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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 was re-released on by Movieplay/Intermusic from Portugal in 1993 with a different cover and a different title ("Polk Salad Annie"). It was reissued in 1997 by Warner Bros. containing two additional songs - "Ten More Miles To Louisiana" (Tony Joe White) and "Georgia Pines" (by Buddy Buie and John Rainey Adkins ).
Together, Presley and the entire group run through songs from "Mary In the Morning" to "Polk Salad Annie". These rehearsals took place on August 7, 1970. Footage of an Elvis Appreciation Society convention in Luxembourg was shot on September 5, 1970. Radio Luxembourg DJs Tony Prince and Peter Aldersley are on hand to lead the festivities. A ...
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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 ...
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.
Tony Joe White and Johnny Cash – Polk Salad Annie; Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman From Season 2, Episode 10, originally aired November 25, 1970. Neil Diamond – Cracklin' Rosie; Ray Price – For The Good Times; Roy Orbison – Cryin' From Season 1, Episode 15, originally aired September 27, 1969. Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash – Pretty Woman