Van Morrison



First NameVan
Last NameMorrison
Full Name at BirthGeorge Ivan Morrison
Age66
Date of BirthAugust 31, 1945
BirthplaceBelfast, Northern Ireland
Height5' 5" (165 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorBrown - Light
Star SignVirgo
EthnicityWhite
NationalityNorthern Irish
Occupation CategoryMusician
Claim to FameBelfast blues
Music GenreCountry, Pop/Rock
Music StyleSoul, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Jazz-Rock, Album Rock, R&B, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Celtic Rock, AM Pop
Music MoodPassionate, Reflective, Searching, Warm, Cathartic, Gentle, Spiritual, Plaintive, Yearning, Pastoral, Insular, Melancholy, Earnest, Summery, Literate, Exuberant, Earthy, Organic, Sensual, Autumnal, Confident
InstrumentHarmonica, Songwriter, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals, Guitar, Leader
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Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely viewed as among the greatest ever made.


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Discography

2009
Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl

2008
Keep It Simple

2006
Pay The Devil

2005
Magic Time

2003
Please, No Smoke

2003
What's Wrong With This Picture?

2002
Down The Road

2002
Down The Road

2000
The Skiffle Sessions: Live In Belfast 1998

2000
You Win Again

1999
Back On Top

1997
The Healing Game

1996
Tell Me Something The Songs Of Mose Allison

1995
Days Like This

1995
How Long Has This Been Going On

1994
Payin' Dues

1994
A Night In San Francisco

1993
Too Long In Exile

1989
Avalon Sunset

1988
Irish Heartbeat

1987
Poetic Champions Compose

1986
The Interview Album

1986
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

1984
Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast

1984
A Sense Of Wonder

1984
Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast

1983
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart

1982
Beautiful Vision

1980
Common One

1979
Live At The Roxy

1979
Into The Music

1978
Wavelength

1977
A Period Of Transition

1974
It's Too Late To Stop Now

1974
Veedon Fleece

1973
Hard Nose The Highway

1973
With Love From ...

1973
T.B. Sheets

1972
Saint Dominic's Preview

1971
Tupelo Honey

1970
His Band And The Street Choir

1970
Moondance

1968
Astral Weeks

Filmography

Selected Van Morrison film and TV show credits:


Composer Credits

1995
Beyond the Clouds
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1995
Moondance
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1985
Lamb
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1985
Screen Two
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1983
The Schooner
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1973
Slipstream
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1971
Dusty and Sweets McGee
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1969
3 American LPs
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Soundtrack Credits

