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Release. "Games People Play" is a protest song whose lyrics speak against various forms of hatred, hypocrisy, inhumanity, intolerance, and irresponsibility, in both interpersonal and social interactions between people. [citation needed] Billboard favorably reviewed the song some three months after its release and eight weeks before it finally ...
Joe South. Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for "Games People Play" and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for "Rose Garden".
After reaching the Top 5 C&W with versions of two other Joe South compositions: "Games People Play" and "These Are Not My People", Weller was only afforded moderate chart success with his version of "Down in the Boondocks" which peaked at number 25 C&W, a concurrent version of the song by Penny DeHaven which reached number 37 C&W shadowing ...
Music. "Games People Play" (The Alan Parsons Project song), 1980. "Games People Play" (Joe South song), 1968; covered by Inner Circle, 1994. "Games People Play" (The Spinners song), also known as "They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)", 1975. Games People Play (album), a 1993 album by Pink Cream 69. The Games People Play (Paul Lamb ...
I. I Beg Your Pardon. I Knew You When (Billy Joe Royal song) I've Got to Be Somebody.
On his award-winning 1969 instrumental rendition of the Joe South tune "Games People Play", saxophonist King Curtis teamed with guitarist Duane Allman on the electric sitar (Allman also played slide guitar). This recording was included on the Allman compilation An Anthology.
Country music was the choice of former guitarist Freddy Weller, who had much success on the country charts before, starting with his country version of Joe South's "Games People Play" in 1969 reaching no. 2 on the country charts as well as recording albums (his first two solo albums were produced by Mark Lindsay), and Top 10 singles on the ...
The Spinners singles chronology. "Sadie". (1975) " Games People Play ". (1975) "Love or Leave". (1975) " Games People Play ", also known as " 'They Just Can't Stop It' The (Games People Play) ", is a song recorded by American R&B vocal group The Spinners. Released in 1975 from their Pick of the Litter album, featuring lead vocals by Bobby Smith ...