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class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer-songwriter, musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Vocals, guitar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1958–2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://joesouth.com/">joesouth<wbr></wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" 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cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>South had met and was encouraged by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lowery_(record_producer)" title="Bill Lowery (record producer)">Bill Lowery</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an Atlanta music publisher and radio personality. He began his recording career in Atlanta with the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Corporation" title="National Recording Corporation">National Recording Corporation</a>, where he served as staff guitarist along with other NRC artists <a href="/wiki/Ray_Stevens" title="Ray Stevens">Ray Stevens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reed" title="Jerry Reed">Jerry Reed</a>. South's earliest recordings have been re-released by NRC on CD. He soon returned to Nashville with The Manrando Group and then on to Charlie Wayne Felts Promotions. (Charlie Wayne Felts is the cousin of Rockabilly Hall of Fame Inductee and Grand Ole Opry Member, <a href="/wiki/Narvel_Felts" title="Narvel Felts">Narvel Felts</a>.) </p><p>South had his first top 50 hit in July 1958 with a cover version of the b-side of <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bopper" title="The Big Bopper">The Big Bopper</a>'s hit single "<a href="/wiki/Chantilly_Lace_(song)" title="Chantilly Lace (song)">Chantilly Lace</a>", a novelty song called "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor". Thereafter South would concentrate mainly on songwriting. </p><p>In 1959, South wrote two songs which were recorded by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Vincent" title="Gene Vincent">Gene Vincent</a>: "I Might Have Known", which was on the album <i>Sounds Like Gene Vincent</i> (<a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>, 1959), and "Gone Gone Gone", which was included on the album <i>The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent</i> (<a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>, 1963). </p><p>South was also a prominent <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">sideman</a>, playing guitar on <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Roe" title="Tommy Roe">Tommy Roe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sheila_(Tommy_Roe_song)" title="Sheila (Tommy Roe song)">"Sheila"</a>, bass guitar on <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Blonde_on_Blonde" title="Blonde on Blonde">Blonde on Blonde</a></i> album, and the classic tremolo guitar intro on <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Chain_of_Fools" title="Chain of Fools">Chain of Fools</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-pc52_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc52-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South played electric guitar on <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a>'s second album, <i><a href="/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence" title="Sounds of Silence">Sounds of Silence</a></i>, although <a href="/wiki/Al_Gorgoni" title="Al Gorgoni">Al Gorgoni</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Bell" title="Vinnie Bell">Vinnie Bell</a> feature on the <a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Silence" title="The Sound of Silence">title track</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal" title="Billy Joe Royal">Billy Joe Royal</a> recorded five South songs: "<a href="/wiki/Down_in_the_Boondocks_(song)" title="Down in the Boondocks (song)">Down in the Boondocks</a>" (also covered in 1969 by <a href="/wiki/Penny_DeHaven" title="Penny DeHaven">Penny DeHaven</a>), "<a href="/wiki/I_Knew_You_When_(Billy_Joe_Royal_song)" title="I Knew You When (Billy Joe Royal song)">I Knew You When</a>" (later a hit for <a href="/wiki/Donny_Osmond" title="Donny Osmond">Donny Osmond</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_(Billy_Joe_Royal_song)" title="Yo-Yo (Billy Joe Royal song)">Yo-Yo</a>" (later a hit for <a href="/wiki/The_Osmonds" title="The Osmonds">The Osmonds</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Hush_(Billy_Joe_Royal_song)" title="Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)">Hush</a>" (later a hit for <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a>, "Somebody's Image" with <a href="/wiki/Russell_Morris" title="Russell Morris">Russell Morris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kula_Shaker" title="Kula Shaker">Kula Shaker</a>), and "<a href="/wiki/(I_Never_Promised_You_a)_Rose_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden">Rose Garden</a>", a country and pop hit for singer Lynn Anderson (see below). </p><p>Responding to late 1960s issues, South's style changed radically, most evident in his biggest single, 1969's pungent, no-nonsense "<a href="/wiki/Games_People_Play_(Joe_South_song)" title="Games People Play (Joe South song)">Games People Play</a>" (purportedly inspired by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Berne" title="Eric Berne">Eric Berne</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Games_People_Play_(book)" title="Games People Play (book)">book of the same name</a>), a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Accompanied by a lush string sound, an organ, and brass,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the production won the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song">Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Grammy Award for Song of the Year</a>. South followed up with "Birds of a Feather" (originally "Bubbled Under" at No. 106 on February 10–17, 1968, more successful as a cover by <a href="/wiki/The_Raiders_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Raiders (band)">The Raiders</a> that peaked on the Hot 100 at No. 23 on October 23–30, 1971) and two other soul-searchers, the back-to-nature "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_It_Make_You_Want_to_Go_Home" title="Don't It Make You Want to Go Home">Don't It Make You Want to Go Home</a>" (also covered eight months later by <a href="/wiki/Brook_Benton" title="Brook Benton">Brook Benton</a> With The Dixie Flyers) and the socially provocative "<a href="/wiki/Walk_a_Mile_in_My_Shoes" title="Walk a Mile in My Shoes">Walk a Mile in My Shoes</a>" (also covered by <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> in a Las Vegas era version, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Ferry" title="Bryan