Van Morrison

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Van Morrison in Newcastle (2015)

Sir Van Morrison , OBE (born August 31, 1945 in Belfast ; actually George Ivan Morrison ) is a Northern Irish musician , singer and composer .

The beginnings

Van wanted to be a musician as a child. His father collected old jazz and blues records , which apparently influenced him early on. At the age of six, he went to record stores with his father and heard the music of Mahalia Jackson , Fats Domino , Muddy Waters , John Lee Hooker , Ray Charles and many others. He also often attended church services with his mother that played gospel music . At the age of twelve he was a member of the band Deannie Sands And The Javelins . At the beginning of the 1960s he played the saxophone and harmonica in the band The Monarchs and already completed tours in Germany and Scotland as a teenager .

The 1960s

In 1964, Van Morrison became the front man of the rock band Them , which had a number of hits including Gloria , Here Comes the Night and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue , the cover version of a Bob Dylan composition. After he left Them , the music producer Bert Berns from New York offered him a contract for a solo career. With studio musicians, Morrison recorded an album in 1967 that contained a hit with Brown Eyed Girl . When Berns suddenly died of a heart attack , Morrison was forced to change record labels. He later raised serious allegations against Berns and still complained 25 years later about the "sharks" in the music business. Up until the 2005 album Magic Time , this topic boiled up again and again in many of his songs.

Within just three days, Morrison recorded the stylistically unusual album Astral Weeks with jazz musicians in 1968 . The result was a fusion of folk , blues and jazz that had hardly been heard before . The album did not sell well, but is now considered by many to be his best album and is regularly referred to by critics as one of the best albums ever. It reached number 19 in the selection of the 500 best albums of all time by Rolling Stone , the British music magazine Mojo ranked it number 2 of the 100 best albums in 1995 and Uncut magazine ranked number 3 of the 200 best albums.

The following album Moondance contains the title song, one of Van Morrison's classics . Over three decades he has played this song in numerous concerts and has repeatedly rearranged it.

In 1967 he married the actress and ex-model Janet Planet (known as Janet Rigsbee, now Janet Morrison Minto), with whom he has a daughter who was born in 1970 and who later became a singer / songwriter. The marriage ended in divorce in 1973.

The 1970s

Van Morrison (1972)

With Domino from the album His Band and the Street Choir, Van Morrison was able to book middle hit parade spots. He and his family had now settled in Woodstock , New York , allegedly to be close to Bob Dylan , who, however, kept his distance from Morrison. The rural atmosphere was reflected in the country- oriented album Tupelo Honey . On Hard Nose the Highway , Morrison used a rock group with string accompaniment for the first time, the Caledonia Soul Orchestra , which completed a successful tour of the USA and Europe in 1973. A concert from London's Rainbow Theater was broadcast simultaneously on television and radio for the first time in rock history; Parts of it can be found on the concert album It's Too Late to Stop Now . Only minimal interventions were made - and not touched up or changed in the studio, as is usual with many other artists. After a long stay in the USA, Van Morrison returned to Ireland, which made itself felt on the Veedon Fleece record . A Celtic- Irish mood dominates on it .

Feeling burned out, Van Morrison took a three-year hiatus, punctuated by a few appearances. In 1976 he took part in The Band's farewell concert at the Winterland Ballroom San Francisco with an appearance that was captured in the concert film The Last Waltz . There he came into contact with Dr. John alias Mac Rebennack and recorded with him the record A Period of Transition , which, however, met with little response. The next work, Wavelength , was also judged very ambiguously by the critics. The title Kingdom Hall on this album refers to his mother's membership of the Jehovah's Witnesses , whose meeting rooms are called " Kingdom Hall" . At the end of the decade, Into the Music appeared , again shaped by an Irish mood. The two songs Bright Side of the Road and Full Force Gale opened the phase of Christian spiritualism with their religious texts that would preoccupy Morrison for over a decade.

The 1980s

Morrison could not repeat the great success of Into the Music with the more experimental album Common One . The two albums were originally planned as a double album.

