YOU'RE THE REASON
JOE
SOUTH
SONGWRITER: BOBBY
EDWARDS, TERRY IMESFELL & FRED HENLEY
COUNTRY: U.
S. A.
ALBUM: YOU1RE
THE REASON
LABEL: CAPITOL
RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1971
"You're the Reason"
is a song by Bobby Edwards, released as a single in the United States in 1961. The song reached number four on
the Country singles chart and number 11 on the Pop singles chart. The
tune was later covered by Gerry and the Pacemakers, Joe South, Hank Locklin, Hank
III and John Fogerty on his album The Blue Ridge Rangers.
Joe South(born Joseph
Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American
singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his
songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for "Games
People Play" and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for "Rose
Garden".
South had met and was
encouraged by Bill Lowery, an Atlanta music publisher and radio personality. He
began his recording career in Atlanta with the National Recording Corporation,
where he served as staff guitarist along with other NRC artists Ray Stevens and
Jerry Reed. South's
earliest recordings have been re-released by NRC on CD. He soon returned to
Nashville with The Manrando Group and then onto Charlie Wayne Felts Promotions.
(Charlie Wayne Felts is the cousin of Rockabilly Hall of Fame Inductee and
Grand Ole Opry Member, Narvel Felts.)
South had his first top 50
hit in July 1958 with a cover version of the b-side of The Big Bopper's hit
single Chantilly Lace, a novelty song called "The Purple People Eater
Meets the Witch Doctor". After this South would concentrate mainly on songwriting.
In 1959, South wrote two
songs which were recorded by Gene Vincent: "I Might Have Known",
which was on the album Sounds Like Gene Vincent(Capitol Records, 1959), and
"Gone Gone Gone", which was included on the album The Crazy Beat of
Gene Vincent (Capitol Records, 1963).
South was also a prominent
sideman, playing guitar on Tommy Roe's "Sheila", Bob Dylan's Blonde
on Blonde album, and the classic tremolo intro on Aretha Franklin's "Chain
of Fools". South played electric guitar on Simon & Garfunkel's second
album, Sounds of Silence, although Al Gorgoni and/or Vinnie Bell feature on the
title track.
Billy Joe Royal recorded
five South songs: "Down in the Boondocks" (also covered in 1969 by Penny
DeHaven), "I Knew You When", "Yo-Yo" (later a hit for The
Osmonds), "Hush" (later a hit for Deep Purple, Somebody's Image with Russell
Morris, and Kula Shaker), and "Rose Garden" (see below).
Responding to late 1960s
issues, South's style changed radically, most evident in his biggest single,
1969's pungent, no-nonsense "Games People Play" (purportedly inspired
by Eric Berne's book of the same name), a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
Accompanied by a lush string sound, an organ, and brass, the production won the
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song and the Grammy Award for Song of the
Year. South followed up with "Birds of a Feather" (originally
"Bubbled Under" at No. 106 on February 10–17, 1968, more successful
as a cover by The Raiders that peaked on the Hot 100 at No. 23 on October
23–30, 1971) and two other soul-searchers, the back-to-nature "Don't It
Make You Want to Go Home" (also covered eight months later by Brook Benton
With The Dixie Flyers) and the socially provocative "Walk a Mile in My
Shoes" (also covered by Elvis Presley in a Las Vegas era version, Bryan
Ferry, and Coldcut).
South's most commercially
successful composition was Lynn Anderson's 1971 country/pop monster hit
"Rose Garden", which was a hit in 16 countries worldwide. Anderson
won a Grammy Award for her vocals, and South earned two Grammy nominations for
it, as Best Country Song and (general) Song of the Year. South wrote more hits
for Anderson, such as "How Can I Unlove You" (Billboard Country No.1)
and "Fool Me" (Billboard Country No. 3). Freddy Weller, Jeannie
C. Riley, and Penny DeHaven also had hits on the Billboard country chart with
South songs. In addition, other artists who have recorded South-penned songs
include Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Carol
Burnett, Andy Williams, Kitty Wells, Dottie West, Jim Nabors, Arlen Roth, Liz
Anderson, The Georgia Satellites, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Ike & Tina
Turner, Hank Williams Jr., James Taylor, the Tams, and k. d. lang, although
most covered versions of South's best known songs.
(Walkin' the floor)
(Feelin' so blue)
(Smoke cigarettes)
(Drink coffee, too)
I just lay here at night
Toss and I turn
Lovin' you so
How my heart yearns
You're the reason
I don't sleep at night (Don't sleep at night)
Walkin' the floor
Feelin' so blue
Smoke cigarettes
Drink coffee, too
You're the reason
I don't sleep at night (Don't sleep at night)
I'm bettin'
You're not losin' sleep over me
But if I'm wrong
Don't fail to call
You can keep me company (Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Sometimes I go for a walk
Take a look at the moon
Strum my guitar
Sing a love tune
Honey, you're the reason
I don't sleep at night (Don't sleep at night)
(Walkin' the floor)
(Feelin' so blue)
(Smoke cigarettes)
(Drink coffee, too)
(Strum my guitar)
(Look at the moon)
(Losin' my sleep over you)
I'm bettin'
You're not losin' sleep over me
But if I'm wrong
Don't fail to call
You can keep me company (Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Sometimes I go for a walk
Take a look at the moon
Strum my guitar
And sing a love tune
Honey, you're the reason
I don't sleep at night (Don't sleep at night)
(Walkin' the floor)
(Feelin' so blue)
(Smoke cigarettes)
(Drink coffee, too)
(Strum my guitar)
(Look at the moon)
(Losin' my sleep over you)
You're the reason
You're the reason
You're the reason
You're the reason
You're the reason.
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