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South, Joe, 1940-2012

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Personal name headingSouth, Joe, 1940-2012
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Variant(s)Souter, Joseph Alfred, 1940-2012
Souter, Joe, 1940-2012
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1940-02-28
Death date2012-09-05
Place of birthAtlanta (Ga.)
Place of deathBuford (Ga.)
Flowery Branch (Ga.)
Profession or occupationSingers Composers Lyricists Guitarists
Sound recording executives and producers
Found inHis Games people play [SR] 1969: label (Joe South)
Worth, F.L. Elvis, 1992: p. 184 (composer and singer; b. 2-28-1940, Atlanta)
New York times WWW site, Sept. 6, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 5: Joe South; b. Joseph Alfred Souter, Feb. 28, 1940, Atlanta; d. Wednesday [Sept. 5, 2012], Flowery Branch, Ga., aged 72; singer-songwriter who wove confrontational lyrics into bouncy pop hits of the late 1960s and early '70s, including Games people play, Walk a mile in my shoes, and (I never promised you a) Rose garden)
Oxford reference online, January 3, 2020: Encyclopedia of popular music, 4th ed. (South, Joe; born Joe Souter; February 28, 1940, Atlanta, Georgia; session guitarist in Nashville and Muscle Shoals, playing with (among others) Bob Dylan (Blonde on blonde) and Simon and Garfinkel (The sounds of silence); his first solo success came with the 1969 single Games people play; left the music industry in the mid-70s, returning in the mid-90s)
Wikipedia, January 3, 2020 (Joe South; born Joseph Alfred Souter, February 28, 1940, Atlanta, Georgia; died September 5, 2012, Buford, Georgia; American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer)