Van Morrison
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	BIRTHDAY: August 31, 1945 GRAMMY AWARDS: 2 ROLLING STONE: '100 Greatest Artists of All Time': # 42 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 1993

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)
  

• June 11: ...It's Too Late To Stop Now... Volume I and the box set ...It's Too Late To Stop Now... Volumes II, III, IV & DVD was released.

• September 30: Morrison released Keep Me Singing.
  Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 9
  Tracks: "Let It Rhyme" - "Every TimeI See A River" - "Keep Me Singing" - "Out In The Cold Again" - "Memory Lane" - "The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword" - "Holy Guardian Angel" - "Share Your Love With Me" - "In Tiburon" - "Look Behind The Hill" - Going Down To Bangor" - "Too Late" - "Caledonia Swing"

• 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"

• 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"

• 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.
  
  

• May 7: Morrison released Latest Record Project, Vol. 1.
  
  

• May 20: Morrison released What's It Gonna Take?
  Tracks: "Dangerous" - "What's It Gonna Take?" - "Fighting Back Is The New Normal" - "Fodder For The Masses" - "Can't Go On This Way" - "Sometimes It's Just Blah Blah Blah" - "Money From America" - "Not Seeking Approval" - "Damage And Recovery" - "Nervous Breakdown" - "Absolutely Positively The Most" - "I Ain't No Celebrity" - "Stage Name" - "Fear And Self-Loathing In Las Vegas" - "Pretending"
  available for download at Amazon.mp3 and on vinyl

• March 10: Morrison released Moving On Skiffle.
  Tracks: "Freight Train" - "Careless Love" - "Sail Away Ladies" - "Streamline Train" - "Take This Hammer" - "No Other Baby" - "Gypsy Davy" - "This Loving Light Of Mine" - "In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down" - "Yonder Comes A Sucker" - "Travelin' Blues" - "Gov Don't Allow" - "Come On In" - "Streamline Cannonball" - "Greenback Dollar" - "Oh Lonesome Me" - "I Wish I Was An Apple On A Tree" - "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - "I'm Movin' On" - "Cold Cold Heart" - "Worried Man Blues" - "Cotton Fields" - "Green Rocky Road"

• November 3: Morrison released Accentuate The Positive.
  Tracks: "You Are My Sunshine" - "When Will I Be Loved?" - "Two Hound Dogs" - "Flip, Flop And Fly" - "I Want A Roof Over My Head" - "Problems" - "Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes" - "The Shape I'm In" - "Lonesome Train" - "A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues" - "Shakin' All Over" - "Bye Bye Johnny" - "Red Sails In The Sunset" - "Sea Of Heartbreak" - "Blueberry Hill" - "Bonapoarte's Retreat" - "Lucille" - "Shake Rattle And Roll"

• August 2: Live At Orangefield was released.

• September 27: New Arrangements And Duets was released.