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Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a British singer, songwriter and musician. He has received six Grammy Awards, the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016 he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.
Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns' death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him three sessions to record Astral Weeks (1968). Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially a poor seller; Moondance (1970), however, established Morrison as a major artist, and he built on his reputation throughout the 1970s with a series of acclaimed albums and live performances. Morrison continues to record and tour, producing albums and live performances that sell well and are generally warmly received, sometimes collaborating with other artists, such as Georgie Fame and the Chieftains. In 2008 he performed Astral Weeks live for the first time since 1968.
Van Morrison: No Surrender is a biography of musician Van Morrison, written by Johnny Rogan. It was first published in 2005 by Secker & Warburg, and another edition was published by Vintage Books in 2006. Rogan interviewed musicians and friends of Morrison, and spent 20 years researching the book and four years writing it. The book is comprehensive, and goes into detail about multiple facets of Morrison's life. Rogan recounts Morrison's youth in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and how early experiences there informed his music. He discusses how Morrison joined various bands before experiencing success with Them. Morrison later signed a contract with Bert Berns and moved to New York, where he became quite popular after recording "Brown Eyed Girl" and albums Astral Weeks and Moondance. Rogan comments on Morrison's exploration of spirituality, and describes how these experiences influenced his musical work. The biography discusses Morrison's move to Britain and then Dublin, and his relationship with model Michelle Rocca.
Coordinates: 51°30′35″N 0°03′28″W / 51.5097°N 0.0579°W / 51.5097; -0.0579
The Highway, formerly known as the Ratcliffe Highway, is a road in the East End of London.
The route dates back to Roman times. In the 19th century it had a notorious reputation for vice and crime and was the location of the infamous Ratcliff Highway murders. The name 'Ratcliffe' literally means 'red cliff', referring to the red sandstone cliffs which descended from the plateau on which the road was situated down to the Wapping Marshes to the south.
The Highway runs west-east from the eastern edge of London's financial district, the City of London, to Limehouse. It runs parallel to and south of Commercial Road, the Docklands Light Railway and Cable Street. It connects East Smithfield and the Limehouse Link tunnel.
The road forms an unofficial boundary of Wapping, which lies between the River Thames and The Highway. It is also close to Shadwell Basin to the southeast, Tower Hill to the west, and Whitechapel and Stepney to the north.
The Big Road (Chinese: 大路; pinyin: Dàlù), also known as The Highway, is a 1934 Chinese film directed by Sun Yu and starring Jin Yan and Li Lili. It is a silent film but with music and sound effects added post-production. The film deals with a group of workers who are constructing a highway for use in the war against the Japanese.
The Big Road features the brief full-frontal nudity of a group of young men skinny-dipping in a river, while being observed by two women, a scene described as "very advanced for the time".
The Big Road was named the 30th greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2004.
Six cheerful young men work hard during the Second Sino-Japanese War constructing a highway which will enable the Chinese army to send men and logistics to the frontline against the Japanese. Deputy Hu, a hanjian, initially tries to bribe them, but later locks them up in a cell when they refuse to halt the construction and flee. Two girls from a local eating house who befriend them manages to rescue them, but one of the six men died in the process. The workers finish the highway on time, but end up sacrificing their lives after being gunned down by Japanese fighter aircraft once their work is completed.
The Highway is the third studio album from recording artist Holly Williams. Release on February 5, 2013, the album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
Hard Nose the Highway is the seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The album contains the single "Warm Love," a fan favourite.
It is his first solo album to contain songs not written by Morrison. A cover version of the song "Bein' Green", usually associated with Kermit the Frog, is included, and a take of the traditional song "Purple Heather".
Recorded during a series of prolific recording sessions, there was more than enough material to fill a double-album. Morrison proposed the idea to Warner Bros. Records, but he was ultimately convinced to release a single LP. During the recording sessions held between August and November 1972, there were nearly thirty songs recorded in all, at least three quarters of them original compositions. A few leftover tracks were saved or re-recorded for future albums like Veedon Fleece, but most would not see release until 1998's compilation of outtakes, The Philosopher's Stone, when nine of the songs would be used. Biographer Clinton Heylin suggested that "only 'Warm Love' and 'Hard Nose the Highway' could have sat comfortably alongside 'rejects' like 'Madame Joy', 'Bulbs', 'Spare Me a Little', 'Country Fair', 'Contemplation Rose' and 'Drumshanbo Hustle'."