Ferry">Bryan Ferry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coldcut" title="Coldcut">Coldcut</a>). </p><p>South's most commercially successful composition was <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Anderson" title="Lynn Anderson">Lynn Anderson</a>'s 1970–1971 country–pop monster hit song "Rose Garden", which was a hit in 16 countries worldwide. Anderson won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> for her vocals, and South earned two Grammy nominations for it, as Best Country Song and (general) Song of the Year. South wrote more hits for Anderson, such as "<a href="/wiki/How_Can_I_Unlove_You" title="How Can I Unlove You">How Can I Unlove You</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts"><i>Billboard</i></a> Country No. 1) and "<a href="/wiki/Fool_Me" title="Fool Me">Fool Me</a>" (<i>Billboard</i> Country No. 3). <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Weller" title="Freddy Weller">Freddy Weller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeannie_C._Riley" title="Jeannie C. Riley">Jeannie C. Riley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Penny_DeHaven" title="Penny DeHaven">Penny DeHaven</a> also had hits on the <i>Billboard</i> country chart with South songs. In addition, other artists who have recorded South-penned songs include <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Williams" title="Andy Williams">Andy Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dottie_West" title="Dottie West">Dottie West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Nabors" title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlen_Roth" title="Arlen Roth">Arlen Roth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liz_Anderson" title="Liz Anderson">Liz Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Georgia_Satellites" title="The Georgia Satellites">The Georgia Satellites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner" title="Ike & Tina Turner">Ike & Tina Turner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Tams" title="The Tams">the Tams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/K._d._lang" class="mw-redirect" title="K. d. lang">k. d. lang</a>, although most covered versions of South's best known songs. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>The 1971 suicide of South's brother, Tommy, resulted in Joe becoming <a href="/wiki/Depression_(clinical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Depression (clinical)">clinically depressed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tommy South had been the drummer in Joe's backing band and accompanied Joe not only in live performances but also on recording sessions when he produced hits for other artists, including Royal, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Posey" title="Sandy Posey">Sandy Posey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Friend_and_Lover" class="mw-redirect" title="Friend and Lover">Friend and Lover</a>, including their number 10 Billboard hit song "<a href="/wiki/Reach_Out_of_the_Darkness" title="Reach Out of the Darkness">Reach Out of the Darkness</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Unterberg_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unterberg-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with Amy Duncan of <i><a href="/wiki/Christian_Science_Monitor" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Science Monitor">Christian Science Monitor</a></i>, South said, "I didn't see myself doing [drugs] for the kicks. I did it more or less to keep going, and to tap into inspiration. I equated the chemicals with the inspiration." South's drug use resulted in a surly attitude toward audiences, and he left Capitol after two more unsuccessful albums. South lived for a time in the 1970s on the Hawaiian island of <a href="/wiki/Maui" title="Maui">Maui</a>. He said, "I really kicked myself around for years... one of the main hang-ups was I just refused to forgive myself," he told Duncan. "You know, you can go through drug treatment centers, and it's not a permanent healing until it's a spiritual healing." </p><p>No information is available about South's first marriage, divorce or his first wife. In 1987, South married his second wife, Jan Tant. South said this marriage helped turn things around, and Tant's inspiration helped him return to writing songs and occasional appearances in public. </p><p>South fathered one child, son Craig South, who is a voice-over artist in Southern California. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honors" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>South won two Grammy Awards, for Song of the Year and Best Contemporary Song, for the single "Games People Play", in 1969. South was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame">Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> in 1979 and became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Georgia Music Hall of Fame">Georgia Music Hall of Fame</a> in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, a Dutch DJ, Jan Donkers, interviewed South for VPRO-radio. The radio show<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that aired the interview also played four new songs by South, but a new record was not released. </p><p>On September 13, 2003, South performed during the Georgia Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony and played with <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Buie" title="Buddy Buie">Buddy Buie</a>, James B. Cobb Jr., and <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>. </p><p>South's final recording, "Oprah Cried", was made in 2009 and released as a bonus track on the 2010 re-release of the albums <i>So the Seeds are Growing</i> and <i>A Look Inside</i> on a CD collection combining both LPs for Australian label Raven Records. </p><p>South was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Musicians_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum">Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum</a> in 2019. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>South died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Buford,_Georgia" title="Buford, Georgia">Buford, Georgia</a>, northeast of <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, on September 5, 2012, of heart failure. He was 72 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South and second wife Jan Tant, who died in 1999, are buried in Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens Cemetery, in Mableton (Cobb County), Georgia. