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Van Morrison

Northern Irish musician · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1945 · age 81

Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison is a Northern Irish musician, singer, and songwriter whose recording career started in the 1960s.

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A life in dates

2017Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for SongwritingAward2015Johnny Mercer AwardAward2005“When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration”In their wordsAs quoted in Van Morrison: No Surrender (2005) by Johnny Rogan

2003“The odd time something happens and you go into some kind of enchantment (on stage). But you have to work very hard to get that.”In their wordsAs quoted in Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography (2003) by Clinton Heylin

“When I was fifteen, I became a professional musician. I got involved with people and did certain things which led me to start making records and touring.”In their wordsAs quoted in Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography (2003) by Clinton Heylin

1993“Someone once described me as a maverick and that's what I would say. I'm a maverick not by choice but by conviction.”In their wordsAs quoted in Too Late to Stop Now (1993) by Steve Turner

Rock and Roll Hall of FameAward1990“Music is spiritual. The music business is not.”In their words6 July 1990The Times [London]

1989“There is one thing I don't understand about Astral Weeks. Of all the records I have ever made that one is definitely not rock.”In their wordsAn Oral History of Popular Music (1989)

1945Born31 August 1945

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In their own words 1

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  1. With Moondance, I wrote the melody first. I played the melody on a soprano sax and I knew I had a song so I wrote lyrics to go with the melody. That's the way I wrote that one.

    1997 · As quoted in Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison (1997) by Brian Hinton, p. 106, Own words

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Awards

Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting2017
Johnny Mercer Award2015
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame1993
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of Arts and Letters
Knight Bachelor

About this person

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 the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81

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The same award as Van

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