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Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Top 100 Songs About the South 1. "Strange Fruit" -- Billie Holiday (1939)
2."Summertime" -- written by George and Ira Gershwin andDuBose Heyward (1935) 3. "A Change Is Gonna Come" -- Sam Cooke (1964) 4. "Mississippi Goddam" -- Nina Simone (1964) 5. "We Shall Overcome" -- Originally titled "I Shall Overcome" by Charles A. Tindley (1900); later rewritten by Guy Carawan. 6. "Dixie" -- written by Daniel Decatur Emmett (1859) 7. "Rocky Top" -- The Osborne Brothers (1968) 8. "Rosa Parks" -- OutKast (1998) 9. "Georgia on My Mind" -- Ray Charles (1960) 10."Coat of Many Colors" -- Dolly Parton (1971) 11. "Coal Miner's Daughter" -- Loretta Lynn (1971) 12."The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" -- The Band(1969) 13. "Grandma's Hands" -- Bill Withers (1971) 14."Sweet Home Alabama" -- Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974) 15."Ramblin' Man" -- The Allman Brothers Band (1973) 16."(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" -- Otis Redding(1967) 17. "Midnight Train to Georgia" -- Gladys Knight and the Pips (1973) 18. "Carolina in My Mind" -- James Taylor (1968) 19. "The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" -- StephenFoster (1851) 20. "Rainy Night in Georgia" -- Brook Benton/Tony Joe White. 21. "Tennessee" -- Arrested Development (1992) 22. "Love Shack" -- The B-52's (1989) 23. "Nutbush City Limits" -- Ike and Tina Turner(1973) 24. "Outfit" -- Drive-By Truckers (2003) 25. "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home?" -- Joe South(1969) 26. "Hey Porter" -- Johnny Cash (1951) 27. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" -- Hank Williams(1949) 28. "Back Water Blues" -- Bessie Smith (1927) 29. "I Can't Stand the Rain" -- Ann Peebles (1971) 30. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" -- The Charlie Daniels Band (1979) 31. "Rednecks" -- Randy Newman (1974) 32. "Get Low" -- Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz featuring the Ying Yang Twins (2002) 33. "Seminole Wind" -- John Anderson (1992) 34."Elevators (Me and You)" -- OutKast (1996) 35. "BlueYodel No. 1" -- Jimmie Rodgers (1927) 36. "My Home Is in the Delta" -- Muddy Waters (1964) 37. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" -- Bill Monroe (1947) 38."Crossroad Blues" -- Robert Johnson (1936) 39. "My Clinch Mountain Home" -- Carter Family (1929) 40. "Love and Happiness" -- Al Green (1972) 41. "Comin' From Where I'm From" -- Anthony Hamilton (2003) 42. "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again" -- Bob Dylan (1966) 43. "In the Pines" -- Leadbelly (1944) 44. "Ode to Billie Joe" -- Bobbie Gentry (1967) 45."Southern Hospitality" -- Ludacris (2000) 46. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" --Vicki Lawrence (1973) 47. "Harper Valley PTA" -- Jeannie C. Riley (1968) 48. "Goin' Down South" -- R.L. Burnside (1968) 49. "Come on in My Kitchen" -- Robert Johnson(1936-37) 50. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" -- Flatt and Scruggs(1949) 51. "Moon River" -- Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini (1961) 52. "Graceland" -- Paul Simon (1986) 53. "Statesboro Blues" -- Blind Willie McTell (1928) 54. "Po Folks" -- Nappy Roots (2002) 55. "Hickory Wind" -- The Byrds/Gram Parsons (1968) 56. "My Window Faces the South" -- Bob Wills (1946) 57. "Alabama" -- Neil Young (1972) 58. "Greenville" -- Lucinda Williams (1998) 59. "Free Bird" -- Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973) 60. "Southern Nights" -- Glen Campbell (1977) 61. "Orange Blossom Special," written by Ervin T.Rouse (1938-1939) 62. "Down in the Boondocks" -- Billy Joe Royal/JoeSouth (1965) 63. "On and On" -- Erykah Badu (1997) 64. "Sweet Southern Comfort" -- Buddy Jewell (2003) 65. "South of Cincinnati" -- Dwight Yoakam (1986) 66."Blue Sky" -- Allman Brothers (1972) 67. "Ugly" -- Bubba Sparxxx (2001) 68. "Welcome to Atlanta" -- Jermaine Dupri featuring Ludacris (2001) 69. "Oh, Atlanta" -- Alison Krauss (1995) 70. "Deep Down in Florida" -- Muddy Waters (1977) 71. "That's What I Like About the South" -- Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1942) 72. "Dixie Chicken" -- Little Feat (1973) 73."Tennessee Waltz" -- Patti Page (1950) 74. "Southern Accents" -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1985) 75. "Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya" -- Poison Clan (1992) 76. "Patches" -- Clarence Carter (1970) 77. "Cell Therapy" -- Goodie Mob (1995) 78. "Betty Lonely" -- Vic Chesnutt (1995) 79. "No Depression" --Uncle Tupelo (1990) 80. "Nann" -- Trick Daddy (1998) 81. "Return of the Grievous Angel" -- Gram Parsons(1973) 82. "Birmingham" -- Randy Newman (1974) 83. "Blackbird"-- Dionne Farris (1994) 84. "Evangeline" -- Emmylou Harris (1981) 85. "High Water (for Charley Patton)" -- Bob Dylan(2001) 86. "Just Kickin' It" -- Xscape (1993) 87. "Georgia Rhythm" -- Atlanta Rhythm Section (1976) 88. "If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie" -- HankWilliams Jr. (1982) 89. "Wait" -- Ying Yang Twins (2005) 90. "Knoxville Girl" -- The Louvin Brothers (1956) 91. "Red Clay Halo" -- Gillian Welch (2001) 92. "In Da Wind" -- Trick Daddy, Cee-Lo and Big Boi(2002) 93. "Memphis" -- Chuck Berry (1959) 94. "Stars Fell on Alabama" -- written by Mitchell Parish and Frank Perkins 95. "People Everyday" -- Arrested Development (1992) 96. "Can't You See" -- Marshall Tucker Band (1973) 97. "Chattahoochee" -- Alan Jackson (1992) 98. "Git Up, Git Out" -- OutKast with Goodie Mob(1994) 99. "Maps and Legends" -- R.E.M. (1985) 100. "Mistress"-- Caroline Herring (2003) [Edited 9/15/05 10:20am] a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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