Georgia on My Mind

…market with the best-sellers “Georgia on My Mind” (1960) and “Hit the Road, Jack” (1961). His album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) sold more than a million copies, as did its single “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” Other notable hit songs included “Busted” (1963), “Crying Time”…

…his hit rendition of “Georgia on My Mind” helped establish it as the state song. Little Richard was one of the early stars of rock and roll, and the Allman Brothers Band pioneered the Southern rock genre. Gladys Knight and the Pips recorded numerous chart-topping songs in the 1960s…