NASHVILLE - Hall of Fame songwriter Jim Weatherly, who wrote “Midnight Train to Georgia“ and other hits for Gladys Knight, Glen Campbell and Ray Price, has died. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame said in a release on Friday that Weatherly’s family confirmed his death on Wednesday at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee. I’m gonna miss him terribly and love him always,” Knight said in a post on Twitter. Gladys Knight & The Pips won Grammy Awards for their performances of “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “Neither One of Us” in 1974. Weatherly, a Mississippi native, was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006 and the national Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.

Source: thestar February 05, 2021 17:37 UTC