![1974...](../graphics/1974.jpg)
October 18: Green's girlfriend
fatally shot herself after pouring boiling
hot grits on Green while he was in the tub.
Green suffered second degree burns.
![Al Green - "Love And Happiness" (Single)](pix/algreen_cds02.jpg) Green hit the
Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with
"L-O-V-E (Love)."
Year-End Chart
Position: # 128
Green hit the
Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with
"Full Of Fire."
Year-End Chart
Position: # 186
![1988...](../graphics/1988.gif)
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
![Annie Lennox & Al Green - "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (Single)](../artists-l/pix/annielennox_cds01.jpg) Green hit the
Top 40 with Annie Lennox with
"Put A Little Love In
Your Heart."
from the Scrooged soundtrack
ARC chart run: 40 - 33 - 27 - 22 - 17 - 14 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 19 - 37 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![1989...](../graphics/1989.gif)
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Green hit the Top 10 with Annie Lennox with
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
from the soundtrack to Scrooged.
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
The video for "Put A Little
Love In Your Heart" with Annie Lennox was
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film.
![1990...](../graphics/1990.gif)
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
![Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You](pix/algreen_lp04.jpg) Green won a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel
Vocal Performance ("As Long As We're
Together").
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
Green won a Grammy Award for Best Pop
Collaboration with Vocals ("Funny How
Time Slips Away" with Lyle
Lovett from the Rhythm,
Country & Blues compilation).
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
![Rhythm, Country & Blues compilation](../artists-r/pix/rhythmcountryblues.jpg) Green was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("A Change Is Gonna Come").
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Ranked # 37 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 72 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Al Green](pix/algreen_lp01.jpg) VH1: 100
Greatest Rock Songs included Call Me at # 67.
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs included "Let's
Stay Together" at # 77.
(available
for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3)
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Al Green - "Let's Stay Together" (Single)](pix/algreen_cds01.jpg) VH1: 100
Greatest Albums included Call Me at # 70.
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
Green was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("Put It On Paper"
with Ann Nesby).
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time](../graphics/rs500.jpg) Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included Greatest Hits (1975) at # 52,
I'm Still In Love With You (1972) at # 285,
and Call Me (1973) at # 289.
![2004..](../graphics/2004.gif)
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Green at # 65.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time](../graphics/rs500s.jpg) Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included "Let's
Stay Together" at # 60.
![2005...](../graphics/2005.gif)
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
![Al Green - Everything's OK](pix/algreen_lp03.jpg) Green was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("I Can't Stop") and Best R&B Album (I
Can't Stop).
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
Green released Everything's
OK.
![2008...](../graphics/2008.gif)
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
![Al Green - Lay It Down](pix/algreen_lp02.jpg) Green released Lay
It Down (Billboard peak: # 9 - Rolling Stone: ).
(available for download at ).
Green could be heard on the
soundtrack for Sex
& The City on the track "How Can You
Mend A Broken Heart" with Joss Stone.
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
Green was honored at the BET
Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Al Green - 'Greatest Hits'](pix/algreen_lp05.jpg) Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Green at # 14.
![2009...](../graphics/2009.gif)
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
Green won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Stay With Me
(By The Sea)" with John Legend) and Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("You've Got The Love I
Need" with Anthony Hamilton),
and was nominated for Best R&B Album (Lay
It Down). Green performed at the
ceremony.
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