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"Polk Salad Annie" is a 1968 song written and performed by Tony Joe White. [1] Its lyrics describe the lifestyle of a poor rural Southern girl and her family. Traditionally, the term to describe the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke salad, a dish of cooked greens made from pokeweed. [2]
Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, [1] was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970.
Black and White [1] was the first album released by Tony Joe White. It contained the single "Polk Salad Annie" which was a staple of Elvis Presley's live sets in the 1970s. It was recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville and produced by Billy Swan. "Polk Salad Annie"'s lyrics describe the lifestyle of a generic poor Southern girl.
Polk Salad Annie/Soul Francisco/Rainy Night in Georgia Warner Bros 1993 WE 739 DE release Tina/Backside of Paradise Polydor 1993 859 558-2 FR release Down in Nice/Always the Song Polydor-Remark 1993 885 266-2 FR release Polk Salad Annie/ High Sheriff/They Caught the Devil/Even Trolls Rock'n'Roll Remark 1993 4313 FR release
Also, in accepting his late father's honor, White's son, Jody White, highlighted his father's effortless "cool" in penning songs, including Elvis Presley's "Polk Salad Annie," which was performed ...
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 ...
The Train I'm On [1] [2] is the fifth album released by Tony Joe White, and the second he released for Warner Brothers. It was produced by Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd and recorded in 1972 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio , Muscle Shoals, Alabama .
Oct. 29—Tony Joe White, the Wolfe City-ex who is now the head football coach at Birmingham-Southern, had a chance encounter once with Barry Switzer. They rode on the same elevator together.