Jim Weatherly

Jim Weatherly (born March 14 1943, Pontotoc, Mississippi) is an American singer-songwriter. Weatherly played quarterback at the University of Mississippi and was an All-American before choosing songwriting over a football career. Weatherly wrote songs that were performed by Ray Price, Brenda Lee, Lynn Anderson, and Bob Luman, but it is for the songs covered by Gladys Knight & the Pips that he is best remembered. Knight recorded the Weatherly-penned tunes "Midnight Train to Georgia", "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)", and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". [ [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:azfpxqtgldse~T1 Biography] , Allmusic.com]

Weatherly, who had previously recorded with RCA Records, was offered a solo recording contract with Buddah Records after the success of "Georgia", and he released a number of albums in the 1970s.

Discography

*"A Gentler Time" (RCA Records, 1973)
*"Weatherly" (RCA, 1973)
*"The Songs of Jim Weatherly" (Buddah Records, 1974) U.S. #95 [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:azfpxqtgldse~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com]
*"Magnolias & Misfits" (Buddah, 1975) U.S. Country #45
*"Pictures & Rhymes" (Brizac, 1976)
*"The People Some People Choose to Love" (Brizac Records, 1976)
*"Dancing Moon" (Brizac)
*"Songs I've Written" (Brizac)
*"Christmas Like Christmas Used to Be" (Brizac)

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