Tony Joe White
USA
Born: 23 July 1943
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock, R&B, Country, Blues
Styles: Soul, R&B/Soul, Rock & Roll/Roots, Country-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Pop-Soul, Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Southern Rock, Hard Rock, Swamp Pop, Louisiana Blues, Rock & Roll, Early R&B, Country-Pop, Traditional Country, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Soft Rock
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Tony Joe White has parlayed his songwriting talent into a modestly successful country and rock career in Europe as well as America. Born July 23, 1943, in Goodwill, LA, White was born into a part-Cherokee family. He began working clubs in Texas during the mid-'60s and moved to Nashville by 1968. White's 1969 debut album for Monument, Black and White, featured his Top Ten pop hit "Polk Salad Annie" and another charting single, "Roosevelt and Ira Lee (Night of the Moccasin)." That same year, Dusty Springfield reached the charts with White's "Will...
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- Willie Nelson (198)
- Ray Charles (49)
- Lightnin' Hopkins (27)
- Buddy Holly (23)
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Followers
- Tina Turner (91)
- Waylon Jennings (69)
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