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Al Green
Solo artist Forrest City United States US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer
Al Green is an artist from Forrest City. Al Green has 54 chart appearances on 27 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Let's Stay Together”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted Al Green most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 12 appearances.
Al Green was born Albert Leornes Greene in Forrest City in 1946, and in the early '70s he sang soul music as if he were whispering a secret into your ear and then couldn't help shouting it from the rooftop. The magic happened in Memphis, where producer and arranger Willie Mitchell and the Hi Rhythm Section wrapped his voice in a warm, understated groove that never crowded him, and together they cut the records that made his name.
"Tired of Being Alone", from Gets Next to You in 1971, got it started. Then came 1972 and the one everyone knows, "Let's Stay Together", followed in the same year by I'm Still in Love With You, with its title track and the slow-burning "Love and Happiness". Call Me in 1973 kept the streak going with "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" and "Call Me (Come Back Home)", and "Take Me to the River" arrived in 1974.
In the '80s he became an ordained pastor and turned to gospel, and he has since collected 11 Grammys, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honors, and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame from 1995.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Al Green on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's Stay Together | 18 | #9 | – | – | |
| 2 | Take Me To The River | 7 | #290 | – | – | |
| 3 | Love and Happiness | 8 | #36 | – | – | |
| 4 | Tired Of Being Alone | 7 | #142 | – | – | |
| 5 | Look What You've Done For Me | 1 | #517 | – | – | |
| 6 | Here I Am (Come And Take Me) | 2 | #530 | – | – | |
| 7 | I'm Still In Love With You | 2 | #608 | – | – | |
| 8 | Let's Get Married | 1 | #1338 | – | – | |
| 9 | Perfect Day | 1 | #656 | – | – | |
| 10 | Belle | 2 | #774 | – | – | |
| 11 | Call Me | 1 | #1616 | – | – | |
| 12 | Call Me (Come Back Home) | 2 | #806 | – | – | |
| 13 | Everybody Hurts | 1 | #882 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Al Green as a guest.
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