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Biography

The Reverend Al Green is a superstar in both the secular rhythm & blues and sacred gospel genres, scoring many hits and reaping numerous…more

Born

4/13/1946, Forrest City, Arkansas, USA

Birth Name

Albert Greene

Gender

Male

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Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 127 Show #2934
    6/5/08
  - S 13: Ep 35 Show #2448
    10/21/05
  - S 12: Ep 114 Show #2333
    3/14/05
  - S 11: Ep 78 Show #2109
    1/19/04
  - S 9: Ep 151 Show #1806
    5/14/02
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 79 Show #4490
    3/4/92
  - S 29: Ep 110 Show #4340
    5/3/91
  - S 28: Ep 156 Show #4201
    8/3/90
  - S 28: Ep 119 Show #4164
    5/18/90
  - S 28: Ep 33 Show #4078
    12/8/89
  - + 1 More Credits
- Soul Train
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 23 Al Green / Evelyn "Champagne" King
    5/17/86
  - S 13: Ep 4 Al Green/ Planet Patrol
    11/5/83
  - S 2: Ep 37 The Best of Soul Train (1972-73 season)
    8/11/73
- Soul Train
  himself
  - S 11: Ep 27 Al Green/ Third World
    6/5/82
  - S 10: Ep 13 Al Green / The Dells
    1/10/81
  - S 6: Ep 31 Al Green/ Fatback Band
    3/19/77
  - S 4: Ep 29 Al Green
    4/5/75
  - S 3: Ep 39 The Best of Soul Train
    7/20/74
  - + 4 More Credits
Guest Star (26)

Role
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 21 Tom Hardy, Al Green, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Matthew, Morrison, Scissor Sisters.
    6/18/10
- The Grammy Awards
  Himself
  - S 51: Ep 1 The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
    2/8/09
- Later... with Jools Holland
  Himself
  - S 33: Ep 8 Series 33, Show 8
    11/7/08
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 62 Pat Williams, Rev. El Green
    4/12/05
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Musical Performer
  - S 2: Ep 138 Cynthia Nixon/John Spencer/Al Green
    4/6/05
  - S 1: Ep 73 Uma Thurman/Steve Harris/Al Green
    12/19/03
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 184 Show #2905
    4/4/05
  - S 12: Ep 103 Show #2599
    11/20/03
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 37 Rev. Al Green
    3/16/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Musical Performer
  - S 11: Ep 74 Damon Wayans, Paulie Litt, Al Green
    2/24/04
- Ally McBeal
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 3 Seeing Green
    11/8/99
  - S 2: Ep 23 I Know Him By Heart
    5/24/99
  - S 2: Ep 22 Love's Illusions
    5/17/99
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
  - S 11: Ep 8 Dudley Moore/Al Green
    1/25/86
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 42 Show #42
    8/9/96
- New York Undercover
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Finals
    11/16/95
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 35 Show #1619
    4/22/92
  - S 8: Ep 55 Show #1140
    5/10/89
  - S 8: Ep 4 7th Anniversary Special
    2/2/89
  - S 6: Ep 53 Show #0875 (870526)
    5/26/87
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 49 November 20, 1991
    11/20/91
  - S 1: Ep 99 May 19, 1989
    5/19/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 151 August 24, 1989
    8/24/89
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 140 April 13, 1978
    4/13/78
  - S 2: Ep 93 January 29, 1976
    1/29/76
  - S 1: Ep 91 March 11, 1975
    3/11/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 168 April 28, 1977
    4/28/77
  - S 14: Ep 175 May 7, 1976
    5/7/76
  - S 13: Ep 154 April 17, 1975
    4/17/75
  - S 12: Ep 98 January 16, 1974
    1/16/74
  - S 11: Ep 206 June 19, 1973
    6/19/73
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 19 September 30, 1976
    9/30/76
  - S 13: Ep 84 January 9, 1976
    1/9/76
- The Midnight Special
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 10 Host: Bobby Vinton
    11/29/74
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, host
  - S 3: Ep 2 Host: Al Green
    10/4/74
  - S 1: Ep 28 Host: Al Green
    8/3/73
- The Midnight Special
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 17 Million Sellers hosted by Wolfman Jack
    1/4/74
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 11: Ep 120 Week of February 19, 1973
    2/19/73
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 180 June 19, 1972
    6/19/72
  - S 6: Ep 169 June 1, 1972
    6/1/72
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 191 June 13, 1972
    6/13/72
- American Bandstand
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 30 Al Green / Dennis Coffey
    4/29/72
  - S 15: Ep 7 Al Green
    10/23/71
- Soul Train
  Guest

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- Al won his ninth Grammy in 1994, for singing in a duet with Lyle Lovett.
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- In 2000, Al published a book titled Take Me to the River, named after his hit song, which described his career up to that year.
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- On January 12, 1995, Al Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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- Al: If I could live my life all over I'd do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there's no way, lord, to leave this love behind.
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- Al: The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me--a little ministry called love and happiness.
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- Al: Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He broke the ice for all of us.
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