Van Morrison (born Aug. 31, 1945) is an Irish singer–songwriter, best known for the hits “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Mooondance,” “Domino,” “Wild Night,” and “Jackie Wilson Said.” He first gained prominence as the frontman of Them, a mid-1960s R&B/beat band that rode the British Invasion with tracks like “Gloria” and “Here Comes the Night.” In 1967, […]
Thought experiment: correlate each class of ’77 UK punk/new wave act to their class of ’64 British beat antecedent (or correlate the ’64 beat act to their ’77 doppelganger). I offered ten comparisons for consideration (A–J). Explore the parallels and similarities that distinguished each pair from their respective kin. Class of ’64 vs. Class of […]
Them was an Irish R&B–beat group from Belfast fronted by Van Morrison. Between 1964 and 1966, they released eight singles and the Decca albums The Angry Young Them and Them Again. Their popular songs include “Baby Please Don’t Go,” “Here Comes the Night,” “Mystic Eyes,” and the much-covered “Gloria.” When Morrison launched his solo career, […]
