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Van Morrison

Born George Ivan Morrison on August 31, 1945, in Belfast, Ireland, Van Morrison joined his first band, the Monarchs, when he was 15. In 1964 he formed the raw garage rock group Them and scored a number of hits on the U.K. charts, including "Here Comes the Night" and "Gloria," before Morrison quit the group in 1966. He released his first single as a solo artist in '67, "Brown Eyed Girl," which became a Top 10 hit in the U.S. His second solo album, Astral Weeks (1968), a mixture of soul, folk, blues, jazz and Celtic influences, is consistently listed among the greatest albums ever recorded and marked Morrison's evolution away from pop songwriter to freeform Dylan-esque lyricist. During his career, Morrison has produced close to an album a year, his most recent being Down the Road (2002) and What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003).

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