Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter, 28 February 1940, in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter with a distinctive guitar sound. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Hotlanta redirects here. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Career

South had several hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s with songs such as "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home" and "Walk a Mile in My Shoes". His biggest and most remembered single was "Games People Play" (1968), a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and which bears a striking resemblance to the children's gospel song, "I Don't Want to Be a Pharisee". It was featured on his first album, Introspect. In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Games People Play is a song by singer Joe South. ... A top 10 list is a generic term used to indicate a list of items, usually ten in number, which are considered to be best, worst, or notable in some other way, typically a record chart. ... The Atlantic Ocean forms a component of the all-encompassing World Ocean and is directly linked to the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean. ... The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song was awarded between 1960 and 1971. ... The Song of the Year is one of the two most prestigious awards in the Grammies, if not in all of the American music industry. ... For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ...

He had met and was encouraged by Bill Lowery, an Atlanta music publisher and radio personality. He began his recording career in Atlanta with National Recording Corporation, where he served as staff guitarist along with other NRC artists Ray Stevens and Jerry Reed. South's earliest recordings have been re-released by NRC on CD. Early successes In The early 50s, Bill Lowery was the top country music disc jockey in America. ... A music publisher deals in the marketing and commercial exploitation of songs. ... “Sound recorder” redirects here. ... // Early years National Recording Corporation was incorporated in Atlanta in 1958. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Jerry Reed Hubbard (born March 20, 1937) is an American country music singer, country guitarist, songwriter, and actor. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

South's compositions have been recorded by many artists. They include Billy Joe Royal's hits "Down in the Boondocks" and "Hush" (later a hit for Deep Purple and Kula Shaker), the Osmonds' hit "Yo-Yo," and Elvis Presley's Las Vegas-era version of "Walk a Mile in My Shoes", also recorded by Bryan Ferry and Coldcut. South's most commercially successful composition is Lynn Anderson's 1971 country/pop monster hit "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", which was a hit in 16 countries worldwide. Lynn Anderson won a Grammy Award for her vocals and South won a Grammy Award for writing the song. South would go on to write more hits for Anderson such as, "How Can I Unlove You" (Billboard #1) and "Fool Me" (Billboard #3). Billy Joe Royal (born April 3, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia) is an American singer. ... Hush is a song that was written by Joe South. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Kula Shaker are a British multi-platinum selling psychedelic rock band who came to prominence during the Britpop era. ... The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenybopper idols in the 1970s. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945 in Washington, Sunderland) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style, who came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with Roxy Music. ... Coldcut: Jonathan More (left) & Matt Black Coldcut is a duo comprising English DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More. ... Lynn Anderson (born Lynn Rene Anderson September 26, 1947) is a Grammy Award-winning, American Country Music singer. ... (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden (AKA Rose Garden) was the title of a song written by Joe South, most famously associated with Lynn Anderson, whose recording topped the U.S. country charts and reached #3 on the U.S. pop charts in 1970. ... Lynn Anderson (born Lynn Rene Anderson September 26, 1947) is a Grammy Award-winning, American Country Music singer. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade and on July 20, 1940 the first Music Popularity Chart was calculated. ... On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade and on July 20, 1940 the first Music Popularity Chart was calculated. ...

South was also a prominent sideman, recording the memorable guitar part on Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools", Tommy Roe's "Sheila" as well as appearing on Bob Dylan's album Blonde on Blonde. He also played the electric guitar part that was added to Simon & Garfunkel's first hit, "The Sound of Silence". A sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he is not formally a member. ... Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American soul, R&B, and gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Tommy Roe, born May 9, 1942 is an American pop music singer/songwriter. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Bridge Over Troubled Water was Simon and Garfunkels last album; the title track was their only number one hit in the United Kingdom. ... The Sound of Silence is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel to popularity. ...

The suicide of his brother, Tommy, drove South into a deep depression.^{[citation needed]} Tommy had been his backing band's drummer and accompanied South not only in live performances, but also on recording sessions when South produced hits for other artists, including Billy Joe Royal, Sandy Posey, and Friend & Lover. Rather than surrender to US soldiers, the Mayor (Bürgermeister) of Leipzig Germany, committed suicide along with his wife and daughter on April 20, 1945. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A drummer in Action A drummer is a person who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...

South was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1979. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc. ...

In 1988 Dutch DJ, Jan Donkers, interviewed South for VPRO-radio. The radio show that aired the interview also played four new songs by South, but a new record was not released. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ...

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Discography

• 1968 Introspect (Capitol)
• 1969 Don't It Make You Want to Go Home (Capitol)
• 1969 Games People Play (Capitol)
• 1970 Greatest Hits (Capitol)
• 1971 Joe South (Capitol)
• 1971 Joe South Story (Compilation of early 1960s singles) (Mine Records/MGM)
  Later reissued as Walkin' Shoes: The Joe South Story
• 1971 So the Seeds Are Growing (Capitol)
• 1972 A Look Inside (Capitol)
• 1975 Midnight Rainbows (Island)
• 1976 You're the Reason (Compilation of early 1960s singles) (Nashville/Gusto Records)
• 1990 The Best of Joe South (Rhino Records/CEMA Special Products)
• 1999 Retrospect: The Best of Joe South (Koch Records/EMI-Capitol Special Products)
• 2001 Anthology: A Mirror of His Mind — Hits and Highlights 1968–1975 (Raven)
• 2002 Classic Masters ("best of" compilation) (Capitol)
• 2003 Introspect / Don't It Make You Want To Go Home (re-issue) (Raven)
• 2006 Games People Play / Joe South (re-issue) (Raven)

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External links

• Official JoeSouth.com
• Allmusic Entry
• Nashvillesongwriters Foundation