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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2008
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
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2007
August Rush
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2007
Because I Said So
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2007
Eye See Me
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2007
Banda sonora
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2007
La tele de tu vida
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2007
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
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2006
Once
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2006
The Departed
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2006
It Takes Two
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2005
Breakfast on Pluto
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2005
20 to 1
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2004
House of D
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2003
American Wedding
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2003
What a Girl Wants
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2003
Wonderland
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2003
High Chaparall
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2003
Ice Wars 10: North America vs. the World
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2003
Kurt Browning's Gotta Skate III
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2002
La bande du drugstore
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2002
Evelyn
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2002
Moonlight Mile
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2002
Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You
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2002
The Wire
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2002
True Dreams
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2002
Too Late Tommorow
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2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
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2001
Saving Silverman
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2001
Someone Like You...
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2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
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2001
Tomcats
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2000
Proof of Life
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2000
Wonder Boys
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2000
Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello
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2000
Aleph, lectures contades
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1999
Bringing Out the Dead
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1999
Kate's Addiction
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1999
Jeff Buckley: Remembered
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1999
The '60s
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1999
Roswell
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1999
The Sopranos
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1999
The West Wing
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1998
B. Monkey
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1998
Patch Adams
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1998
The Theory of Flight
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1998
Linnunradan pianobaari
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1997
Twenty Four Seven
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1997
As Good as It Gets
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1997
The MatchMaker
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1997
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
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1997
Ulee's Gold
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1997
Welcome to Sarajevo
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1996
Basquiat
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1996
Hotel de Love
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1996
Michael
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1996
One Fine Day
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1996
Phenomenon
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1996
Brit Awards 1996
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1996
Ballykissangel
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1995
French Kiss
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1995
Georgia
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1995
Nine Months
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1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
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1994
Touched by an Angel
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1994
Tohuwabohu
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1993
Fatal Instinct
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1993
Cracker
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1992
Leaving Normal
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1992
Prelude to a Kiss
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1992
The Great Outdoors
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1992
Antonio's Girlfriend
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1991
Dogfight
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1991
Only the Lonely
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1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
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1991
Thelma & Louise
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1990
Betsy's Wedding
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1989
Always
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1989
Born on the Fourth of July
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1989
Dream a Little Dream
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1989
Immediate Family
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1988
Clean and Sober
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1988
Scrooged
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1988
She's Having a Baby
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1988
You Can't Hurry Love
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1988
DR-Derude
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1987
Right to Die
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1987
thirtysomething
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1985
Blue Money
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1983
The Outsiders
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1982
An Officer and a Gentleman
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1982
The King of Comedy
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1982
The Young Ones
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1981
An American Werewolf in London
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1978
The Last Waltz
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1975
Austin City Limits
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1975
Saturday Night Live
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1975
Lady on Top
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1973
Blume in Love
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1972
Rocker
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1972
Great Performances
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1971
Dusty and Sweets McGee
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1952
Bandstand
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1952
Today
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Van Morrison
A Period of Transition (1977)
A Sense of Wonder (1984)
Astral Weeks (1968)
Avalon Sunset (1989)
Back On Top (1999)
Beautiful Vision (1982)
Blowin' Your Mind (1967)
Bobby Tench
Caldonia (1964)
Common One (1980)
Days Like This (1995)
Down The Road (2002)
Enlightenment (1990)
Hard Nose The Highway (1973)
His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
How Long Has This Been Going On (1995)
Hymns To the Silence (1991)
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart (1983)
Into the Music (1979)
Irish Heartbeat (1988)
Keep It Simple (2008)
Magic Time (2005)
Moondance (1970)
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (1986)
Pay the Devil (2006)
Poetic Champions Compose (1987)
Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)
Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison (1996)
The Healing Game (1997)
Too Long in Exile (1993)
Tupelo Honey (1971)
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Veedon Fleece (1974)
Wavelength (1978)
What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)
You Win Again (2000)
Van Morrison singles discography
Back on Top (1999)
Blue Money (1970)
Bright Side of The Road (1979)
Brown Eyed Girl (1983)
Bulbs (1974)
Call Me up in Dreamland (1970)
Cleaning Windows (1982)
Come Running (1970)
Coney Island (1989)
Crazy Love (1970)
Days Like This (1995)
Did Ye Get Healed (1987)
Domino (1970)
Dweller on The Threshold (1982)
Enlightenment (1990)
Full Force Gale (1979)
Gloria (1983)
Have I Told You Lately (1989)
Hey Mr Dj (2002)
I Can't Stop Loving You (1961)
Ivory Tower (1986)
Jackie Wilson Said (1990)
Moondance (1970)
Orangefield (1989)
Perfect Fit (1995)
Precious Time (1999)
Queen of The Slipstream (1987)
Real Real Gone (1990)
Redwood Tree (1972)
Rough God Goes Riding (1996)
Scandinavia (1982)
Someone Like You (1987)
That's Life (1995)
The Eternal Kansas City (1977)
The Healing Game (1996)
Tore Down a La Rimbaud (1984)
Tupelo Honey (1971)
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Warm Love (1973)
Wavelength (1978)
Whenever God Shines His Light (1989)
Why Must I Always Explain? (1990)
Wild Night (1994)
You Make Me Feel So Free (1979)
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Baby Please Don't Go (1969)
Eric Wrixon
Gloria (1983)
Here Comes The Night (1973)
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1965)
John Wilson (musician)
Mystic Eyes (1975)
Peter Bardens
Richard Cory (1975)
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