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Al GreenAdd to My CelebsAge 66 Birthday Apr. 13th, 1946 Born in Forrest City, Arkansas, USA Height 5' 10 1/2" |
Al Green's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2001 - On the Line1994 - Beverly Hills Cop III 1969 - Putney Swope |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
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TRIVIA:
- During a 1979 concert in Cincinnati, fell off the stage and narrowly escaped serious injury. Considering the incident a warning from God, he has devoted himself to the ministry since.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God."
- He was voted the 65th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
- In the second half of the 1950s he and his three brothers formed a gospel vocal quartet called the Greene Brothers. Al's father dismissed him from the group in 1960 after catching him listening to what he called the "profane music" of Jackie Wilson.
- While showering in his Memphis home in October 1974, his ex-girlfriend Mary Woodson burst in and poured boiling hot grits over him and then turned a gun on herself. Green was hospitalised with second-degree burns.
- His recording of 'Let's Stay Together' (Hi 2202) was the biggest R&B hit of the 1970's, spending nine weeks at #1 on Billboard. The song also topped Billboard's 'Hot 100' pop charts in 1972.
- First British top ten hit was "Tired of Being Alone" (1971).
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
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