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Hit the Road Jack
Originally posted on August 12, 2022
R&B song writer Percy Mayfield was born on this day in 1920. He is perhaps most famous for writing ‘Hit the Road Jack’.
“Now baby, listen baby, don't ya treat me this way
'Cause I'll be back on my feet some day”
Hit the Road Jack – Celebrating over sixty years of a signature song, tracing it to an unsung hero. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #RayCharles #PercyMayfield #MargieHendrix #JerryLeeLewis #TheAnimals #TheEasybeats #HelenReddy #TheStampeders #OliviaNewtonJohn #JohnFarnham #JohnMellencamp #OmarandtheHowlers #LeslieWest #WillieNelson #WyntonMarsalis #NorahJones #ThePentatonix #TheHeymacs
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