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Events on Friday 31 August 1945 2
1945 – presentVan MorrisonSinger-songwriterBelfast-born singer who mixed soul, jazz, blues and Irish folk into a style of his own, from Gloria and Brown Eyed Girl to Astral Weeks and Moondance.
1945Van Morrison born in BelfastGeorge Ivan MorrisonGrows up in east Belfast on his father's collection of American blues and jazz records.