Moondance is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 27 January 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. After the commercial failure of his first Warner Bros. album Astral Weeks (1968), Morrison moved to upstate New York with his wife and began writing songs for Moondance. There, he met the musicians that would record the album with him at New York City's A & R Studios in August and September 1969.
Moondance
Morrison wrote songs for Moondance at a mountain-top home in the Catskills (view from Overlook Mountain pictured).
Some songs used a three-piece chorus of backup singers that featured Emily Houston (pictured in 1975).
Sir George Ivan Morrison OBE is a singer-songwriter and musician from Northern Ireland whose recording career spans seven decades.
Morrison in 2015
Morrison performing at the Marin Civic Center, 2007.
Morrison performs in 1976 at the Band's final concert filmed for The Last Waltz.
Morrison performing at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in 2010.