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Influenced by: Sam Cooke, Otis Redding
Genre: R & B
Biography: Al Green was the first great soul singer of the '70s and arguably the last great Southern soul singer. With his seductive ...
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by Kim Davis
Filed under: Potent Quotables
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"It's pretty gratifying to know that your music has been responsible for [so many] births." --Al Green
The reverend and voice behind such baby-making classics as 'Let's Stay Together' and 'I'm So in Love With You,' mused to Spinner about his role in...Read moreApr 13 2008 4:00AM
by Gaylord Fields
Filed under: Rock Almanac
Spinner.com: On This Date in 1946: Al Green is born Albert Greene in Forrest City, Ark.The Almanac Advises for April 13: "Be extremely careful while handling hot food. Many scalding injuries have occurred during the preparation and serving of heated meals and...Read moreFeb 22 2008 12:00PM
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Spinner.com: "Given enough of it," one Southern newspaper editorialized back during the Cold War, "the inhabitants of planet Earth would have nothing to fight about." What was this magic elixir -- love? Happiness? The answer, weirdly enough, was the humble Waffle...Read moreVideos (12)
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