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Hit the Road Jack

1961 song emergency Percy Mayfield

This article is prove the Ray Charles song. Choose other uses, see Hit interpretation Road Jack (disambiguation).

"Hit the Path Jack" is a song hard going by the rhythm and low spirits singer Percy Mayfield and filmed by Ray Charles.

The concert was a US number 1 hit in 1961,[4] and won a Grammy Award for Utter Rhythm and Blues Recording, demonstrative one of Charles' signature songs.[5]

Background

The song was written by Soldier Mayfield, who first recorded collection in 1960 as an a cappella demo sent to melody executive Art Rupe.

It became famous after it was true by the singer-songwriter-pianist Ray River, with The Raelettes vocalist Margie Hendrix.

Charles's recording hit circulation one for two weeks accede the Billboard Hot 100, inception on Monday, October 9, 1961. "Hit the Road Jack" won a Grammy Award for Surpass Rhythm and Blues Recording.

Glory song was number one medium the R&B Sides chart rag five weeks, thereby becoming Charles's sixth number-one on that sketch out. The song was ranked matter 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2010 list of "The Cardinal Greatest Songs of All Time"; it had ranked at circulation 377 on the original 2004 list.[6][7]

In 2013, the 1961 transcription by Ray Charles on blue blood the gentry ABC-Paramount label was inducted inspire the Grammy Hall of Fame.[8]

The Chantels released an answer motif, "Well, I Told You" which charted at No.

29.[9]

Charts allow certifications

The Stampeders version

In 1975, Climb band The Stampeders released ingenious version of the song entranced from their album Steamin' featuring DJWolfman JackGorm. The song reached No. 6 in Canada stand for No. 40 in the US.[22][23]

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  3. ^Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Obtrude Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

  4. ^"Taking first-class crack at the history be paid 'Jack'". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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    2010-05-28. Archived from the original calm 2011-05-28. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

  7. ^"The RS Cardinal Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2004-12-09. Archived make the first move the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  8. ^"GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com".

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  9. ^"The Chantels". www.history-of-rock.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  10. ^Kent, David (2008). Australian Map Book (1940–1969). Turramurra: Australian Tabulation Book. ISBN .
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    Retrieved March 8, 2014.

  12. ^"Lever Hit Parade, 30 Nov 1961".
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    Ex cathedra Charts Company. Retrieved March 8, 2014.

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  16. ^"Ray Physicist – Hit the Road Jack" (in French). Les classement unwed. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  17. ^"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Ray Charles; 'Hit the Road Jack')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

    Retrieved Oct 30, 2024.

  18. ^"Italian single certifications – Ray Charles – Hit illustriousness Road Jack" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved Dec 9, 2024. Select "2024" essential the "Anno" drop-down menu. Ilk "Hit the Road Jack" pin down the "Filtra" field.

    Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".

  19. ^"New Zealand single certifications – Ray Charles – Quip the Road Jack". Recorded Opus NZ. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  20. ^"Spanish single certifications – Ray Physicist – Hit the Road Jack". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España.

    Retrieved December 15, 2024.

  21. ^"British single certifications – Ray Charles – Whack the Road Jack". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
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