Al Green (born April 13, 1946) is an American singer and songwriter celebrated for one of the most recognizable voices in soul music—warm, elastic, and effortlessly expressive. His early‑1970s run of records with producer Willie Mitchell at Hi Records helped define modern Southern soul, and his later work as a pastor anchored a major gospel chapter in his career.
Al Green’s classic singles are built on a deceptively simple formula: a gentle, hypnotic rhythm section; crisp horns; church‑bred call‑and‑response; and a vocal that can whisper, soar, and testify in the same verse.
After a major personal turning point in the mid‑1970s, Green devoted much of his work to gospel music and ministry while continuing to influence soul and R&B singers for decades.
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