Friday March 26, 2021 “Real Real Gone” Van Morrison
We have featured Van Morrison earlier but it wasn’t “Real Real Gone” however song of the dayer Kate sent this in as a suggestion for ‘best of’ saying you can’t listen to this and not smile. So let’s give it a listen and see if we smile, I’m betting we will.
Equal parts blue-eyed soul singer and wild-eyed poet, Van Morrison is among music's true innovators. Born in Belfast, Ireland, George Ivan Morrison's musical career covers such a wide variety of genres that he is difficult to label. He has written and performed some of rock music's most enduring standards, including "Gloria," "Brown Eyed Girl" (originally written as “Brown Skinned Girl”) and "Moondance," and is a member of both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Morrison’s first solo album/CD was produced by Bert Berns, a man you probably have never heard of because he died at the very young age of 38 but before he passed he wrote and produced songs like “Twist & Shout”, “A Little Bit of Soap”, “Here Comes the Night”, “I Want Candy”, “Cry Baby”, “Piece of My Heart” and “Hang on Sloopy” among many other hit tunes.
Stay safe and well...and see if you can catch all five of the singers that Van Morrison name checks in this tune.