Jim Weatherly
Country, Composer
1943 –
Who is Jim Weatherly?
James Dexter "Jim" Weatherly is an American singer-songwriter. Weatherly played quarterback at the University of Mississippi before choosing songwriting over a football career. Weatherly wrote songs that were performed by Ray Price, Lynn Anderson, Brenda Lee, and Bob Luman, but it is for the songs covered by Gladys Knight & the Pips that he is best known. Knight recorded the Weatherly-penned tunes "Midnight Train to Georgia", "Neither One of Us", and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me".
Weatherly, who had previously recorded with The Gordian Knot at Verve Records, and also later at 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.
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- Born
- Mar 17, 1943
Pontotoc - Also known as
- Weatherly, Jim
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Mississippi
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on July 23, 2013
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