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Any collection that features Brook Benton's version of 'Rainy Night in Georgia', as this one does, has to be worth its place in anyone's collection. (Also check out Randy Crawford's version). What a performer! I could listen to this CD non-stop, if only I could be in 'chill' mode for the rest of my life. 'A Genealogy of the Sulu Sultanate.' Gonzales, Teodulo P., S.J. Review of Roles We Play in Family Life, by Margarita Go-Singco Holmes 42261-63. Rainy Night In Georgia Intro tab by Brook Benton. 370 views, added to favorites 14 times. Tuning: E A D G B E. Author Kantea a 324. Last edit on Jul 28, 2020. “Neon signs a-flashin, taxicabs and buses passin through the night. A distant moanin of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night”. If you are in the fourth quarter like I am, you remember these song lyrics by crooner, Brook Benton. It was indeed a rainy night in Georgia for the GOP. After the presidential election, arguably.

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from the album The Genius Hits the Road ·Copyright: Writer(s): Tony Joe White Lyrics Terms of Use

Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' 'It's all right.'
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

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How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game

I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
(minor scat) But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I
feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the
world

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'

'Rainy Night in Georgia' is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1967 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It was originally released by White on his 1969 album, Continued, on Monument Records, shortly before Benton's hit single was issued.

Song writing[edit]

In a January 17, 2014 interview with music journalist Ray Shasho, Tony Joe White explained the thought process behind the making of 'Rainy Night in Georgia' and 'Polk Salad Annie'.

When I got out of high school I went to Marietta, Georgia, I had a sister living there. I went down there to get a job and I was playing guitar too at the house and stuff. I drove a dump truck for the highway department and when it would rain you didn't have to go to work. You could stay home and play your guitar and hangout all night. So those thoughts came back to me when I moved on to Texas about three months later. I heard 'Ode to Billie Joe' on the radio and I thought, man, how real, because I am Billie Joe, I know that life. I've been in the cotton fields. So I thought if I ever tried to write, I'm going to write about something I know about. At that time I was doing a lot of Elvis and John Lee Hooker onstage with my drummer. No original songs and I hadn't really thought about it. But after I heard Bobbie Gentry I sat down and thought ... well I know about Polk because I had ate a bunch of it and I knew about rainy nights because I spent a lot of rainy nights in Marietta, Georgia. So I was real lucky with my first tries to write something that was not only real and hit pretty close to the bone, but lasted that long. So it was kind of a guide for me then on through life to always try to write what I know about.^[2]

Brook Benton version[edit]

In 1969, after several years without a major hit, Benton had signed to a new record label, Cotillion Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records), by label A&R chief and producer Jerry Wexler. Benton recorded the song in November 1969 with arranger/producer Arif Mardin. Session personnel on the record included Billy Carter on organ, Dave Crawford on piano, Cornell Dupree and Jimmy O'Rourke on guitar, Harold Cowart on bass, Tubby Ziegler on drums, and Toots Thielemans on harmonica.

Included on his 'come-back' album Brook Benton Today, the melancholy song became an instant hit. In the spring of 1970, the song had topped the BillboardBest Selling Soul Singles chart. It also reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100,^[3] and number two on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song made #2 on the RPM Magazine Hot Singles chart, #2 on the AC Chart, and #58 in the 1970 Year End Chart.

The RIAA certified the single gold for sales of one million copies. In 2004, it was ranked #498 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Covers[edit]

The song has been covered by a number of musicians, including Ray Charles, Otis Rush, Gil Parris, Little Milton, Dolla, Hearts Of Stone, Randy Crawford, George Benson, Nick Colionne, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Al Hirt, Johnny Rivers, Amos Garrett, Hank Williams Jr.(#21 Can.), Nat Stuckey, a Conway Twitty/Sam Moore duet (#33 Can.), Arthur Prysock, Aaron Neville, Chris Young, Ana Popovic, The Street People, and Shelby Lynne.^[4] Randy Crawford's version from the album Secret Combination reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart in 1981.^[5]

David Ruffin recorded a cover version of the song the same year as Benton, but Motown did not release the album until 2004.^[6]B.J. Thomas also recorded the song the same year as Benton for his album Most of All.^[7]

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Several reggae covers have been recorded including ones by: Ken Parker, Lord Tanamo, Nicky Thomas, John Holt, and reggae bands The Gladiators, Manna, and The Congos. In 1967 Prince Buster rewrote the lyrics and recorded a sexually explicit reggae version of this song called 'Big Five', usually found with certain words bleeped out. Gregory Isaacs did a dancehall style version at the start of the 90s.

More recent covers include those by indiefolk-rock band Hem from their album No Word from Tom (2006), and by Boz Scaggs from his album Memphis (2013). Australian band Ross Hanniford Trio recorded a cover of the song on their 1994 album. In 2000, guitarist Eric Essix covered the song on his album Southbound.^[8] An electronic-influenced downtempo/chillout version was recorded by Boozoo Bajou and Tony Joe White in 2006. Rod Stewart included the song on his 2009 album Soulbook. Singer Frank Shiner released the song as the first single and video from his 2017 album Lonely Town, Lonely Street. Jazz guitarist and singer Nick Colionne featured the song on his 2006 Album 'Keepin It Cool' and regularly performs it in concert.

The song is featured in Haruki Murakami's novel Hear the Wind Sing.

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References[edit]

1. ^https://www.45cat.com/record/4544057
2. ^Shasho, Joe (January 24, 2014). 'If Elvis Presley played swamp rock he'd be Tony Joe White – Interview'. The Classic Rock Music Reporter. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
3. ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 54.
4. ^'Cover versions of Rainy Night in Georgia written by Tony Joe White'. SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
5. ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 125. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
6. ^David Ruffin - David on Motown MS 733, 2004
7. ^'Most of All overview'. Allmusic.com.
8. ^'Southbound overview'. Allmusic.com.

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