Watch the official music video for "Days Like These" by Van Morrison Listen to Van Morrison: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Van Morrison YouTube channel: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more Van Morrison videos: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Van Morrison: Facebook: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Lyrics: When it's not always raining There'll be days like this When there's no one complaining There'll be days like this When everything falls into place Like the flick of a switch Well my mama tol...
Listen to the new track "Bring It On Home To Me" now from the forthcoming album "Rolling With The Punches" that is out 22nd September 2017. Pre-Order All retail: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/RollWithThePunchesID Official Artist store / Merch GOLD Vinyl: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/RollWithThePunchesID/officialartiststore iTunes: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/RollWithThePunchesID/itunes HMV: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/RollWithThePunchesID/hmv Google Play: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/RollWithThePunchesID/google-play Amazon: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/RollWithThePunchesID/amazon Listen: Spotify https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/BringItOnHomeToMeID/spotify Apple https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/BringItOnHomeToMeID/applemusic Deezer https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/BringItOnHomeToMeID/deezer Music video by Van ...
Official Audio for "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison Listen to Van Morrison: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Van Morrison YouTube channel: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more Van Morrison videos: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Van Morrison: Facebook: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Ask your voice device to play Van Morrison! #VanMorrison #BrownEyedGirl #BlowinYourMind Chorus: Do you remember when we used to sing Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da Just like that Sha la la la la la la la...
"Have I Told You Lately" by Van Morrison Listen to Van Morrison: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Van Morrison YouTube channel: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more Van Morrison videos: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Van Morrison: Facebook: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Lyrics: Have I told you lately that I love you? Have I told you there's no one above you? You fill my heart with gladness And you take away my sadness You ease my troubles, that's what you do #VanMorrison #HaveIToldYouLately #O...
"Someone Like You" by Van Morrison Listen to Van Morrison: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Van Morrison YouTube channel: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more Van Morrison videos: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Van Morrison: Facebook: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Lyrics: Someone like you Will make it all worthwhile Someone like you Keep me satisfied Someone exactly like you #VanMorrison #SomeoneLikeYou #OfficialAudio #PoeticChampionsCompose #Rock
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"Bright Side of the Road" by Van Morrison Listen to Van Morrison: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Van Morrison YouTube channel: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more Van Morrison videos: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Van Morrison: Facebook: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/subscribeYD #VanMorrison #BrightSideOfTheRoad #OfficialAudio #IntoTheMusic #Rock Lyrics: On the dark end of the street (on the dark end of the street) To the bright side of the road (to the bright side of the road) Little darling come alo...
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Albert on the Road; Musik: Van Morrison - Moondance, Moondance (1970)
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a British singer, songwriter and musician. He has received six Grammy Awards, the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016 he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.
Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns' death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him three sessions to record Astral Weeks (1968). Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially a poor seller; Moondance (1970), however, established Morrison as a major artist, and he built on his reputation throughout the 1970s with a series of acclaimed albums and live performances. Morrison continues to record and tour, producing albums and live performances that sell well and are generally warmly received, sometimes collaborating with other artists, such as Georgie Fame and the Chieftains. In 2008 he performed Astral Weeks live for the first time since 1968.
Send me your picture
Send me your pillow
Send it through Krishna
On the Vanlose Stairway
Send me your bible
Send me your Gita
I want to reach you
On the Vanlose Stairway
And your stairway
Reaches up to the moon
And it comes right back
It comes right back to you
Send me some loving
Send me some kissing
You know what I'm missing
On the Vanlose Stairway
On the Vanlose Stairway
Right there, hold it
And your stairway
Reaches up to the moon
And it comes right back
And it comes right back to you