. By that time, the Creations had been re-named the Soul Mates. The group’s first single, “Back Up Train,” became a surprise hit, climbing to number five on the R&B charts early in 1968. The Soul Mates attempted to record another hit, but all of their subsequent singles failed to find an audience. In 1969, Al Green met bandleader and HI Records vice president Willie Mitchell while on tour in Midland, Texas. Impressed with Green’s voice, he signed the singer to HI Records, and began collaborating with Al on his debut album
He was perhaps the ideal complement to the orchestral, syrupy, strong soul production work of HI Records wizard Willie Mitchell, who also helmed 70s classics for Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, and himself.
Let’s Stay Together, Tired Of Being Alone and You Oughta Be With Me. Green boasted a voice capable of both fluid high streams of sugar and deep south growls and rasps. He has sold over 20 million records worldwide and was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, being referred to as “one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music.”
In 1967 at the age of 16, Al formed an R&B group, Al Green & the Creations, with several of his high-school friends. Two creation members, Curtis Rogers and Palmer James, founded their own independent record company, Hot Line Music Journal, and had the group record for the label. By that time, the Creations had been re-named the Soul Mates. The group’s first single, “Back Up Train,” became a surprise hit, climbing to number five on the R&B charts early in 1968. The Soul Mates attempted to record another hit, but all of their subsequent singles failed to find an audience. In 1969, Al Green met bandleader and HI Records vice president Willie Mitchell while on tour in Midland, Texas. Impressed with Green’s voice, he signed the singer to HI Records, and began collaborating with Al on his debut album
He was perhaps the ideal complement to the orchestral, syrupy, strong soul production work of HI Records wizard Willie Mitchell, who also helmed 70s classics for Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, and himself.
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MUSICAL GOD! "I'm Still In Love With You" is his best song I'm thinking. A good B-Side to "Let's Stay Together".
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Pretty good singer ;-)
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what the fuck did I waste 18 years of my life on? I should've been listening to Al Green, man, he's so good
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JanaeDavis wrote:
"Tired Of Being Alone" is def one of my favorite Al Green songs. i remember when Anthony Hamilton performed it at the 2008 BET awards. If Hamilton's live performances are any indication of how his new Back To Love album is gonna be, i'm SO down. Dec 13, cant wait!
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