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Alabama native Charlie Monk receives top country music honor
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
Country Radio Hall of Fame member Charlie Monk (center) receives the Joe Talbot Award from Country Music Association CEO Sarah Trahern and Townsquare Media SVP of Programming and CRS/CRB Board President Kurt Johnson.Courtesy of CRB/CRS
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What does Alabama native Charlie Monk have in common with Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson and George Jones?
As of last Thursday, the man known as “the mayor of music row” is one of nine recipients of the Country Music Association’s Joe Talbot Award, recognizing “outstanding leadership and contributions to the preservation and advancement of Country Music’s values and traditions.”
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image captionWeatherly released nearly a dozen studio albums
US country singer-songwriter Jim Weatherly, best known for writing 1970s hit Midnight Train to Georgia, has died aged 77.
Weatherly passed away at his home near Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday.
Music publisher and friend Charlie Monk said the family attributed his death to natural causes.
Singer Gladys Knight, who had a number one hit with Midnight Train to Georgia with her backing group The Pips, said he had been a sweetheart .
Born in Mississippi in 1943, Weatherly released nearly a dozen studio albums during his five-decade career.
In his student years, the singer was a gifted quarterback for the University of Mississippi s American football team.
But Weatherly will perhaps be best remembered for 1973’s Midnight Train To Georgia, which reached No 1 in the US and the top 10 in the UK charts.
R.I.P.: The legendary songwriter wrote songs for Ray Price, Kenny Chesney, Kenny Rogers and so many others: https://t.co/v9Bp0qpD4S Taste of Country (@TasteOfCountry) February 4, 2021
Following his death, Knight, “the empress of soul”, paid tribute on social media. “I’m missing Jim Weatherly already. He was about life and love. Neither One of Us and Midnight Train – I remember him getting his Grammys for those,” she wrote.
“We were just made for each other. We grew our lives together. I’m gonna miss him terribly and love him always.”