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  2. Jim Weatherly - Wikipedia

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    His best-known song is "Midnight Train to Georgia", recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. It peaked at number 1 on the pop and R&B charts, and went on to win a Grammy Award . The song was subsequently inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and was chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of ...

  3. Midnight Train to Georgia - Wikipedia

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    "Midnight Train to Georgia" is a song most famously performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips, their second release after departing Motown Records for Buddah Records. Written by Jim Weatherly , and included on the Pips' 1973 LP Imagination , "Midnight Train to Georgia" became the group's first single to top the Billboard Hot 100 .

  4. Keith Sykes (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Keith Sykes (born October 24, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. More than 100 of Sykes' songs have been recorded by John Prine, Rosanne Cash, The Judds, Jerry Jeff Walker, and George Thorogood, although he may be best known for co-writing "Volcano", the title track of Jimmy Buffett's 1979 album.

  5. Why Gladys Knight and the Pips' 'Midnight Train to Georgia ...

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    In her new musical memoir, Danyel Smith plumbs the underappreciated genius of Gladys Knight, and her group's forlorn masterpiece, 'Midnight Train to Georgia.'

  6. The SteelDrivers (album) - Wikipedia

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    Chris Stapleton recorded a solo version of "Midnight Train to Memphis" on his album From A Room: Volume 2 (2017). Musicians. Richard Bailey – banjo;

  7. From A Room: Volume 2 - Wikipedia

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    Lyrically, "Midnight Train to Memphis" is about a person that gets to listen to the train's rumbling sound every day of his time in prison. [13] Delivered alone, "Drunkard's Prayer" finds the singer playing the part of a broken, lonely man who wants to change and seeks for forgiveness. [14]

  8. List of train songs - Wikipedia

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    A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.

  9. Coming 2 America (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    Like the predecessor, Coming 2 America had musical moments to tackle universal themes using the soundtrack combined with the film score. [1] One of the first ideas, the director Craig Brewer pitched to Murphy was the "Gett Off" sequence which Brewer considered it to be his favorites; the song evolved during the dance sequence within Murphy's family.