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Albums" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Album </th> <th colspan="4">Chart Positions </th> <th rowspan="2">Label </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></small> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">US Country</a></small> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">AUS</a></small><sup id="cite_ref-aus_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small>CAN</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">1968 </td> <td><i>Introspect</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">117 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td rowspan="5">Capitol </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1969 </td> <td><i>Games People Play</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Don't It Make You Want to Go Home?</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">39 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">1970 </td> <td><i>Greatest Hits</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">125 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">88 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1971 </td> <td><i>Joe South</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">207 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Joe South Story</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>MGM </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>So the Seeds Are Growing</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td rowspan="2">Capitol </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>A Look Inside</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>Midnight Rainbows</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>Island </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i>You're the Reason</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>Gusto </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><i>The Best of Joe South</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>Rhino </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i>Retrospect: The Best of Joe South</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>Koch </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i>Anthology: A Mirror of His Mind</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>Raven </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i>Classic Masters</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>Capitol </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Singles" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Single </th> <th colspan="7">Chart Positions </th> <th rowspan="2">Album(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></small><br><sup id="cite_ref-whitburn2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitburn2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">US Country</a></small> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks">US AC</a></small> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">AUS</a></small><sup id="cite_ref-aus_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Singles_Chart" title="Canadian Singles Chart">CAN</a></small> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small>CAN Country</small> </th> <th style="width:45px;"><small>CAN AC</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td>"The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">47 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td rowspan="2">singles only </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_Reason" title="You're the Reason">You're the Reason</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">87 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Birds_of_a_Feather_(Joe_South_song)" title="Birds of a Feather (Joe South song)">Birds of a Feather</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">106 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Introspect</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1969 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Games_People_Play_(Joe_South_song)" title="Games People Play (Joe South song)">Games People Play</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Introspect</i>, <i>Games People Play</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Birds of a Feather" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">96 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Introspect</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Leaning on You" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">104 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">69 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td>single only </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_It_Make_You_Want_to_Go_Home" title="Don't It Make You Want to Go Home">Don't It Make You Want to Go Home</a>" <small>(with The Believers)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">41 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">42 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">18 </td> <td rowspan="3"><i>Don't It Make You Want to Go Home?</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1970 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Walk_a_Mile_in_My_Shoes" title="Walk a Mile in My Shoes">Walk a Mile in My Shoes</a>" <small>(with The Believers)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">56 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Children_(Joe_South_song)" title="Children (Joe South song)">Children</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">51 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">41 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">33 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Why Does a Man Do What He Has to Do" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">118 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">47 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Joe South</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Fool_Me" title="Fool Me">Fool Me</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">78 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Collaborations" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Arrives" title="Aretha Arrives">Aretha Arrives</a></i> (Atlantic Records, 1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Soul" title="Lady Soul">Lady Soul</a></i> (Atlantic Records, 1968)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence" title="Sounds of Silence">Sounds of Silence</a></i> (Columbia Records, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parsley,_Sage,_Rosemary_and_Thyme" title="Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme">Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme</a></i> (Columbia Records, 1966)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Blonde_On_Blonde" class="mw-redirect" title="Blonde On Blonde">Blonde On Blonde</a></i> (Columbia Records, 1966)</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_South&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 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