Albert Leornes Greene was born on April 13, 1946, in Forrest City, Arkansas. He is the sixth of ten children born to Cora Lee and Robert G. Greene, Jr., a sharecropper, Al began performing with his sister in a group called the Greene Brothers at around the age of ten.

The Greene family relocated to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the late 1950s. Al was kicked out of the family home while in his teens, after his devoutly religious father caught him listening to Jackie Wilson.

He then lived with a prostitute, began hustling, and indulged in recreational drugs.

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The famous Al Green wed his wife Shirley Green in Memphis on June 15, 1977. Shirley worked at his local church and was also one of the backup singers. The union of Al Green and Shirley produced three daughters. Their union was not without its bumps. She filed for divorce in 1978, citing harshness and insurmountable disagreements. In 1981, she filed again, this time claiming that Green, the union president, had engaged in domestic abuse. After much mutual blaming, the court finally decided it in February 1983.

Green gave Shirley alimony and child support totaling $432,800. He later wed again in the 1990s. The pastor is the father of four daughters and three sons, totaling seven kids. They are Kala Green, Al Green Jr., Trevor, Alva Lei, Rubi Renee, Kora Kishe, and Chris Burse Sr. Since the early 1970s, Al Green has worked in the entertainment sector. He is one of the gifted singers who has experimented with both gospel and popular music. He is also a gospel minister who has been ordained.

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