 Morrison was
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame.


 Morrison was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("In The Garden /
You Send Me").

Morrison won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With
Vocals
("Have I Told You Lately That I Love
You?" with The Chieftains).
 Morrison could be heard on B.B. King's LP Deuces
Wild.


Morrison won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With
Vocals
("Don't Look Back" with John Lee Hooker).

 Ranked # 25 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 53 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).

Morrison was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With
Vocals
("Shenandoah" with The Chieftains).

 VH1: 100
Greatest Rock Songs included "Brown
Eyed Girl" at # 49.

Morrison could be heard
on Mark Knopfler's LP, Sailing
To Philadelphia.

Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs included
"Brown Eyed Girl" at # 21.


VH1: 100
Greatest Albums included Moondance at # 32
and Astral
Weeks at # 40.

 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included Astral
Weeks (1968) at # 19
and Moondance (1970) at # 65.


 Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Morrison at # 42.


Morrison released Magic
Time.

Morrison could be heard on B.B. King's LP 80 with the track
"Early In The Morning."

 Morrison could be heard on the Hurricane
Relief: Come Together Now compilation
with "Blue And Green."


Morrison released Pay
The Devil (Billboard peak: # 26).


 Morrison released Van
Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits.

Still
On Top - The Best Of Van Morrison Volume 3 (Billboard peak: # 48) was released.


 It's
Too Late To Stop Now: Live was released.

Morrison released Keep
It Simple (Billboard peak: # 10 - Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly:
B).

 Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Morrison at #
24.


Astral
Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl was released (Billboard peak: # 33 - Entertainment
Weekly:
A-).

 Morrison topped the Billboard
Top Internet Albums chart with Astral
Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl.


Morrison released Live
On Air.

 Morrison released Born
To Sing: No Plan B.
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 10
Rolling Stone: 

March 23: Morrison released
Duets: Re-Working The
Catalogue.
August 28: The Essential Van
Morrison was released.
Tracks:
"Gloria" - "Here Comes The
Night" - "Spanish Rose" -
"Brown Eyed Girl" -
"Astral Weeks" - "The Way
Young Lovers Do" -
"Moondance" - "Crazy
Love" - "And It Stoned Me"
- "Into The Mystic" -
"Domino" - "Wild
Night" - "Tupelo Honey" -
"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven
When You Smile)" - "Warm
Love" - "Fair Play" -
"Caravan" - "Hungry For
Love" - "Cleaning Windows"
(live) - "Bright Side Of The
Road" - "And The Healing Has
Begun" - "Tore Down A La
Rimbaud" - "Someone Like
You" - "Irish Heartbeat"
(with The Chieftains) - "Whenever
God Shines His Light" (with Cliff
Richard) - "Have I Told You
Lately" - "Real Real Gone"
- "Enlightenment" - "Why
Must I Always Explain?" - "Days
Like This" - "That's Life"
- "Rough God Goes Riding" -
"Precious Time" - "Once In
A Blue Moon" - "Magic
Time" - "Playhouse" -
"Sweet Thing" (live)
available for
download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3


September
22: Morrison released Roll With The Punches.
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 23
Tracks: "Roll With
The Punches" -
"Transformation" - "I Can
Tell" - "Story Monday / Lonely
Avenue" - "Goin' To
Chicago" - "Fame" -
"Too Much Trouble" -
"Bring It On Home To Me" -
"Ordinary People" - "How
Far From God" - "Teardrops From
My Eyes" - "Automobile
Blues" - "Benediction" -
"Mean Old World" - "RIde
On Josephine"
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
available on vinyl
December 1: Morrison released
Versatile.
Tracks: "Broken
Record" - "A Foggy Day" -
"Let's Get Lost" - "Bye
Bye Blackbird" - "Skye Boat
Song" - "Take It Easy
Baby" - "Makin' Whoopee" -
"I Get A Kick Out Of You" -
"I Forgot That Love Existed"
(live) - "Unchained Melody" -
"Start All Over Again" -
"Only A Dream" (live) -
"Affirmation" - "The
Party's Over" - "I Left My
Heart In San Francisco" - "They
Can't Take That Away From Me"
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
available on vinyl

April 27: Morrison released
You're Driving Me Crazy with Joey
DeFrancesco.
Tracks: "Miss Otis
Regrets" - "Hold It Right
There" - "All Saints Day"
- "The Way Young Lovers Do" -
"The Things I Used To Do" -
"Travelin' Light" - "Close
Enough For Jazz" - "Goldfish
Bowl" - "Evening Shadows"
- "Magic Time" - "You're
Driving Me Crazy" - "Everyday I
Have The Blues" - "Have I Told
You Lately" - "Celtic
Swing"
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
available in vinyl
December 7: Morrison released
The Prophet Speaks.
Tracks: "Gonna Send
You Back To Where I Got You From" -
"DImples" - "Got To Go
Where The Love Is" - "Laughin
And Clownin" - "Sam Greenwich
Mean Time" - "Gotta Get You Off
My Mind" - "Teardrops" -
"I Love The Life I Live" -
"Worried Blues / Rollin And
Tumblin" - "Ain't Gonna Moan No
More" - "Love Is A Five Letter
Word" - "Love Is Hard
Work" - "Spirit Will
Provide" - "The Prophet
Speaks"
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
available on vinyl

March 22: Morrison released
The Healing Game.
Tracks: "Rough God
Goes Riding" - "Fire In The
Belly" - "This Weight" -
"Waiting Game" - "Piper At
The Gates Of Dawn" - "Burning
Ground" - "It Once Was My
Life" - "Sometimes We Cry"
- "If You Love Me" - "The
Healing Game" - "Look What The
Good People Done" - "At The End
Of The Day" - "The Healing
Game" (Single Version) - "Full
Force Gale '96" - "St.
Dominic's Preview"
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
available on vinyl
October 25: Morrison released
Three Chords And The
Truth.



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