Composer and performer of the ultimate British rock standard, "Gloria", with the
band Them, Van Morrison (Ivan George Morrison, born in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, on August 31, 1945) has been building a unique career since 1967,
blending the influences of jazz, rhythm'n'blues, Celtic music, blues, soul and
rock. He recorded a number of landmark albums, including Astral Weeks (1968) and
its successor Moondance (1970), and Tupelo Honey (1971), and was honored with a
host of trophies and other awards. One of the pre-eminent artists of the
twentieth century, Van Morrison is considere...