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Jim Weatherly, Midnight Train to Georgia songwriter, dies at 77
CNN
2/6/2021
By Jay Croft, CNN
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Jim Weatherly poses at a Grammy event in Cleveland, Mississippi, in March 2019.
Jim Weatherly first gained notice as a University of Mississippi football player, and then as a hit songwriter.
And his love for the game led to his greatest success in music, involving first a young Farrah Fawcett and ultimately a legendary recording of his tune Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Weatherly, who also wrote songs for Ray Price, Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers and others, died Wednesday at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee, near Nashville, family friend Charlie Monk told the Tennessean newspaper. ....

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