Question: Goin' Down Geneva was written by a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, who was knighted in 2016, and was born on August 31st of what year?

Context articles: Irish Heartbeat (song)
Wayne Hoffman
31st Field Artillery Regiment
Irish Heartbeat
Van Morrison: The Concert
31st station
Van Morrison
Goin' Down Geneva
The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3
11th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)

"Irish Heartbeat" is a popular song that was first recorded on Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison's 1983 album "Inarticulate Speech of the Heart".
 A remake with The Chieftains was also included on Morrison's 1988 album, "Irish Heartbeat".
Wayne Hoffman (born November 20, 1981) is an American mentalist, illusionist, and motivational speaker.
 He appeared on several national and international television shows and tours the country with his show "Mind Candy" He appeared on this season of America's Got Talent, season 10 (2015) and also appeared in their TV commercial.
 He appeared on NBC's television show Phenomenon on October 31, 2007.
 He was a co-host of The A-List on Discovery's Animal Planet.
 He was also a guest on CNN's television talk show "Glenn Beck" on March 25, 2008.
 He appeared as a guest on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" on April 13, 2009.
 On May 4, 2012 he appeared in a short movie entitled "Epic School Battle" with Steven Tyler and KISS He also appeared on CBS's Excused on October 30, 2012.
 He also appeared on Beverly Hills Pawn on June 12, 2013.
 Wayne Hoffman was also an expert guest on The Numbers Game on The National geographic Channel on March 31, 2014 Wayne successfully fooled Penn & Teller on their show Fool Us on the CW network on August 31st, 2016.
 He subsequently performed onstage with Penn & Teller at the Rio Hotel and casino on September 25th 2016.
The 31st Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first Constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA).
 The 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery was constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 31st Field Artillery and assigned to the 11th Division.
 It was organized at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland 6 August 1918 but relieved thereafter from its assignment to the 11th Division on 30 September 1918.
 The unit demobilized 9 December 1918 at Camp George G. Meade, Maryland.
Irish Heartbeat is the eighteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and is a collaboration with the traditional Irish musical group the Chieftains, released in 1988.
 It was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin, Ireland, and reached number 18 in the UK album charts.
Van Morrison: The Concert is the second video released by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, first released in 1990.
 Recorded in New York City the previous year, the concert featured two special guests and long-time friends Mose Allison and John Lee Hooker, each of whom performed some of their own songs.
 This video mainly consisted of Morrison's work from his last two albums; including four songs from both "Avalon Sunset" and "Irish Heartbeat".
 The video also features jazz singer Georgie Fame on Hammond organ.
 Some reviewers have stated that Van Morrison was not in best shape during the concert, his voice was probably strained by a cold.
31st was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's South Side Main Line, which is now part of the Green Line.
 The station was located at 31st Street near State Street in the Douglas neighborhood of Chicago.
 31st was situated south of 29th and north of 33rd.
 31st opened on June 6, 1892, and closed on August 1, 1949.
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and producer.
 In 2016, he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.
"Goin' Down Geneva" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and is the opening track on his 1999 album, "Back on Top".
The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, that was released on 11 June 2007 in the UK with a digital version released in the U.S. on iTunes Store, on 12 June 2007.
 Manhattan/EMI Music Catalog Marketing released the CD version of the album on 19 June 2007 in the United States.
 This new two-disc collection of 31 tracks has been compiled by Morrison himself.
 It offers an overview of his large volume of material since the release of "The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two" in 1993.
 The album's thirty-one tracks include previously unreleased collaborations with Tom Jones ("Cry For Home") and Bobby Bland ("Tupelo Honey") as well as duets with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Ray Charles.
 The 2003 duet with Ray Charles is "Crazy Love" a song originally recorded on Morrison's 1970 album "Moondance".
 "Blue and Green" was previously donated to be used on the charity album "", which raised money for relief efforts intended for Gulf Coast victims devastated by hurricane Katrina.
 The duet with Tom Jones, "Cry For Home" was taken from the same recording sessions that produced the "Sometimes We Cry" duet between the two artists, which featured on Jones' successful album "Reload".
 "Cry for Home" was released as a single on 4 June 2007 in the UK, and was followed by "Blue and Green" on 27 August.
The 11th Mechanized Corps was formed from March to September 1932 from the 11th Rifle Division in Leningrad, one of the first two Red Army mechanized corps.
 The corps was commanded by division commander Komkor Kasyan Chaykovsky and its chief of staff was Mikhail Bakshi.
 The 31st Mechanized Brigade was formed from the 32nd Rifle Regiment named for Volodarsky, the 32nd Mechanized Brigade from the 33rd Rifle Regiment named for Voskov, the 33rd Rifle and Machine Gun Brigade from the 31st Rifle Regiment named for Uritsky.
 The 31st Brigade was equipped with the T-26 and the 32nd Brigade was equipped with the BT-2.
 The corps at the time had a total of 220 tanks.
 On 1 January 1933 the 83rd Aviation Group was attached the corps, and was later reformed into the Motor-Mechanized Squadron.
 By March of that year the brigades were based in Tsarskoye Selo, Slutsk, and Stary Peterhof, while the corps headquarters and rear units were still in Leningrad.
 In December, the 32nd Brigade's 1st Tank Battalion was transferred to the 6th Mechanized Brigade in the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army.
 On 16 January 1934 the corps received the honorific "Leningrad", the 31st Brigade received the honorific "named for Uritsky", the 32nd Brigade the honorific "named for Volodarsky", and the 33rd Brigade the honorific "named for Voskov".