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Al Green
Al Green is a r&b artist from Arkansas, USA formed in 1956. 52 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Arkansas, USA · Best r&b albums
- 4.0 /5
- 10 ratings
- 52
- Releases
- 1967–2026
- Active years
- 1956
- Formed
Discography
45
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Let's Stay Together
1972 · 9 tracks
Call Me
1973
Greatest Hits
1975
Tokyo Live
1995
Full of Fire
1976
Feels Like Christmas
2005
Greatest Hits: The Best of Al Green
2014
I'm Still in Love With You
1972
The Belle Album
1977
Livin' for You
1973
Back Up Train
1967
Have a Good Time
1976
Al Green Is Love
1975
The Lord Will Make a Way
1980
Give Me More Love
2021
Soul! (Live '73)
2021
The Hi Records Singles Collection
2018
Truth N' Time
2016
Trust in God
2015
I'll Rise Again
2015
Precious Lord
2015
Higher Plane
2015
Tired of Being Alone
2014
The Love Songs Collection
2013
Love Ritual
2010
Lay It Down
2008
Love Is Reality
2007
... And The Message Is Love - The Best Of Al Green
2006
Everything's OK
2005
I Can't Stop
2003
Testify: The Best Of The A&M Years
2001
- The Gospel Collection
The Gospel Collection
2001
The Very Best of Al Green
2001
Listen: The Rarities
2000
Al Green Explores Your Mind
1999
Gets Next to You
1999
Al Green Is Blues
1999
Don't Look Back
1993
You Say It! Raw! Rare! And Unreleased!
1990
Rare & Unissued Hi Recordings
1989
I Get Joy
1989
Let's Stay Together / I'm Still in Love With You
1986
He Is the Light
1985
Compact Command Performances: 14 Greatest Hits
1984
Al Green Gets Next to You
1971
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7
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2
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About
Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together". In 2005, Rolling Stone named him #66 in their list of the '100 Greatest Artists of All Time'. The nomination stated that "people are born to do certain things, and Al was born to make us smile." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Green in 1995, referring to him as "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music." Green has sold more than 20 million records. Green was born in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was the sixth of ten children born to Robert and Cora Greene. The son of a sharecropper, he started performing at age ten in a Forrest City quartet called the Greene Brothers; he dropped the final "E" from his last name years later as a solo artist. They toured extensively in the mid-1950s in the South until the Greenes moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, when they began to tour around Michigan. His father kicked him out of the group because he caught Green listening to Jackie Wilson.
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Green formed a group called Al Greene & the Creations in high school. Curtis Rogers and Palmer James, two members of the Creations, formed an independent label called Hot Line Music Journal. In 1967, under the new name Al Greene & the Soul Mates, the band recorded "Back Up Train" and released it on Hot Line Music; the song was an R&B chart hit. The Soul Mates' subsequent singles did not sell as well. Al Green's debut LP Back Up Train was released on Hot Line in 1967. The album was upbeat and soulful but didn't do well in sales. This was the only album on the Hot Line label. Green came into contact with band leader Willie Mitchell of Memphis' Hi Records in 1969, when Mitchell hired him as a vocalist for a Texas show with Mitchell's band and then asked him to sign with the label.
Al Green in brief
- How many Al Green releases are on Riffiter?
- 52 releases are catalogued, spanning 1967 to 2026.
- When was Al Green formed?
- Al Green formed in 1956, in Arkansas, USA.
- What genre is Al Green?
- Al Green is catalogued under R&B.
- What is the most recent Al Green release on Riffiter?
- To Love Somebody, released in 2026.