Keep Me Cryin'
Al Green
1976
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About Al Green
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Al Green developed a distinctive soul style in Memphis through his partnership with producer Willie Mitchell. His singing moved between restrained phrasing and an expressive gospel-derived intensity, supported by horns, organ and carefully shaped rhythms. Let's Stay Together, I'm Still in Love with You and Take Me to the River became central recordings in his 1970s repertoire. His career later moved between gospel and secular music, extending the connection between those traditions that had already shaped his early work.
Artist background sources
Al Green - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Read Memphis/Mitchell collaboration, vocal and instrumental approach, named 1970s repertoire and sacred/secular career changes. Current church activity, rankings, personal motivations and superlatives are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Keep Me Cryin' by Al Green is included for 1976 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
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Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
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