Green, Al

Green, Al (April 13, 1946, Dansby, AR) Born in Dansby, Arkansas, Al Green was the sixth of ten children born to sharecropper parents. He performed on the gospel circuit with the Green brothers until the family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father banished him to the street for listening to Jackie Wilson records. In the early 1960s he formed an R&B group called the Creations , which later evolved into Al Green & the Soulmates . In 1967, Back Up Train was released and peaked at number five…