Fact #180939
When:
Short story:
Brook Benton enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA with A Rainy Night In Georgia, which will peak at No4.
Full article:
Arif Mardin (producer/arranger) : It's all there - that that character wants to leave Georgia … because the strings are playing high tremolos, and because Toot Thielemans' harmonica provides a lonesome feeling, and because Cornell Dupree's guitar line is like a signature. But really, it's the way Brook sang it.
I admit that I thought it was a beautiful record, but Ahmet (Ertegun) and Jerry (Wexler) were the ones who knew it was a hit, immediately. I just wanted to go with the flow.
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I admit that I thought it was a beautiful record, but Ahmet (Ertegun) and Jerry (Wexler) were the ones who knew it was a hit, immediately. I just wanted to go with the flow.
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