Garland Green

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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) an American soul singer and pianist (died 2026); 2) an Australian garage-punk band from Tasmania. 1) Garland Green (born Garfield Green Jr., in Dunleith, Mississippi, om 14 June 1942; died February 2026) was an American soul singer and pianist. Green was the tenth child of eleven born in his family, and lived in Mississippi until 1958 when he moved to Chicago. While working and attending Englewood High, he sang on weekends, and one day while singing in a pool room, he was overheard by Argia B. Collins, a local owner of a bar-b-que chain. Collins agreed to bankroll Green's attendance at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, where Green studied voice and piano, and played in local bars and clubs. In 1967, Green won a local talent show at a club called the Trocadero. His prize was a concert opening for Lou Rawls and Earl Hines at the Sutherland Lounge. In the audience was Mel Collins, and his wife Joshie Jo Armstead, who was a songwriter who had written tunes with Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson prior to the couple joining Motown. The couple arranged for Green to do a recording session in Detroit and released the result as a single on their label, Gamma Records, a song called "Girl I Need You." It sold well locally and was picked up by MCA subsidiary, Revue Records for national distribution. Revue released three further singles from Green who then moved to MCA's main label, Uni Records. In 1969, "Jealous Kind of Fell

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Jealous Kind of Fella

The Spring Sides

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RFG Collector, Vol. 2 - 80's Funk Music Rare Tracks

I Should've Been the One

The Very Best of Garland Green

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Lifestyles of the Slow & Low, 17 Classic Oldies

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Love Is What We Came Here For (Expanded Edition)

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RFG 9 (80's Funk Music Rare Tracks)

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East Side Story, Vol. 4

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Northern Soul Connoisseurs Vol 2

Sending My Best Wishes (The Reflex Revision)

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Rare Funky Groove Vol.8 (80s Funk Musik Rare Tracks)

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