With the great man celebrating his 80th birthday this year, Ralph McLean shares his pick of Van Morrison’s eight greatest ... just “five feet four” but Gloria, Van’s deadly simple but ...

She might, as the song tells us, have been just “five feet four” but Gloria, Van’s deadly simple ... More: Ralph McLean on why Van Morrison is Ireland’s greatest living artist Watching ...

For me, Sir Van Morrison is the greatest living artist on ... Eyes and see it in the righteous roar of proto-punk anthems like Gloria or unlikely chart hits such as Here Comes The Night.

Smith, 78, plans to perform the record — which includes her rendition of Van Morrison’s “Gloria” — in full on the tour, which will last from Oct. 6 through Nov. 29. The first show of the ...