With Beautiful Vision, Morrison continued his early works and was widely praised by critics. The songs Vanlose Stairway , Northern Muse (Solid Ground) and Cleaning Windows were among the most frequently played pieces in his concerts in the following decades. An appearance in the Grugahalle in Essen on April 4, 1982 - Rockpalast Nacht , broadcast throughout Europe on television by ARD - increased Van Morrison's popularity in Europe.

Morrison picked up the mood of Beautiful Vision on Inarticulate Speech of the Heart . It was dedicated to the founder of the Scientology sect, L. Ron Hubbard . A Sense of Wonder presented itself more cautiously . This album was again more Irish-Celtic oriented. It contains two pieces played by the folk rock band Moving Hearts . The record also contains a song Let the Slave , in which Van Morrison recited the poem The Price of Experience by William Blake . This was followed by the album No Guru, No Method, No Teacher . After its appearance, Morrison appeared with big bands , so with the Denmark Radio Big Band , the BBC Big Band and finally at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1989 with the Dallas Jazz Orchestra . Some of these concerts met with a very positive response, while at others the rather static arrangements were criticized.

After the record Poetic Champions Compose followed in 1988 a successful cooperation with the Irish folk band The Chieftains , with whom Van Morrison had recorded a TV show. Together they decided to record an album of Irish traditionals ( Irish Heartbeat , on which two Morrison compositions can be heard in a traditional arrangement) and to go on tour. Towards the end of a concert tour through Europe, however, there was such strong tension between the musicians that the project was abandoned. However, they stayed in contact, as further isolated recordings with the Chieftains show.

In 1989 Van Morrison presented an album called Avalon Sunset , which contains Christian-inspired songs in a meditative and calm mood, some with orchestral arrangements by Fiachra Trench . The duet Whenever God Shines His Light On Me with Cliff Richard was able to place in the UK charts.

The 1990s

One of his appearances was broadcast in July 1990 at the Montreux Jazz Festival on Swiss Radio DRS . Morrison offered a cross-section of his artistic development since the 1960s and rearranged his songs. At the same time, he and many other musicians took part in a major musical event that Roger Waters , the former musical head of Pink Floyd , organized on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin : a performance of The Wall in allusion to the fall of the Berlin Wall .

This was followed by works rated differently by the critics. On the album Too Long in Exile (1993) he turned to the blues and played one of his most famous compositions, Gloria from the 1960s, together with his idol John Lee Hooker .

Van Morrison hired the young singer Brian Kennedy for recordings and tours and had him sing his songs on stage - supposedly because Morrison was feeling drained at the time. The successful in Great Britain album Days Like This , the title song of which was declared the anthem of the Irish peace movement , was carried by an extremely gloomy mood, which was in complete contrast to the much-noticed liaison with the model Michelle Rocca . Morrison understood his concerts at this time as "Jazz and Soul Revue"; he performed some very long songs and medleys with a large cast. The concerts could last up to two and a half hours.

Van Morrison went back to his roots. How Long Has This Been Going On contained jazz standards, Tell Me Something was dedicated to the works of jazz composer Mose Allison , Van Morrison played with Lonnie Donegan on The Skiffle Sessions , and Skiffle was the music that many British musicians of the 1960s played Had influenced years. Finally, Morrison recorded a duet record with country singer Linda Gail Lewis , sister of Jerry Lee Lewis : You Win Again with Country Music Standards . In the course of working and performing together, the singer claimed that Van Morrison urged her to divorce her (eighth) husband. He also sexually harassed her. Five of the thirteen charges were eventually examined in court and Morrison was acquitted after two years. For him, the matter was settled after a comprehensive apology from Linda Gail.

Van Morrison received many honors in the 1990s. Among other things, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 - he did not appear on the occasion.

The years since 2000

Van Morrison (2007)

Not only the record You Win Again , which was influenced by country music, caused controversy among fans and critics, but also the two following albums, Down The Road and What's Wrong With This Picture .

