Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Midnight Train
- Spontaneous Writing
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943-03-17
- Active to
- 2021-02-03
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,467
- Total plays
- 5,842
Tags
countrypop
Jim Weatherly was born on March 17, 1943 in Pontotoc, Mississippi. In 1974, he had a top 11 hit with his ballad 'The Need To Be'. His biggest success came as a songwriter for Gladys Knight and the Pips who recorded Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye), The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, and re-worked 'Midnight Plane To Houston' into 'Midnight Train To Georgia.' <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jim+Weatherly">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.jimweatherly.com/biography.htm
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- date of death
- 2021-02-03
- date of birth
- 1943-03-17
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
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