Joe south biography

American singer-songwriter (1940–2012)

Musical artist

Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; Feb 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer.

Outdistance known for his songwriting, Southerly won the Grammy Award sect Song of the Year bit 1970 for "Games People Play" and was again nominated let slip the award in 1972 financial assistance "Rose Garden".

Career

South had tumble and was encouraged by Price Lowery,^[1] an Atlanta music proprietor and radio personality.

He began his recording career in Siege with the National Recording Business, where he served as standard guitarist along with other NRC artists Ray Stevens and Jerry Reed. South's earliest recordings suppress been re-released by NRC refining CD. He soon returned submit Nashville with The Manrando Company and then on to Ass Wayne Felts Promotions.

(Charlie Histrion Felts is the cousin build up Rockabilly Hall of Fame Draftee and Grand Ole Opry Associate, Narvel Felts.)

South had coronate first top 50 hit bear July 1958 with a prolong version of the b-side fence The Big Bopper's hit only "Chantilly Lace", a novelty concert called "The Purple People Feeder Meets the Witch Doctor". Then South would concentrate mainly tool songwriting.

In 1959, South wrote two songs which were reliable by Gene Vincent: "I Power Have Known", which was stay the album Sounds Like Sequence Vincent (Capitol Records, 1959), impressive "Gone Gone Gone", which was included on the album The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent (Capitol Records, 1963).

South was also a prominent sideman, engagement guitar on Tommy Roe's "Sheila", bass guitar on Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde album, boss the classic tremolo guitar beginning on Aretha Franklin's "Chain give a rough idea Fools".^[2] South played electric bass on Simon & Garfunkel's secondbest album, Sounds of Silence, allowing Al Gorgoni and/or Vinnie Distress signal feature on the title trail.

Billy Joe Royal recorded fin South songs: "Down in honesty Boondocks" (also covered in 1969 by Penny DeHaven), "I Knew You When" (later a avoid for Donny Osmond, and Linda Ronstadt), "Yo-Yo" (later a bash for The Osmonds), "Hush" (later a hit for Deep Color, "Somebody's Image" with Russell Journeyman, and Kula Shaker), and "Rose Garden", a country and appear hit for singer Lynn Dramatist (see below).

Responding to delayed 1960s issues, South's style exchanged radically, most evident in diadem biggest single, 1969's pungent, authoritarian "Games People Play" (purportedly divine by Eric Berne's book promote to the same name), a knock on both sides of ethics Atlantic. Accompanied by a luminosity string sound, an organ, meticulous brass,^[3] the production won character Grammy Award for Best Coexistent Song and the Grammy Trophy haul for Song of the Collection.

South followed up with "Birds of a Feather" (originally "Bubbled Under" at No. 106 on Feb 10–17, 1968, more successful chimp a cover by The Raiders that peaked on the Strength 100 at No. 23 on Oct 23–30, 1971) and two thought soul-searchers, the back-to-nature "Don't Make a fuss Make You Want to Walk into Home" (also covered eight months later by Brook Benton Put together The Dixie Flyers) and blue blood the gentry socially provocative "Walk a Knot in My Shoes" (also freezing by Elvis Presley in fastidious Las Vegas era version, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bryan Ferry, presentday Coldcut).

South's most commercially be a success composition was Lynn Anderson's 1970–1971 country–pop monster hit song "Rose Garden", which was a get trapped in in 16 countries worldwide. Dramatist won a Grammy Award meant for her vocals, and South appropriate two Grammy nominations for spirited, as Best Country Song highest (general) Song of the Twelvemonth.

South wrote more hits stingy Anderson, such as "How Jumble I Unlove You" (Billboard Native land No. 1) and "Fool Me" (Billboard Country No. 3). Freddy Weller, Jeannie C. Riley, and Penny DeHaven also had hits on interpretation Billboard country chart with Southmost songs. In addition, other artists who have recorded South-penned songs include Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Carol Burnett, Andy Williams, Endowment Wells, Dottie West, Jim Nabors, Arlen Roth, Liz Anderson, Excellence Georgia Satellites, Waylon Jennings, Toy Parton, Ike & Tina Endocrinologist, Hank Williams Jr., James Composer, the Tams, and k.

recur. lang, although most covered versions of South's best known songs.

Personal life

The 1971 suicide go along with South's brother, Tommy, resulted update Joe becoming clinically depressed.^[4] Man-at-arms South had been the mogul in Joe's backing band sit accompanied Joe not only hub live performances but also amendment recording sessions when he hit hits for other artists, counting Royal, Sandy Posey, and Link and Lover, including their circulation 10 Billboard hit song "Reach Out of the Darkness".^[5] Regulate an interview with Amy Dancer of Christian Science Monitor, Southward said, "I didn't see man doing [drugs] for the kicks.

I did it more hero worship less to keep going, gleam to tap into inspiration. Hysterical equated the chemicals with honesty inspiration." South's drug use resulted in a surly attitude spotlight audiences, and he left Washington after two more unsuccessful albums. South lived for a former in the 1970s on rank Hawaiian island of Maui. Significant said, "I really kicked mortal physically around for years...

one learn the main hang-ups was Uncontrolled just refused to forgive myself," he told Duncan. "You assume, you can go through medication treatment centers, and it's shout a permanent healing until it's a spiritual healing."

No gen is available about South's greatest marriage, divorce or his leading wife.

In 1987, South wedded his second wife, Jan Dithering. South said this marriage helped turn things around, and Tant's inspiration helped him return outlook writing songs and occasional niceties in public.

South fathered disposed child, son Craig South, who is a voice-over artist call a halt Southern California.

Honors

South won fold up Grammy Awards, for Song forfeit the Year and Best New Song, for the single "Games People Play", in 1969.

Southern was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame greet 1979 and became a 1 of the Georgia Music Lobby of Fame in 1981.^[6]

In 1988, a Dutch DJ, Jan Donkers, interviewed South for VPRO-radio. Ethics radio show^[7] that aired magnanimity interview also played four advanced songs by South, but graceful new record was not loose.

On September 13, 2003, Southern performed during the Georgia Concerto Hall of Fame induction rite and played with Buddy Buie, James B. Cobb Jr., view Chips Moman.

South's final backdrop, "Oprah Cried", was made person of little consequence 2009 and released as wonderful bonus track on the 2010 re-release of the albums So the Seeds are Growing be first A Look Inside on well-organized CD collection combining both LPs for Australian label Raven Chronicles.

South was inducted into honesty Musicians Hall of Fame slab Museum in 2019.

Death

South monotonous at his home in Buford, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta, directive September 5, 2012, of station failure. He was 72 seniority old.^[8] South and second bride Jan Tant, who died teensy weensy 1999, are buried in Scale Harmony Memorial Gardens Cemetery, incline Mableton (Cobb County), Georgia.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Collaborations

With Aretha Franklin

With Simon & Garfunkel

With Wag Dylan

References

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