The rather calm album Magic Time was immediately able to place itself in the charts in 2005. In 2006 Van Morrison returned to country music on his album Pay the Devil and performed for the first time at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville . In March 2008 the album Keep it Simple was released . On 7./8. November 2008 there was a live recording of the 1968 album Astral Weeks at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles . At the end of 2012 the album Born to Sing: No Plan B was released . In March 2015 Van Morrison published a retrospective in duet form - his album Duets: Re-Working The Catalog with artists like Mick Hucknall and Mark Knopfler as well as old companions like Chris Farlowe and Georgie Fame.

On June 12, 2015, Morrison was raised to the nobility by Elizabeth II and has had the prefix Sir since then .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1967 Blowin 'Your Mind! - - - - US182 (7 weeks)
US
First published: September 1967
1968 Astral Weeks - - - UK55
platinum
platinum

(1 week)UK 		US-
gold
gold
US
First published: November 1968
1970 Moondance DE56 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK32
gold
gold

(3 weeks)UK 		US29
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(23 weeks)US
First published: February 1970
His Band and the Street Choir - - - UK18 (6 weeks)
UK 		US32 (17 weeks)
US
First published: November 1970
1971 Tupelo Honey - - - - US27
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US
First published: October 1971
1972 Saint Dominic's Preview - - - - US15 (28 weeks)
US
First published: July 1972
1973 Hard nose the highway - - - UK22 (3 weeks)
UK 		US27 (19 weeks)
US
First published: August 1973
1974 Veedon fleece - - - UK41
silver
silver

(1 week)UK 		US53 (10 weeks)
US
First published: October 1974
1977 A period of transition - - - UK23 (5 weeks)
UK 		US43 (11 weeks)
US
First published: April 1977
1978 Wavelength - - - UK27
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US28 (23 weeks)
US
First published: September 1978
1979 Into the music - - - UK21st
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK 		US43 (13 weeks)
US
First published: August 1979
1980 Common One - - - UK53 (3 weeks)
UK 		US73 (10 weeks)
US
First published: August 1980
1982 Beautiful vision - - - UK31 (14 weeks)
UK 		US44 (11 weeks)
US
First published: February 1982
1983 Inarticulate Speech of the Heart - - - UK24 (8 weeks)
UK 		US116 (8 weeks)
US
First published: March 1983
1985 A sense of wonder DE53 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH30 (1 week)
CH 		UK25 (5 weeks)
UK 		US61 (17 weeks)
US
First published: January 1985
1986 No Guru, No Method, No Teacher DE46 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK27 (5 weeks)
UK 		US70 (13 weeks)
US
First published: July 1986
1987 Poetic Champions Compose DE53 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - UK26 (6 weeks)
UK 		US90 (22 weeks)
US
First published: September 1987
1989 Avalon Sunset DE35 (12 weeks)
DE 		- - UK13
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK 		US91
gold
gold

(39 weeks)US
First published: June 1989
1990 Enlightenment DE43 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - UK5
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK 		US62 (25 weeks)
US
First published: October 1990
1991 Hymns to the Silence DE27 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH34 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK5
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US99
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
First published: September 1991
1993 Too Long in Exile DE47 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH17 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK 		US29 (16 weeks)
US
First published: June 8, 1993
1995 Days Like This DE49 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT49 (1 week)
AT 		CH39 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK5
gold
gold

(19 weeks)UK 		US33
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
First published: June 5, 1995
1997 The Healing Game DE12 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT18 (1 week)
AT 		CH43 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK10
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK 		US32 (16 weeks)
US
First published: March 4, 1997
1999 Back on top DE20 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT28 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH42 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK11
gold
gold

(16 weeks)UK 		US28
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: March 9, 1999
2002 Down the road DE10 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT5 (13 weeks)
AT 		CH36 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK6th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US25 (12 weeks)
US
First published: May 14, 2002
2003 What's Wrong with This Picture? DE13 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT29 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH65 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK43 (3 weeks)
UK 		US32 (10 weeks)
US
First published: October 21, 2003
2005 Magic time DE12 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT21 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH45 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK3
gold
gold

