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Northern Irish musician (born 1945) Good article Use British English June 2012 January 2024 Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = Knight Bachelor|Sir | name = Van Morrison | honorific_suffix = Order of the British Empire|OBE | image = Van morrison, slieve donard 2015.jpg | image_size = | caption = Morrison in 2015 | birth_name = George Ivan Morrison | alias = Van the Man
The Belfast Cowboy | birth_date = Birth date and age|1945/8/31|es | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | origin = | death_place = | genre = flatlist| * Blue-eyed soul * Celtic music|Celtic * Rock music|rock * rhythm and blues|R&B * folk music|folk * blues * jazz * Country music|country * Gospel music|gospel * Christian music|Christian | discography = Van Morrison discography | occupation = flatlist| * Singer-songwriter * musician | instrument = hlist|Vocals|guitar|harmonica|saxophone | years_active = 1958–present | label = flatlist| * Decca Records|Decca * Parrot Records|Parrot * Bang Records|Bang * Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. * London Records|London * Mercury Records|Mercury * Exile * Polydor Records|Polydor * Verve Records|Verve * Point Blank Records|Point Blank * Virgin Records * Universal Music Group|Universal * Blue Note Records|Blue Note * Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway * Listen to the Lion * EMI * Manhattan Records|Manhattan * RCA Records|RCA * BMG Rights Management|BMG * Legacy Recordings|Sony Legacy | past_member_of = Them (band)|Them | website = URL|vanmorrison.com ''Sir George Ivan'' "''Van''" ''Morrison'' small|Order of the British Empire|OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK top 40, as well as internationally, including in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. He has scored top ten albums in the UK in four consecutive decades, following the success of 2021's ''Latest Record Project, Volume 1''.cite web https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27399/van-morrison/ Van Morrison Official Charts Company 21 June 2021 Eighteen of Van Morrison discography|his albums have reached the top 40 in the United States, twelve of them between 1997 and 2017.cite magazine https://www.billboard.com/artist/van-morrison/chart-history/tlp/ Van Morrison |magazine=Billboard 21 June 2021 Since turning 70 in 2015, he has released – on average – more than an album a year. List of awards and nominations received by Van Morrison|His accolades include two Grammy Awards,cite web Artist: Van Morrison https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/van-morrison National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 17 August 2017 the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards|Americana Music Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting, and inductions into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016 he was Knight Bachelor|knighted for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.cite news Gordon Rayner https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/11671979/Queens-Birthday-Honours-Van-Morrison-knighted.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/11671979/Queens-Birthday-Honours-Van-Morrison-knighted.html 10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription live Queen's Birthday Honours: Van Morrison knighted|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London 13 June 2015 13 June 2015cbignorecite news https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-queens-birthday-honours-2015 The Queen's Birthday Honours 2015 Government of the United Kingdom 3 July 2018 Morrison began performing as a teenager in the late 1950s, playing a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time. Known as "Van the Man" to his fans,cite news 4 February 2016 Sir Van overjoyed at knighthood|work=BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35494713 26 August 2018 Morrison rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Belfast Rhythm and blues|R&B band Them (band)|Them, with whom he wrote and recorded "Gloria (Them song)|Gloria", which became a garage band staple. His solo career started under the pop-hit-oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns's death, Warner Bros. Records bought Morrison's contract and allowed him three sessions to record ''Astral Weeks'' (1968).Turner (1993). pages 86 – 90 While initially a poor seller, the album has come to be regarded as a classic.cite web https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0409fsg Van Morrison: Astral Weeks |work=BBC Radio 6 Music 20 July 2021 ''Moondance'' (1970) established Morrison as a major artist,cite web http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_van_morrisons_moondance/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050419192209/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_van_morrisons_moondance/ 19 April 2005 Mix (magazine) Classic Tracks: Van Morrison's Moondance 1 April 2005 Eskow Gary 26 May 2009 and he built on his reputation throughout the 1970s with a series of acclaimed albums and live performances. Much of Morrison's music is structured around the conventions of soul music and early rhythm and blues. An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz and stream of consciousness narrative, of which ''Astral Weeks'' is a prime example.cite web http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/exhibits/bio/C333S https://web.archive.org/web/20110607161658/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/exhibits/bio/C333S 7 June 2011 SHOF: Van Morrison biography Songwritersshalloffame.org 7 July 2008cite web http://www.musthear.com/reviews/veedonfleece.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010530211144/http://musthear.com/reviews/veedonfleece.html 30 May 2001|author=Ballon, John 28 December 2008 Musthear review: Veedon Fleece Musthear.com 18 May 2010 The two strains together are sometimes referred to as "Celtic soul",cite magazine http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,Astral_Weeks,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070307081905/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,Astral_Weeks,00.html 7 March 2007|magazine=Time 13 November 2006|author=Light, Alan The All-Time 100 Albums 6 May 2010 and his music has been described as attaining "a kind of violent transcendence".cite web https://www.soundstagexperience.com/index.php/music-movies-a-shows-menu/by-category/cd-music/913-van-morrison-the-healing-game-deluxe-edition Van Morrison: "The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition)" soundstageexperience.com Hale James 20 July 2021

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