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Joe
South
Birth
Name: Joe Souter
Induction
Year: 1979
Date
of Birth: 2/28/1940
Place
of Birth: Atlanta, GA
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Career Milestones:
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1951--landed
a weekly guest spot on a local country music radio program |
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1962--first
#1 as writer, "Untie Me," recorded by the Tams |
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1962--moved
to Nashville |
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mid
1960s--worked as a session guitarist |
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1968--recorded
first album, "Introspect" |
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1970--Lynn
Anderson recorded "Rose Garden," which stayed in the #1
spot for 5 weeks |
Catalog
Highlights
Rose
Garden
The
Games People Play
Down
in the Boondocks
Don't
It Make You Wanna Go Home
Walk
a Mile in My Shoes
Fool
Me
Hush
The
Greatest Love
Old
Bridges Burn Slow
Untie
Me
Comments:
Received
Best Contemporary Song and Song of the Year Grammys for "The
Games People Play"
Inducted
into Georgia's Music Hall of Fame |