(8 weeks)UK 		US25 (13 weeks)
US
First published: May 16, 2005
2006 Pay the Devil DE21 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT31 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH55 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK8th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US26 (12 weeks)
US
First published: March 6, 2006
2008 Keep It Simple DE12 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT26 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH55 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK10 (7 weeks)
UK 		US10 (10 weeks)
US
First published: March 12, 2008
2012 Born to Sing: No Plan B DE15 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH33 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK15 (3 weeks)
UK 		US10 (7 weeks)
US
First published: October 2, 2012
2015 Duets: Re-working the Catalog DE11 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH14 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK5 (12 weeks)
UK 		US23 (4 weeks)
US
First published: March 13, 2015
2016 Keep Me Singing DE6 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT4 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH12 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK4 (12 weeks)
UK 		US9 (3 weeks)
US
First published: September 30, 2016
2017 Roll with the punches DE5 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT9 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH9 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK4 (6 weeks)
UK 		US23 (2 weeks)
US
First published: September 22, 2017
Versatile DE35 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT26 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH80 (1 week)
CH 		UK38 (2 weeks)
UK 		US119 (1 week)
US
First published: December 5, 2017
2018 The Prophet Speaks DE22 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH34 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK40 (2 weeks)
UK 		US110 (1 week)
US
First published: December 7, 2018
2019 Three Chords & the Truth DE11 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT8 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH15 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK13 (3 weeks)
UK 		US57 (1 week)
US
First published: October 25, 2019

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More albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US USTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1974 TB Sheets - - - - US181 (4 weeks)
US
First published: February 1974
compilation
It's Too Late to Stop Now DE28 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT29 (1 week)
AT 		CH59 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK47
silver
silver

(1 week)UK 		US53 (18 weeks)
US
First release: February 1974
live album; It's too late to stop now ... Vol. II, III, IV & DVD (4 discs), June 2016 (does not contain the original album, but unreleased material)
1984 Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast DE56 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK47 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First release: February 1984
live album
1988 Irish heartbeat DE62 (1 week)
DE 		- CH27 (1 week)
CH 		UK18 (7 weeks)
UK 		US102 (13 weeks)
US
First published: June 1988
collaboration with The Chieftains
1990 The best of - - - UK4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(174 weeks)UK 		US41
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(242 weeks)US
First published: January 15, 1990
compilation
1993 The best of: Volume Two - - - UK-
silver
silver
UK 		US176 (3 weeks)
US
First published: March 9, 1993
compilation
1994 A night in San Francisco DE73 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK8 (5 weeks)
UK 		US125 (4 weeks)
US
First release: May 17th, 1994
live album
1995 How Long Has This Been Going On? DE83 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - UK76 (3 weeks)
UK 		US55 (11 weeks)
US
First published: December 4th 1995
collaboration with Georgie Fame
1998 The Philosopher's Stone DE52 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - UK20 (5 weeks)
UK 		US87 (4 weeks)
US
First published: June 16, 1998
compilation
2000 The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast 1998 DE80 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - UK14 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: January 17th, 2000
Collaboration with Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber
You win again DE47 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK34 (3 weeks)
UK 		US161 (2 weeks)
US
First published: September 25, 2000
Collaboration with Linda Gail Lewis
2007 Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits DE63 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT34 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH98 (1 week)
CH 		UK17th
silver
silver

(7 weeks)UK 		US35 (17 weeks)
US
First published: February 12, 2007
compilation
The Best of: Volume 3 - - - UK23 (3 weeks)
UK 		US149 (1 week)
US
First published: June 11, 2007
compilation
Still on Top - The Greatest Hits - AT67 (1 week)
AT 		CH96 (1 week)
CH 		UK2
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)UK 		US48 (26 weeks)
US
First published: October 22, 2007
compilation
2009 Astral Weeks - Live at the Hollywood Bowl DE45 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (4 weeks)
AT 		- UK61 (3 weeks)
UK 		US33 (6 weeks)
US
First release: February 9th, 2009
live album
2015 The essential - - - UK33
gold
gold

