Jim Weatherly, the songwriter behind a string of 1970s hits for Gladys Knight & the Pips, including the destined-for-standard-status “Midnight Train to Georgia,” died Wednesday of natural causes at his home near Nashville. He was 77.
The singer-songwriter’s death was reported by music publisher and friend Charlie Monk to the Nashville Tennessean.
In addition to “Midnight Train to Georgia,” Weatherly wrote the early ’70s Knight hits “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye” and “You’re the Best Thing (That Ever Happened to Me).”
“I’m missing Jim Weatherly already,” Knight tweeted. “He was about life and love. ‘Neither One of Us’ and ‘Midnight Train’ – I remember him getting his Grammys for those. We were just made for each other. We grew our lives together. I’m gonna miss him terribly and love him always.”
“Midnight Train to Georgia” became Knight’s signature song, winning a...
The singer-songwriter’s death was reported by music publisher and friend Charlie Monk to the Nashville Tennessean.
In addition to “Midnight Train to Georgia,” Weatherly wrote the early ’70s Knight hits “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye” and “You’re the Best Thing (That Ever Happened to Me).”
“I’m missing Jim Weatherly already,” Knight tweeted. “He was about life and love. ‘Neither One of Us’ and ‘Midnight Train’ – I remember him getting his Grammys for those. We were just made for each other. We grew our lives together. I’m gonna miss him terribly and love him always.”
“Midnight Train to Georgia” became Knight’s signature song, winning a...
- 2/5/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jim Weatherly, the country music singer-songwriter who wrote Gladys Knight’s hit “Midnight Train To Georgia,” has died. He was 77.
Weatherly passed away of natural causes at his home near Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, his friend and music publisher Charlie Monk told the Tennessean.
In a music career that spanned five-decades, Weatherly released nearly a dozen studio albums but he is best known for his collaborations with Gladys Knight & the Pips, writing some of their greatest hits including “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye,” “Midnight Train to Georgia” and ...
Weatherly passed away of natural causes at his home near Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, his friend and music publisher Charlie Monk told the Tennessean.
In a music career that spanned five-decades, Weatherly released nearly a dozen studio albums but he is best known for his collaborations with Gladys Knight & the Pips, writing some of their greatest hits including “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye,” “Midnight Train to Georgia” and ...
Jim Weatherly, the country music singer-songwriter who wrote Gladys Knight’s hit “Midnight Train To Georgia,” has died. He was 77.
Weatherly passed away of natural causes at his home near Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, his friend and music publisher Charlie Monk told the Tennessean.
In a music career that spanned five-decades, Weatherly released nearly a dozen studio albums but he is best known for his collaborations with Gladys Knight & the Pips, writing some of their greatest hits including “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye,” “Midnight Train to Georgia” and ...
Weatherly passed away of natural causes at his home near Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, his friend and music publisher Charlie Monk told the Tennessean.
In a music career that spanned five-decades, Weatherly released nearly a dozen studio albums but he is best known for his collaborations with Gladys Knight & the Pips, writing some of their greatest hits including “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye,” “Midnight Train to Georgia” and ...
Jim Weatherly, the country singer-songwriter who penned the Gladys Knight and the Pips hit “Midnight Train to Georgia,” among other hit songs, died Wednesday at his home. He was 77. Music publisher and family friend Charlie Monk, “the Mayor of Music Row,” confirmed Weatherly’s death to the Tennessean. No cause of death was provided.
Weatherly was a celebrated, championship-winning quarterback at Ole Miss before abandoning football to start a music career in Los Angeles. It was there that Weatherly first recorded his best known track as “Midnight Train to Houston...
Weatherly was a celebrated, championship-winning quarterback at Ole Miss before abandoning football to start a music career in Los Angeles. It was there that Weatherly first recorded his best known track as “Midnight Train to Houston...
- 2/4/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Julien’s Auctions recently launched the exclusive, online charity auction Handwritten Song Lyrics Benefitting Music Health Alliance at juliensauctions.com for advance bidding.
The auction will start closing in real time and in lot order for live bidding at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, November 9th, 2020. Proceeds will benefit Music Health Alliance’s Covid-19 Relief Plan, which was created to provide direct support for immediate needs of music industry professionals and their families during this public health crisis where many have lost their incomes.
The auction house to the stars partnered with a who’s who of the greatest singers and songwriters of the 20th and 21st century, spanning pop, rock, country, blues/jazz, americana, and gospel music, who personally donated handwritten lyrics of some of their most classic and famous hits to the initiative.
Highlighted handwritten song lyrics signed by the songwriter and/or recording artist include...
The auction will start closing in real time and in lot order for live bidding at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, November 9th, 2020. Proceeds will benefit Music Health Alliance’s Covid-19 Relief Plan, which was created to provide direct support for immediate needs of music industry professionals and their families during this public health crisis where many have lost their incomes.
The auction house to the stars partnered with a who’s who of the greatest singers and songwriters of the 20th and 21st century, spanning pop, rock, country, blues/jazz, americana, and gospel music, who personally donated handwritten lyrics of some of their most classic and famous hits to the initiative.
Highlighted handwritten song lyrics signed by the songwriter and/or recording artist include...
- 10/21/2020
- Look to the Stars
One of the summer’s biggest club singles has been DJ Koze’s “Pick Up,” an immensely likable house record that reached Number One on the Beatport chart (which tracks online dance music sales) in May and remained in the chart’s upper reaches for several months.
“Pick Up” is built around a sample of Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1972 song “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye),” her final single for Motown. This vocal has quietly become a go-to combustion engine for electronic producers in...
“Pick Up” is built around a sample of Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1972 song “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye),” her final single for Motown. This vocal has quietly become a go-to combustion engine for electronic producers in...
- 8/27/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Late actress Farrah Fawcett inspired soul classic Midnight Train To Georgia.
The tune, which was a huge hit for Gladys Knight & The Pips, was originally titled Midnight Plane to Houston until Whitney Houston's mum Cissy rejigged it.
But songwriter Jim Weatherly insists the hit will always be dedicated to Fawcett and her former husband Lee Majors in his mind.
Weatherly tells Nashville Story Source he wrote the song after chatting to his pal on the phone.
He says, "She said she was packing her clothes and she was gonna go back and visit her folks and she was taking the midnight plane to Houston. When she said that a little bell went off in my head.
"I actually used Farrah and Lee as kind of like the people in the song... It's just a simple little story about a girl that comes to L.A. to make it, becomes a star and everything, finds it too hard and goes back (home)."...
The tune, which was a huge hit for Gladys Knight & The Pips, was originally titled Midnight Plane to Houston until Whitney Houston's mum Cissy rejigged it.
But songwriter Jim Weatherly insists the hit will always be dedicated to Fawcett and her former husband Lee Majors in his mind.
Weatherly tells Nashville Story Source he wrote the song after chatting to his pal on the phone.
He says, "She said she was packing her clothes and she was gonna go back and visit her folks and she was taking the midnight plane to Houston. When she said that a little bell went off in my head.
"I actually used Farrah and Lee as kind of like the people in the song... It's just a simple little story about a girl that comes to L.A. to make it, becomes a star and everything, finds it too hard and goes back (home)."...
- 10/28/2009
- WENN
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