Al Green

Al Green is a soul and gospel musician responsible for such soul classics as "Love and Happiness", Let's Stay Together" and "Belle". Green's autobiography "Take Me To The River" and a hit collection by the same name, were released in 2000. Publishers Weekly said "Labeled by many as the last great soul man, Green writes with modesty and with great spirit about his career".

By 1969, Green, in close collaboration with producer Willie Mitchell, had begun a solo career, releasing his debut album "Green Is Blues". Green's 1970 follow-up album "Al Green Gets Next To You" went gold. The 1973 album "Call Me" contained three Top 10 singles. In 1974, Green found God and became a preacher at the Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Memphis, Tennessee where he still preaches to this day. Though he released three more albums for Hi Records, the label which "discovered him" Al became weary of the music industry and founded his own studio, American Music, in 1977. His next two albums, "The Belle Album" (1977) and "Truth and Time" (1978) were self-produced by Green.

By 1995, Green had made a full comeback to secular music, moving to BMG Records and releasing the long-awaited soul, full-length, "Your Heart's In Good Hands". In that same year, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.