Line #23 Music/AlGreen


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3	Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946) is a {{soul}} artist, best known for the hits "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love With You", "Love And Happiness" and his SignatureSong "Let's Stay Together".
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5	Green was raised in a religious household, but when his father caught him listening to Music/JackieWilson, he kicked him out of the house. From the very start, Green was very open to different kinds of genres, including {{gospel music}} like Music/MahaliaJackson, RockAndRoll artists like Music/ElvisPresley as well as soul artists like Music/WilsonPickett and Music/SamCooke. He started recording in the 1960s, first with a band named Al Greene & The Soul Mates, who scored a hit with "Back Up Train" (1967). Since their follow-up singles didn't have the same impact, Green decided to go solo.
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7	In the 1970s, Green became one of the most succesful soul artists of all time. Sadly, a StalkerWithACrush assaulted Green in 1974 and wanted to get married to him, despite already being married herself. She committed suicide as a result, which made Green decide to ordain himself as pastor. He founded the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Memphis in 1976 (and still presides there). His repertoire changed from soul to gospel and became more religiously inspired, too. He scored another hit in 1988 with [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]], covering Jackie [=DeShannon=]'s "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" for the ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' soundtrack.
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9	He is one of the few soul singers to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which happened in 1995. In 2004, he was also entered into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2002, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2010, the song "Let's Stay Together" was inducted in the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically significant."
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11	!!Albums with their own pages on TV Tropes
12	* ''Music/LetsStayTogether'' (1972)
13	* ''Music/CallMe'' (1973)
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15	!! Al Green's work provides examples of:
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17	* AlliterativeTitle: His albums "'''T'''ruth 'n' '''T'''ime" and "'''S'''oul '''S'''urvivor".
18	* ChristmasSongs: He recorded a Christmas album in 1983.
19	* ColorMotif: He made puns on his last name by naming an album "Green Is Blues" and having the lettering on the album covers of ''Music/CallMe'' and ''Music/LetsStayTogether'' be in green typography.
20	* CoverVersion: He covered Music/TheTemptations' "I Can't Get Next Yo You" in a slow blues version, as well as Music/TheBeatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand", Music/TheDoors "Light My Fire", Music/HankWilliams "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", and Music/WillieNelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away". In turn, Green's "Take Me to the River" has received well-known covers by Music/{{Foreigner\|Band}} and Music/TalkingHeads.
21	* CradleOfLoneliness: His first solo hit "Tired Of Being Alone". Also his cover of Music/HankWilliams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry".
22	* GodIsLoveSongs: His gospel material is more Christian inspired, none so personified by the song "Trust in God" (1984).
23	* {{Gospel Music}}: From the 1980s he became a gospel artist.
24	* LetsDuet: "Put A Little Love In Your Heart", with [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]] and "Funny How Time Slips Away" with Music/LyleLovett.
25	* OneWomanSong: "One Woman" takes this trope literally.
26	* ThePowerOfLove: A lot of his songs are about love, including "Love And Happiness", "Let's Stay Together" and "L-O-V-E (Love)".
27	* PunBasedTitle: His second album "Green Is Blues".
28	* {{Soul}}: His 1960s and 1970s work, which is also the genre he is best known for.
29	* QuestioningTitle: "What's It All About?", "Have You Been Making Out O.K.?", "What Is This Feeling?", "Are You Lonely For Me Baby?", "What Am I Gonna Do With Myself?"
30	* ShoutOut: "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" was used in ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' (1988) and "Let's Stay Together" on the CultSoundtrack of ''Film/PulpFiction'' (1994). "So Glad You're Mine" was sampled on Music/KendrickLamar's ''Music/GoodKidMAADCity'' and also referenced in "The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy" from Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}''.
31	* SingerNameDrop: The album titles "Green Is Blues", "Al Green Gets Next To You", "Al Green Explores Your Mind" and "Al Green Is Love" namedrop him.
32	* TrainSong: "Back Up Train"
33	--> ''I'm a lonely man, need a helding hand''
34	--> ''So back this train up, that's all you gotta do now''

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