Al Green (musician)

:For the Democratic Congressman from Texas and the former head of the Houston NAACP, please see Al Green.

Return to R&B

After spending several years exclusively performing gospel, Green began to return to R&B. First, he released a duet with Annie Lennox, "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" for Scrooged, a Bill Murray film. His 1994 duet with country music singer Lyle Lovett blended country with R&B, garnering him his ninth Grammy, this time in a pop music category. Green's first secular album in some time was Your Heart's In Good Hands (1995), released to positive reviews but disappointing sales, the same year Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Annie Lennox - Scrooged - Bill Murray - 1994 - Country music - Lyle Lovett - Pop music - Secular - 1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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In 2000, Green published Take Me to the River, a book discussing his career. The Grammys presented Green with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.

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2000 - 2002

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Green released in 2003 a non-religious (secular) album entitled I Can't Stop, his first collaboration with Willie Mitchell since 1985's He is the Light. The next year, Green was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Related Topics:
2003 - 1985 - Gospel Music Association - Gospel Music Hall of Fame

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