(2 weeks)UK 		US101 (1 week)
US
First published: September 2015
compilation
2018 You're Driving Me Crazy DE10 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH41 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK20 (1 week)
UK 		US76 (1 week)
US
First published: April 27, 2018
collaboration with Joey DeFrancesco

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more publishments

  • 1982: This Is Where I Came In
  • 1991: Bang Masters
  • 1996: Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (with Ben Sidran , Mose Allison & Georgie Fame)
  • 1997: The Story of Them featuring Van Morrison (with Them )
  • 2006: Live at Austin City Limits Festival
  • 2017: The Authorized Bang Collection

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1967 Brown Eyed Girl
Blowin 'Your Mind 		UK60
platinum
platinum

(5 weeks)UK 		US10
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
First published: June 1967
1970 Come running
moondance 		- US39 (8 weeks)
US
First published: March 1970
Domino
His Band and the Street Choir 		- US9 (12 weeks)
US
First published: October 1970
1971 Blue Money
His Band and the Street Choir 		- US23 (12 weeks)
US
First published: January 1971
Call Me Up in Dreamland
His Band and the Street Choir 		- US95 (2 weeks)
US
First published: May 1971
Wild Night
Tupelo Honey 		- US28 (11 weeks)
US
First published: October 1971
Tupelo Honey
Tupelo Honey 		- US47 (8 weeks)
US
First published: December 1971
1972 Jackie Wilson Said
Saint Dominic's Preview 		- US61 (6 weeks)
US
First published: July 1972
Redwood Tree
Saint Dominic's Preview 		- US98 (2 weeks)
US
First published: October 1972
1977 Moondance
Moondance 		UK-
silver
silver
UK 		US92 (4 weeks)
US
First published: November 1977
1978 Wavelength
Wavelength 		- US42 (11 weeks)
US
First published: September 1978
1979 Bright Side of the Road
Into the Music 		UK63 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 1979
1983 Cry For Home
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart 		UK98 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: February 1983
1989 Have I Told You Lately
Avalon Sunset 		UK71 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: June 1989
with The Chieftains
Whenever God Shines His Light
Avalon Sunset 		UK20 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 1989
with Cliff Richard
1990 Coney Island
Avalon Sunset 		UK76 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: February 1990
Real Real Gone
Enlightenment 		UK79 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 1990
In The Days Before Rock 'N' Roll
Enlightenment 		UK94 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: November 1990
1993 Gloria
Too Long in Exile 		UK31 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 1993
with John Lee Hooker
1995 Days Like This
Days Like This 		UK65 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 1995
No Religion
Days Like This 		UK54 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 1995
1996 That's Life
How Long Has This Been Going On 		UK92 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: February 1996
with Georgie Fame
1997 The Healing Game
The Healing Game 		UK46 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: February 1997
1999 Precious Time
Back on Top 		UK36 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: February 1999
Back on Top
Back on Top 		UK69 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 1999
2000 I Wanna Go Home
The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast 1998 		UK95 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: February 2000
with Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber
Let's Talk About Us
You Win Again 		UK85 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: September 2000
with Linda Gail Lewis
2002 Hey Mr. DJ
Down the Road 		UK58 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 2002

Video albums

  • Ready Steady Go - As the frontman for Them with the title "Baby Please Don't Go" (British Television ca.1964) [Laser Disc]
  • The Band: The Last Waltz (San Francisco, Winterland, Nov. 26, 1976 - contains the full guest appearance of Van Morrison) [VHS video and DVD]
  • In Ireland (Belfast and Dublin, February 20 and 22, 1979) [VHS video]
  • The Concert (New York, Beacon Theater, Nov. 30, 1989) [Laser Disc and VHS Video]
  • Live at Montreux ( Montreux Jazz Festival , June 30, 1974 and July 10, 1980, complete concerts) [DVD] (US:platinumplatinum)
  • Live in Nashville (Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, March 7, 2006, selection of five titles) [Special Edition DVD by Pay The Devil ]
  • In Concert (Live at the BBC Radio Theater London, 2016) [Bluray and DVD]

