Jim Weatherly | |
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Birth name | James Dexter Weatherly |
Born | March 17, 1943 |
Origin | Pontotoc, Mississippi |
Genres | Country, pop |
Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1974-present |
Labels | RCA Buddah Brizac |
James Dexter Weatherly (born March 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter. Weatherly played quarterback at the University of Mississippi and was an All-American before choosing songwriting over a football career. Weatherly wrote songs that were performed by Ray Price, Brenda Lee, Lynn Anderson, 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 (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)", and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me".[1]
Weatherly, who had previously recorded with 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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Year | Title | Chart Positions[2] | Label | ||
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US Country | US | CAN | |||
1972 | Weatherly | — | — | — | RCA |
1973 | A Gentler Time | — | — | — | |
Jim Weatherly | — | — | — | ||
1974 | The Songs of Jim Weatherly | — | 94 | 94 | Buddah |
1975 | Magnolias & Misfits | 45 | — | — | |
1976 | Pictures & Rhymes | — | — | — | Brizac |
The People Some People Choose to Love | — | — | — | ||
2001 | Dancing Moon | — | — | — | |
2003 | Songs I've Written | — | — | — | |
2004 | Christmas Like Christmas Used to Be | — | — | — | |
2008 | Autumn Lights | — | — | — |
Year | Title | Chart Positions[3] | |||||
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US Country | US | US AC | CAN Country | CAN | CAN AC | ||
1974 | "The Need to Be" | — | 11 | 6 | — | 13 | 17 |
1975 | "I'll Still Love You" | 9 | 87 | — | 23 | — | 9 |
"It Must Have Been the Rain" | 58 | — | — | 46 | — | — | |
1977 | "All That Keeps Me Going" | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
1979 | "Smooth Sailin'" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
1980 | "Gift from Missouri" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
"Safe in the Arms of Love (Cold in the Streets)" |
82 | — | — | — | — | — |