The Best Of Van Morrison Volume 3
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (generally known as Van Morrison or Van… Read Full Bio ↴Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (generally known as Van Morrison or Van The Man) (born 31 August 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning artist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's a singer, songwriter, author, poet, and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since 1958. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl - a unique mix of folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences - Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the history of rock and roll. He has received numerous music awards during his career, including six Grammy Awards (1996–2007); inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (January 1993), the Songwriters Hall of Fame (June 2003), and the Irish Music Hall of Fame (September 1999); and a Brit Award (February 1994).

Known as "Van the Man" by his fans, Morrison first rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Northern Irish band Them, writing their 1964 hit "Gloria". A few years later, Morrison left the band for a successful solo career, starting with the album Astral Weeks.

Morrison has pursued an idiosyncratic musical path. Much of his music is tightly structured around the conventions of American soul and R&B, such as the popular singles "Brown Eyed Girl", "Moondance", "Domino", and "Wild Night". An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, loosely connected, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz, and stream-of-consciousness narrative, such as his classic album Astral Weeks and lesser known works such as Veedon Fleece and Common One. The two strains together are sometimes referred to as "Celtic Soul," and Morrison rejects the characterization of his genre of music as Rock, citing Elvis Presley as a non-influence.

He continues to perform regularly and achieved his highest U.S. chart position (number ten on the Billboard 200) with his 2008 album, Keep It Simple.
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The Best Of Van Morrison Volume 3
Van Morrison Lyrics


Ancient Highway There's a small cafe on the outskirts of town I'll be…
Back On Top You came to see me when the moon was new Saw…
Benediction My message this evenin' Is simple indeed Wherever you wander…
Blue And Green Blue and green Wrote my song in blue and green Blue and…
Crazy Love I can hear her heart beat from a thousand miles Yeah,…
Cry for Home I'll be waiting I'll be waiting on that shore To hear the…
Days Like This When it's not always raining there'll be days like this When…
Early in the Morning Early in the morning and I can't get right Had a…
Georgia On My Mind Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Gloria Like to tell you 'bout my baby You know she comes…
Hey Mr. DJ Listen Mr. DJ Won't you play me something slow Play me the…
I Don't Want To Go On Without You I don′t want to Live on without you It's so sad to…
Little Village Little village baby, ain't large enough to be a town From…
Once In A Blue Moon Once in a blue moon Something good comes along Once in a…
Precious Time Precious time is slipping away But you're only king for a…
Raincheck It's not high finance, it's called heart and soul If it's…
Shenandoah Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you Look away, you rollin'…
Sitting On Top Of The World You come here running Holding out your hand I'm gonna get me…
Steal My Heart Away I can hear the sound of violins I can hear the…
Stranded I'm stranded at the edge of the world It's a world…
The Healing Game The Healing Game Here I am again Back on the corner again Ba…
Too Long In Exile Too long in exile Too long not singing my song Too long…
Tupelo Honey You can take all the tea in China Put it in…
When the Leaves Come Falling Down When the Leaves Come Falling Down I saw you standing with…


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