Al Green

Al Green is a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Kennedy Center honoree, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, renowned for his influential soul music and gospel recordings. After recording the R&B chart hit ‘Back Up Train’ with Al Greene & the Soul Mates in 1966, Al Green signed with Memphis record producer Willie Mitchell and Hi Records in 1969, initiating a prolific run of soul music success. His label debut, ‘Green Is Blues’ (1969), was followed by ‘Al Green Gets Next to You’ (1971), featuring his breakthrough single, ‘Tired of Being Alone,’ a million-selling, RIAA gold-certified hit. In 1972, Green released the seminal album ‘Let’s Stay Together,’ with its title track soaring to number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts, achieving gold album certification.

His enduring legacy was further solidified in 2023 when Rolling Stone ranked him No. 10 on its updated list of ‘200 Greatest Singers of All Time.’ An 11-time Grammy Award winner, including the distinguished Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Al Green remains a celebrated icon whose influential career spans decades across soul and gospel music.