Artist	Song
Ray Charles & Van Morrison	Crazy Love
from Genius Loves Company (2006)
B.B. King featuring Van Morrison	If You Love Me
from Deuces Wild (1997)
John Lee Hooker	Don't Look Back
from Don't Look Back (2007)
The Band & Van Morrison	4% Pantomime
from Cahoots (2000)
Mark Knopfler	The Last Laugh
from Sailing to Philadelphia (2008)
Van Morrison & Tom Jones	Cry for Home
from The Best of Van Morrison, Vol. 3 (2007)
Jackie DeShannon	Sweet Sixteen
from Jackie...Plus (2007)
George Melly	Midnight Cannonball
from The Ultimate Melly (2006)
Georgie Fame Feat. Van Morrison & Jon Hendricks	Moondance (Feat. Van Morrison & Jon Hendricks)
from Cool Cat Blues (1990)

Comment:

Van Morrison proves himself to be rock's version of basic black — dress him up or down, he fits right in, no matter the musical setting. The Band's Richard Manuel and the Belfast Cowboy trade bluesy, boozy shout-outs in "4% Pantomime," as their Johnny Walker wisdom flows like the muddy Mississip. Morrison and the Chieftains invent their own genre — the shamrock soul spiritual — in "Irish Heartbeat," originally cut by Van solo with most of the heartbeat, but not [i]nearly[/i] all the Irish. And Georgie Fame, whose career as the British Johnny Otis didn't quite translate Stateside, unlocks Van's inner Sinatra in a Vegas showroom swinger's workout of "All Saints Day." Morrison might be the only artist with the mad skills and the mad sense to record with artists from Pink Floyd's Roger Waters to soul genius Ray Charles, and we have them all — and more — here.

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