Legend’s Song SOLD 2 Million COPIES…BUT He Was TOO POOR To Enjoy It! | Professor of Rock

"Coming up the story of the groovy, “feel good” pop classic, Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. Despite the song’s tremendous, enduring success, Van Morrison, who composed it & sang it, didn’t feel good about ANYTHING to do with the song. First of all, he made a terrible deal with a record label in which he received no royalties, and had to beg this unscrupulous label for a little money just to survive. And then there was the simple fact that Van, just flat-out hated the song, even though history has deemed it his signature tune,…one of the greatest classic songs ever and the rest of the human race LOVES it!! As they say in the music business…a hit is a hit is a hit, even if the artist who created it doesn’t want it to be. We cast some memories, and reveal the honest truth NEXT on Professor of Rock.

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It’s time to induct another all-time great into the New Standards. It’s the show that honors songs that transcend genre, fad, or generation songs that have become the soundtrack of our lives regardless of age or century.

One of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a citizen of the United Kingdom is Knighthood. There is an elite company in the musical artist category for those who have received that exaltation. I’m referring to Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Bob Geldof, Ray Davies, and Bono- along with producer extraordinaire, George Martin. In 2016, Van Morrison joined that prestigious list when Queen Elizabeth II anointed him as Sir George Ivan Morrison for his contributions to popular music and tourism in Northern Ireland.

Nearly 50 years before receiving that historic honor, Van Morrison was far from Buckingham Palace. He was a destitute artist struggling to regain control of his career. It was back in 1967….Van had just exited from Them, a group he co-founded, and embarked on a solo career. He was talked into making a horrible business decision and entered into a contract with a new label where he was cheated out of being paid any royalties.

At the same time, his first solo single was a smash that sold over 2 million copies, but he was much too angry & much too poor to enjoy it. The single was the feel-good classic “Brown-Eyed Girl:”

Van Morrison hails from Belfast, Ireland. His mother was a former professional tap dancer, and his father was an electrician by trade, who had the LARGEST collection of records in Northern Ireland.
Because of his Dad’s vast collection, Van grew up on many of the all-time luminaries of recorded music: Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Ray Charles, and Solomon Burke. The last two are perhaps the most impressionable on the Irish lad. When Van turned 11, he began to play a variety of instruments- the guitar, the harmonica, and the tenor sax.

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