Born in Dunleith, Mississippi, United States,[2] Green was the tenth child of eleven in his family.
[2] 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 barbeque chain.
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.
A move then to RCA Records resulted in three singles and an album, produced by the Los Angeles, California producer/singer Leon Haywood.
The album featured a re-worked version of a major hit for Dozier 10 years earlier, "Trying to Hold on to My Woman".
In 2011, Green signed a deal for a brand new album with Special Soul Music, a new division of the label CDS Records.