- Aliases
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The Reverend Al Green
- Real name
- Albert Leornes Greene
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00012614624 2 works
00055306003 29 works
00141754583 21 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Soul singer associated with the Memphis sound as opposed to the Motown sound. After suffering third degree burns when his girlfriend threw boiling grits on him while he was in the bathroom and then killed herself, Green devoted himself to his Christian faith. Green became a minister and for many years turned away from secular music, although he ultimately recommenced singing secular songs mixed with gospel songs.
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