Al Green

Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as  Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together". After an incident in which his girlfriend died by suicide, Green became an ordained pastor and turned to gospel music. He later returned to secular music.
==Links to Peel==
Peel would often play Al Green's songs in the early 70's on his programmes and sometimes occasionally in the 80's and 90's. When Al Green was going to perform at Glastonbury in 1999, Peel on a Glastonbury special, broadcast on 26th June 1999, mentioned that it would be wonderful to broadcast Al's performance either on his show or on a Glastonbury type of programme, but this was denied permission by Al Green's team. Peel picked Al Green's big hit, Let's Stay Together, as one of the tracks for the Peelenium 1971.
==Shows Played==
;thumb|220x220px1973
*21 August 1973: What Is This Feeling
;1975
*14 October 1975: The Love Sermon (album - Al Green Is Love) London SHU 8488
;1979
*01 February 1979 (Paul Gambaccini): Belle (7") Hi 
;1980
*07 February 1980: So Tired Of Being Alone (unknown release) 
;1982
*10 May 1982: I've Never Found A Girl
;1983
*14 March 1983: Here I Am, Come And Take Me
*26 December 1983: Let's Stay Together
;1984
*Peel April May 1984: Tired Of Being Alone (12") Cream 12HCS 107
*21 May 1984: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? 
;1985
*17 July 1985: Stand Up (LP - Call Me) London
;1999
*23 June 1999: I'm Still In Love With You (Greatest Hits) Hi
*26 June 1999: Let's Stay Together (JP: 'The Reverend Al Green and he's on the main stage at 3.20 tomorrow afternoon here at Glastonbury and it will be wonderful to be able to play some of his stuff on one of my programmes or your programmes or somewhere on the radio station next week, but alas we were not able to gain permission from his people to do that, whether Al knows this or not, probably who knows')
*11 November 1999: 'Let's Stay Together (LP-Let's Stay Together)' (Hi) (Peelenium 1971)
==See Also==
*Singles Reviews
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists