Al Green

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Reverend Al Green (b. 13 April 1946) is an American gospel and soul singer who enjoyed great popularity in the early- and mid-1970s. “

Let’s Stay Together” and “

Tired of Being Alone” were two of his biggest hits.

Green boasted a voice capable of both fluid high streams of sugar and deep south growls and rasps. This was perhaps the ideal complement to the orchestral, syrupy, strong soul production work of Hi Records wizard Willie Mitchell, who also helmed 70s classics for Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, and himself.

On October 18, 1974, Mary Woodson, a woman who was his longtime girlfriend, threw a large pot of sticky boiling grits on him as he was preparing to shower, because he didn’t want to get married. She committed suicide in minutes, which deeply affected Green to turn to God and religion. This assault from behind caused third-degree burns on his back, stomach and arm. Deeply shaken, Green continued to reaffirm and grow closer to his deeply held love for God, and became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis in 1976.

The title of Al Green’s latest album Lay It Down released May,2008, truly tells it like it is. Conceived as a collaboration between the soul legend and a handful of gifted young admirers from the worlds of contemporary r&b and hip hop, the album is drawn from a series of inspired sessions that yielded the most high-spirited, funky and often lushly romantic songs of Green’s latter-day career.

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Top Tracks

1	Let's Stay Together full track	4,496
2	Tired of Being Alone full track	2,025
3	Love And Happiness full track	1,803
4	I'm Still in Love With You full track	1,033
5	Here I Am (Come and Take Me) full track	933
6	Take Me to the River full track	897
7	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart full track	729
8	You Ought to Be With Me full track	723
9	I Can't Get Next To You full track	639
10	Call Me (Come Back Home) full track	621
11	Look What You Done for Me full track	617
12	Simply Beautiful full track	421
13	Let's Get Married full track	418
14	L-O-V-E (Love) full track	401
15	Full of Fire full track	380

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trueiopian wrote:
Saturday morning

OH I love you Al. I'm so in love with you :-D

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whitewashasian wrote:
8 days ago

Mmm, oh Al...

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Saturnlane wrote:
11 days ago

Come and join www.last.fm/group/Soul-Funk-Blues-Jazz+and+Psychedelic+Grooves and groove to the music of the soul.

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optimistic_tour wrote:
12 days ago

i totally fuckin love this new pic

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FORRRCE wrote:
last month

DON'T FAKE DA FUNK U GOTTA KEEP IT GOING, AND AL AND WILLIE GOT IT GOING ON IT'S SOFT AND BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S STILL GOT THAT MEMPHIS FUNK......... HOLLA

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kuaji wrote:
last month

Love EVERY Single track - but standing in the rain, the last track with the Otis Redding horn sounds....ooooh wee!! smoking....

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Andrew2119 wrote:
last month

Definitely, "You've Got the Love I Need" and "What More Do You Want From Me" especially.

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indigo916 wrote:
last month

The new album is amazing....

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MessyMess wrote:
last month

secksay piccie..

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storvikarn wrote:
last month

Join: For Those Who Probably Will Die While Listening To Music Group.

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affray wrote:
last month

JOIN Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club!

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only1onea wrote:
last month

I love Al Green! My favorite songs' "i'm still in love with you". This is soul. The feeling of soul music is when your heart and all of your feelings are so very vivid that everyone can see them and Al Green was definitely one man that did that.

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EmpressEricka wrote:
last month

you all need to hear the new album.

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imprecisely wrote:
last month

I'm completely in love with this man.

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Mohamo wrote:
August 2008

Argh - Let's Stay Together is no longer streamable, and I had that added to my playlist just so I could skip the other tracks and spam it to my heart's fulfilment :P

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moorct61 wrote:
August 2008

this guy better be at my wedding

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deadhippie61 wrote:
August 2008

I like green better hands

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elmonjepintor wrote:
August 2008

¿Nadie habla español por aquí...? Al Green un favorito de todas las épocas. Canta como gato en celo.

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XguiltparadeX wrote:
August 2008

uhm, it's hard to choose between gaye and green..but I'm going for Gaye. but dont get me wrong, I have big respect for Green too and I like his vocals too.

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inhmn wrote:
August 2008

i thought no one can beat Marvin Gaye ...well i was wrong :D

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