Van Morrison

] Morrison promoted the album with a short US tour including an appearance at the SXSW music conference. [] [] (Note:This list is accurate as of October 2008)

Van Morrison discography

Awards and Recognition

Grammy Awards:

:* Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, 1996, "Have I Told You Lately" (with The Chieftains):* Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, 1998, "Don't Look Back" (with John Lee Hooker):* Hall of Fame, 1999, "Astral Weeks":* Hall of Fame, 1999, "Moondance":* Hall of Fame, 1999, "Gloria":* Hall of Fame, 2007, "Brown Eyed Girl"

Other recognition:

:* Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1993:* BRIT Award - Outstanding contribution to Music, 1994:* OBE award, by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to music, June 1996:* First Musician inducted into the Irish Music Hall of Fame, 1999:* Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2003:* Honoured as a BMI ICON, October 2004:* Ronnie Scotts Club "Best International Male Singer of 2007" First Inaugural Awards:*Oscar Wilde Award - Irish Contribution to Film, February 2007

ee also

* List of people on stamps of Ireland [cite web |url=http://corkuniversitypress.typepad.com/beautiful_day_40_years_of/2005/07/irish_rock_lege.html |title=Beautiful Day: Irish Rock Legends |publisher=corkuniversitypress|accessdate=2008-09-30]

Notes

References

*Collis, John (1996). "Inarticulate Speech of the Heart", Little Brown and Company, ISBN 0-306-80811-0
*Heylin, Clinton (2003). "Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography", Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7
*Hinton, Brian (1997). "Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison", Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X
*Marcus, Greil. 1992. "Van Morrison." In: "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll." Anthony DeCurtis and James Henke, with Holly George-Warren, eds. (original ed. Jim Miller): pp442-447. New York: Random House, ISBN 978-0-679-73728-5
*Rogan, Johnny (2006). "Van Morrison:No Surrender", London:Vintage Books ISBN 9780099431831
*Rosenthal, Elizabeth. (2001) "His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John", Billboard Books, ISBN 0823088936
*Turner, Steve (1993). "Too Late to Stop Now", Viking Penguin, ISBN 0-670-85147-7
*cite web| title = Van Morrison| work = Peter Wolfe. Rolling Stone Issue 946| publisher = Rolling Stone| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939236/42_van_morrison
*cite web| title = The Immortals: The First Fifty| work = Rolling Stone Issue 946| publisher = Rolling Stone| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty

Further reading

*Dawe, Gerald (2007). "My Mother-City, Belfast":Lagan Press — (Includes section on Van Morrison from previous edition, The Rest is History, Newry:Abbey Press, 1998)
*Yorke, Ritchie (1975). "Into The Music", London:Charisma Books , ISBN 0-85947-013-X

External links

* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/ Official Van Morrison website]
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* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:77d5vwzta9ek~T0 Van Morrison] at allmusic
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vanmorrison Van Morrison] at RollingStone.com/artists
* [http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/van-morrison/ Van Morrison] at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
* [http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C333 Van Morrison] at Songwriters Hall of Fame
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* [http://www.music-city.org/Van-Morrison/discography/ Van Morrison News and Complete Discography]
* [http://ivan.vanomatic.de/ Van Morrison Official Releases and all concert setlists]
* [http://www.michaelmagic.com/pageTogether12.html Photos Session, Van Morrision, 1972] by Michael Maggid
* [http://www.vanmorrisonnews.blogspot.com/ Van Morrison News, Concert Reviews and Concert Dates]

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Morrison, George Ivan (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Musician, singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH=August 31, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH=Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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