A romantic soft rock song was censored for containing sexual euphemisms, but its original lyrics were much more divisive for ...

NASHVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 14: Recording Artist Van Morrison performs during the 18th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference at Ascend Amphitheater on September 14, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

Van Morrison's 'Brown Eyed Girl' faced backlash over six words ...

Sir Van Morrison has been filmed singing his best known song Brown Eyed Girl in private only months after he reportedly said he wouldn’t perform it in public any more. The 58-year-old song has long ...

BELMAR - In the early days of rock and roll, bands played in some unusual places. At the Jersey Shore, there were concerts at drive-in movie theaters, at Italian-American, Elks and Lions clubs, at ...

LENOX — Van Morrison, the Northern Irish singer-songwriter best known for hits such as “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Moondance” and “Gloria,” is booked for a Tanglewood Popular Artists show on Labor Day weekend ...

“Twist and Shout” was co-written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns. The latter used the pseudonym Bert Russell. Berns also produced other hits such as The Drifters’ “Under the Boardwalk” and Van ...

Van Morrison has delivered a number of timeless songs that have soundtracked our summers (“Brown Eyed Girl”), been the guiding track behind our car ride sing-alongs (“Into the Mystic”), and the ...

Banned from radio over a single lyric in 1967, this soft rock classic only grew in stature over time as it went on to earn its place among the greatest songs ever recorded. Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed ...