- He was voted the 65th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
- His recording of 'Let's Stay Together' (Hi 2202) was the biggest R&B hit of the 1970's, spending nine weeks at #1 on Billboard. The song also topped Billboard's 'Hot 100' pop charts in 1972.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
- During a 1979 concert in Cincinnati, fell off the stage and narrowly escaped serious injury. Considering the incident a warning from God, he has devoted himself to the ministry since.
- While he was showering in his Memphis home in October 1974, his ex-girlfriend Mary Woodson burst in and poured boiling grits over him and proceeded to turn a gun on herself. Green himself was hospitalized with second-degree burns.
- In the second half of the 1950s, he and his three brothers formed a gospel vocal quartet called the "Greene Brothers". Al's father dismissed him from the group in 1960 after catching him listening to what he called the "profane music" of Jackie Wilson.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God."
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.
- First British top ten hit was "Tired of Being Alone" (1971).
- A recipient of the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors. Other recipients this year were Tom Hanks, Patricia McBride, Sting, and Lily Tomlin.
- Friends with Diana Ross.
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