Joe South

 

Birth Name: Joe Souter
Induction Year: 1979
Date of Birth: 2/28/1940
Place of Birth: Atlanta, GA

 

Career Milestones:

1951--landed a weekly guest spot on a local country music radio program

1962--first #1 as writer, "Untie Me," recorded by the Tams

1962--moved to Nashville

mid 1960s--worked as a session guitarist

1968--recorded first album, "Introspect"

1970--Lynn Anderson recorded "Rose Garden," which stayed in the #1 spot for 5 weeks

Catalog Highlights

Rose Garden

  • Artists: Lynn Anderson

The Games People Play

  • Artists: Joe South, King Curtis, Freddy Weller

Down in the Boondocks

  • Artists: Billy Joe Royal

Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home

  • Artists: Joe South

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

Fool Me

  • Artists: Joe South, Lynn Anderson

Hush

  • Artists: Deep Purple

The Greatest Love

Old Bridges Burn Slow

  • Artists: Billy Joe Royal

Untie Me

  • Artists: Tams

Comments:

Received Best Contemporary Song and Song of the Year Grammys for "The Games People Play"

Inducted into Georgia's Music Hall of Fame