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Joe South
Joe South was born Joseph Alfred Souter III in Atlanta, Georgia in 1940. He started playing guitar at six and wrote songs as a teenager, influenced by Bob...
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Games People Play
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These Are Not My People
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Fool Me
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Hush
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You're The Reason
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Birds of a Feather
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Children
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Don't It Make You Want To Go Home
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Down In The Boondocks
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I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
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The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor
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Walk A Mile In My Shoes
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Joe South was born Joseph Alfred Souter III in Atlanta, Georgia in 1940. He started playing guitar at six and wrote songs as a teenager, influenced by Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Ray Charles.
His 1968 song 'Games People Play' became a number-one hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. The success of that single helped his self-titled debut album reach platinum status. He followed with songs like 'Walk a Mile in My Shoes' in 1969 and 'Don't It Make You Want To Go Home' in 1974.
He struggled with alcoholism and depression, which affected his ability to maintain his career momentum.
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