- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Joe South
- Creator:
- Capitol Records
- Date of Original:
- 1970-12-05
- Subject:
- Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Composers--Georgia--Atlanta
Singers--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
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South, Joe - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Songwriter and musician Joe South won two Grammy Awards for his hit song "Games People Play" in 1969. While working as a studio musician in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Nashville, Tennessee, South also played on recordings by such legendary performers as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Marty Robbins, and Simon and Garfunkel.
Photograph of musician Joe South. Photo is from a trade ad for Joe South's single "Rose Garden". South created the country soul genre in the 1960s. His songs were performed by major country and rock-and-roll singers and groups in the 1960s and 1970s. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/joe-south-1940-2012/m-5093/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=File%3AJoe+South.png&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1&searchToken=1qx23s9v92nu1dhs0gqpq94ul#%2Fmedia%2FFile%3AJoe_South.png
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Image from Capitol Records - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/joe-south-b-1940
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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