Van Morrison, in full Sir George Ivan Morrison, (born August 31, 1945, Belfast, Northern Ireland), Irish singer-songwriter and occasional saxophonist who played in a succession of groups, most notably Them, in the mid-1960s before enjoying a long, varied, and increasingly successful solo career.
In 1993 Morrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though he refused to attend the induction ceremony. He was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1996 and a knight bachelor in 2015.
