SOUTHERN NIGHTS
GLEN CAMPBELL
SONGWRITER: ALLEN TOUSSAINT
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SOUTHERN NIGHTS
LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS
GENRE: CONTRY
YEAR: 1977
Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August
8, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and
actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and
for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television
from 1969 until 1972. He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five
decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold
albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.
Born in Billstown,
Arkansas, Campbell began his professional career as a
studio musician in Los Angeles, spending several years playing with the group of
instrumentalists later known as "The Wrecking Crew". After becoming a
solo artist, he placed a total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart,
Billboard Hot 100,
or Adult Contemporary Chart, of
which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one
of those charts. Among Campbell's hits are "Universal Soldier", his first hit from
1965, along with "Gentle on My Mind" (1967), "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
(1967), "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"
(1968), "Wichita Lineman"
(1968), "Galveston"
(1969), "Rhinestone Cowboy"
(1975) and "Southern
Nights" (1977).
In
1967, Campbell won four Grammys in the country and pop categories. For
"Gentle on My Mind", he received two awards in country
and western; "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
did the same in pop. Three of his early hits later won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards (2000, 2004,
2008), while Campbell himself won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both
the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took
the CMA's top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. Campbell played a
supporting role in the film True
Grit (1969), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He also sang the title song,
which was nominated for an Academy
Award.
"Southern Nights" is a song written
and recorded by Allen Toussaint,
from his 1975 album, Southern Nights,
and later recorded by American country
music singer Glen Campbell.
It was the first single released from Campbell's 1977 album, Southern Nights,
and reached Nº. 1 on three separate US charts. It was covered by the Chicago band Whitney in 2015.
Southern nights
Have you ever felt a southern night?
Free as a breeze
Not to mention the trees
Whistling tunes that you know and love so
Southern nights
Just as good even when closed your eyes
I apologize to anyone who can truly say
That he has found a better way
Southern skies
Have you ever noticed southern skies?
Its precious beauty lies just beyond the eye
It goes running through your soul
Like the stories told of old
Old man
He and his dog that walked the old land
Ev'ry flower touched his cold hand
As he slowly walked by
Weeping willows
Would cry for joy
Joy
Feel so good
Feel so good
It's frigth'ning
Wish I could
Stop this world from Fighting
La da da da da da la
da da da da da da da da
Mysteries
Like this and many others in the trees
Blow in the night
In the southern skies
Southern nights
They feel so good
it's fright'ning
Wish I could
Stop this world from Fighting
La da da da da da la
da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
da da da da.
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