Featured In
ALBUMJoe South Ultimate CollectionJoe South
Albums by Joe South
ALBUMClassic MastersJoe South
ALBUMA Look InsideJoe South
ALBUMThe Joe South Story (Remastered)Joe South
ALBUMSo the Seeds Are GrowingJoe South
ALBUMGames People Play (Bonus Track Version)Joe South
ALBUMDon't It Make You Want To Go HomeJoe South
ALBUMIntrospect (Bonus Track Version)Joe South
ALBUMJoe South (Bonus Track Version)Joe South
Joe South's Popular Music Videos
Games People Play (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 15, 1970)
Joe South, Tommy Roe & Billy Joe Royal
Don't It Make You Want To Go Home (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 15, 1970)
Joe South
Artist Biography
After scoring a novelty hit with "The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor" in 1958, Joe South became a session guitarist in the twin studio meccas of Nashville and Muscle Shoals, backing the likes of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Bob Dylan, and Simon And Garfunkel. His first writing/producing successes came with the Billy Joe Royal singles "Down In The Boondocks" and "I Knew You When." South would eventually try his hand as solo artist, scoring a hit with the 1969 single "Games People Play," which also won the Grammy for song of the year. His other successes include "Hush" (a huge hit for Deep Purple) and Lynn Anderson's smash "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden." A talented yet complicated artist, South became something of a recluse from the mid 1970s until his minor comeback in the mid '90s.
Hometown
Atlanta, GA, United States
Genre
Rock