Al Green

CTL-E-5281 · Person · musician · 1946–present

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Al Green (born Albert Leornes Greene, April 13, 1946, in Forrest City, Arkansas) is an American singer, songwriter, and pastor whose work with producer Willie Mitchell at Memphis’s Hi Records defined early-1970s soul. Raised in a gospel-singing family, later of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Green signed with Hi in 1969; Mitchell coached him away from imitation toward the soft, falsetto-touched voice that became his signature. A run of albums — Al Green Gets Next to You (1971), Let’s Stay Together (1972), I’m Still in Love with You (1972), and Call Me (1973) — produced “Tired of Being Alone,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “I’m Still in Love with You,” and “Love and Happiness,” recorded with the Hi Rhythm Section at Royal Studios. Ordained as a pastor, he turned to gospel in the 1980s, later returning to secular recording. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted him in 1995, calls him “one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music.” He has won 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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• Also known as: Albert Leornes Greene, The Reverend Al Green

Notes

Staged 2026-10-15 under CTL-GOV-006 (Next Slate D2); Gate A: containment sweep surfaced CTL-E-4901 Ja’Mal Green (Chicago activist) on the substring “Green” — adjudicated DISTINCT, no relation. Gate B met (3 sources incl. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). Gate F: target of I’m Still in Love with You authored_by edge. Statistics carried: 11 Grammy Awards incl. Lifetime Achievement (Wikipedia, checked 2026-10-15). Living artist — record confined to documented public-career facts. PHOTO SLOT: HELD — concert photographs of Green circulate on Wikimedia Commons, but no file’s license was verified from Commons metadata at staging; visual pass must verify before any use.

Referenced by

• I’m Still in Love with You — authored by → this record

Sources

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inductee page, “Al Green” — inducted 1995; “one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music” — http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/al-green (primary source)
• Encyclopaedia reference via Wikipedia, “Al Green” — born Albert Leornes Greene, April 13, 1946, Forrest City, Arkansas; partnership with Willie Mitchell and the Hi Rhythm Section; 11 Grammy Awards including Lifetime Achievement — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Green
• BMI News, “Inside Royal Studios with Soul Legend Al Green” — the 1972 albums Let’s Stay Together and I’m Still in Love with You recorded at Royal Studios, Memphis, with producer Willie Mitchell and the Hi-Rhythm Band — https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/inside-royal-studios-with-soul-legend-al-green

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