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No footnotes|date=April 2009Infobox musical artist|name = Joe South|image =|caption =|background = solo_singer|birth_name =|alias =|Born = birth date and age|1940|2|28 Atlanta, Georgia , United States|US |death_date =|instrument = Guitar |genre = Country (music)|Country , Folk (music)|folk , Rock music|rock |occupation = Musician |years_active = 1958present|label = Capitol Records|Capitol |associated_acts =|website = http://www.joesouth.com/ www.joesouth.com Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter , February 28, 1940, in Atlanta, Georgia ) is a multi-talented United States|American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Career
South opened his pop career in July 1958 with the novelty hit "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor". Thereafter South's music grew increasingly serious.
In 1959, South wrote two songs which were recorded by Gene Vincent : "I Might Have Known", which was on the album Sounds Like Gene Vincent ( Capitol Records , 1959) and "Gone Gone Gone" which was included on the album The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent ( Capitol Records , 1963).
He had met and was encouraged by Bill Lowery ,Citation needed|date=June 2009 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.
South was also a prominent session musician|sideman , playing guitar on Aretha Franklin 's "Chain of Fools",Tommy Roe 's "Sheila", and Bob Dylan 's Blonde on Blonde album. Some list South on the electric guitar part that was added to Simon & Garfunkel 's first hit, " The Sound of Silence ", although others credit Al Gorgoni and/or Vinnie Bell instead.
Responding to late 1960s issues, South's style changed radically, most evident in his biggest single, 1969's pungent, no-nonsense " Games People Play (1969 song)|Games People Play "Gilliland| http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19834/m1/ |Show 52 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. Part 8& #93; : UNT Digital Library (purportedly inspired by Dr. Eric Berne's Games People Play (book)|book ), a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Accompanied by a lush string sound, an organ, and brass, the production won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year . South followed up with "Birds Of A Feather" (originally "Bubbled Under" at #106 on February 1017, 1968, more successful as a cover by The Raiders that peaked on the Hot 100 at #23 on October 2330, 1971) and two other soul-searchers, "Don't It Make You Want To Go Home" (also covered eight months later by Brook Benton With The Dixie Flyers) and the provocative " Walk A Mile In My Shoes " (also covered by Elvis Presley in a Las-Vegas era version, Bryan Ferry , and Coldcut ).
South's compositions have been recorded by many other artists as well, including Billy Joe Royal 's songs " Down in the Boondocks ", "I Knew You When", " Yo-Yo (song)|Yo-Yo " (later a hit for the Osmonds ), and " Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)|Hush " (later a hit for Deep Purple and Kula Shaker ). 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 and translated into many languages. 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 charts|Billboard Country #1) and " Fool Me " (Billboard Country #3).
The 1971 suicide of his brother, Tommy, drove South into a deep depression (clinical)|depression Cite web|title=Joe South: Down in the Boondocks|author=Wall, Jeff|publisher=American Songwriter Magazine, the craft of music, heritage series|date=March-April 2007|accessdate=September 15, 2011|url= http://www.joesouth.com. 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 Royal, Sandy Posey , and Friend and Lover .
South was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1979.
In 1988 Dutch DJ Jan Donkers interviewed South for VPRO-radio. The radio show http://www.vpro.nl/programma/deavonden/artikelen/27236449/ that aired the interview also played four new songs by South, but a new record was not released.
On September 13, 2003 South was inducted into Georgia Music Hall of Fame and played together with Buddy Buie , James B. Cobb, Jr. and Chips Moman at the induction ceremony.
"Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" (with The Believers)
41
27
42
11
18
''Don't It Make You Want to Go Home?
1970
"Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (with The Believers)
12
56
3
10
6
2
"Children"
51
33
31
"Why Does a Man Do What He Has to Do"
47
singles only
1971
" Fool Me "
78
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External links
official website| http://www.joesouth.com/
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5485
http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/south.html Nashvillesongwriters Foundation
Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1970s Persondata | NAME =South, Joe | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =February 28, 1940 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:South, JoeUse mdy dates|date=January 2012 Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:American country guitarists Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:American male singers Category:American pop singers Category:American record producers Category:American rock guitarists Category:American rock singer-songwriters Category:Grammy Award winners Category:People from Atlanta, Georgia Category:National Recording Corporation artists Category:Capitol Records artists Category:American session musicians
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