- Born
- Birth nameAlbert Greene
- Nickname
- The Bishop of the Full Gospel Tabernacle
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Al Green was born on April 13, 1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Scrooged (1988), Hellboy (2004) and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). He was previously married to Shirley Kyles.
- SpouseShirley Kyles(June 17, 1977 - January 1983) (divorced, 3 children)
- He was voted the 65th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
- 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.
- While he was showering in his Memphis home in October 1974, his ex-girlfriend Mary Woodson burst in and poured boiling grits over him and proceeded to turn a gun on herself. Green himself was hospitalized with second-degree burns.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
- 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.
- I know why I wrote those songs. I was a fornicator, an adulterer. The celestial will not mix with the terrestrial.
- Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He broke the ice for all of us.
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