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Vocalist
The Resume
(April 13, 1946- )
Birth Name Albert Greene Jr.
Recorded the hits 'Call Me' and 'Lets Stay Together' (1972)
Recorded with Annie Lennox 'Put a Little Love in Your Heart' (1988).
Sold over 40 million albums worldwide
Nine time Grammy award winner
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995
Musical guest on Saturday Night Live (1986)
Why he might be annoying
His ex-girlfriend (Mary Woodson) broke into his home while he was taking a bath. She poured boiling grits on him, causing second degree burns to his stomach, back and arm. Mary Woodson then committed suicide by shooting herself (October 1974).
After the incident, he found God and became a Reverend at a Memphis Tennessee Church.
He used to be a drug addict.
His autobiography talks about a hooker named Juanita that he hooked up with in Michigan.
He fell off the stage during a concert in Cincinnati Ohio (1979).
His family kicked him out of their gospel band when they caught him listening to a Jackie Wilson record (1964).
Why he might not be annoying
He began performing at nine in his father's musical group called the 'Green Brothers.'
In 1976, he bought a church in Memphis and had become a pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle.
In high school, he was in a band called 'Al Green and the Creations.'
Tina Turner remade his smash hit 'Lets Stay Together.'
'Lets Stay Together' was number one for nine weeks the R&B charts and the pop charts.
Credit: My Niece Alyse
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