Awards for music sales

Silver record

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2002: for the album Down the Road
    • 2008: for the album The Great Van Morrison
    • 2008: for the album Still on Top - The Greatest Hits
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1988: for the album Poetic Champions Compose
    • 1989: for the album Avalon Sunset
    • 1990: for the album Enlightenment
    • 1994: for the album Too Long in Exile
    • 1999: for the album Back on Top
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 1995: for the album Days Like This
    • 1997: for the album The Healing Game
    • 2007: for the album Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits
    • 2008: for the album Still on Top - The Greatest Hits
    • 2008: for the video album Live at Montreux
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 1990: for the album Avalon Sunset
  • NorwayNorway Norway
    • 1994: for the album Too Long in Exile
    • 1999: for the album Back on Top
  • SwedenSweden Sweden
    • 2008: for the album Still on Top - The Greatest Hits
  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 1999: for the album Back on Top
    • 2001: for the album Astral Weeks

Platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2006: for the video album Live at Montreux
  • IrelandIreland Ireland
    • 2006: for the video album Live at Montreux
    • 2007: for the album Still on Top - The Greatest Hits
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1992: for the album Hymns to the Silence
    • 2008: for the video album Live at Montreux
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 1990: for the album Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
    • 1994: for the album Too Long in Exile
    • 1999: for the album Back on Top
  • NorwayNorway Norway
    • 1998: for the album The Best of

2 × platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1993: for the album The Best of

3 × platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 1993: for the album The Best of

5 × platinum record

  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2002: for the album The Best of

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 330,000 aria.com.au
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 19,000 irishcharts.ie
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 560,000 musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 nvpi.nl
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum8th 167,500 nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 100,000 ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 20,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 100,000 Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 9 × platinum9 11,600,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 13 × silver13 Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 3,700,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 13 × silver13 Gold record icon.svg 33 × gold33 Platinum record icon.svg 33 × platinum33

Awards

grammy

Grammy Award

  • 1996 Grammy Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? with The Chieftains
  • 1998 Grammy Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for Don't Look Back with John Lee Hooker

Grammy nominations

  • 1983 Grammy Best Rock Instrumental Performance nomination for Scandinavia
  • 1989 Grammy Best Traditional Folk Recording nomination for Irish Heartbeat with The Chieftains
  • 1995 nomination for Grammy Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male for In the Garden / You Send Me / Allegheny
  • 1999 Grammy Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals nomination for Shenandoah with The Chieftains
  • 2005 nomination for Grammy Best Contemporary Blues Album for What's Wrong with This Picture?

Others

See also

To Tupelo Honey : Ogeche tupelo tree

literature

  • John Collins: Van Morrison. Inarticulate speech of the heart. London 1996.
  • Howard A. DeWitt: The Mystic's Music. Freemont / California 1983.
  • Peter Felkel: Van Morrison ( The Music Makers book series ). Hannibal Verlag, 2004 (in German)
  • Clinton Heylin: Can you feel the silence? Van Morrison: A new biography. London 2002.
  • Brian Hinton: Celtic crossroads. The art of Van Morrison. 2nd Edition. Sanctuary Publishing, 1999.
  • Johnny Rogan: Van Morrison. A portrait of the artist. London 1984.
  • Greil Marcus : About Van Morrison. When that Rough God Goes Riding. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04364-8 .
  • Steve Turner : Van Morrison. Too late to stop now. London 1993.
  • Richie Yorke: Van Morrison. Into the music. London 1975.

Web links

Commons : Van Morrison  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Van Morrison in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  2. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/11671979/Queens-Birthday-Honours-Van-Morrison-knighted.html
  3. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  4. ↑ Gold for Live at Montreux in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ 3 × platinum for The Best of in Australia
  6. ↑ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 7, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Irish Times : “Bono, Morrison included in best singers poll” , November 13, 2008 (English)
  8. ↑ The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. Rolling Stone , August 2015, accessed August 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Morrison, Van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morrison, George Ivan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish rock singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast , Northern Ireland