South (composition)

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Script error: No such module "about". "South" is a jazz composition by Thamon Hayes and Bennie Moten.[1] It was introduced by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra in 1924 and recorded again in 1928, when it became a national hit.[2] It was Moten's most popular composition.[3]

Originally an instrumental piece, Ray Charles (a pseudonym for Charles Carpenter) later wrote lyrics for the tune.[1]

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  1. a b William Emmett Studwell and Mark Baldin: The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles. Haworth Press, 2000. Template:ISBN. p.222
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  3. Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra and Stephen Thomas Erlewine: All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat Books, 2002. Template:ISBN. p. 917

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