Hit the Road Jack

About Hit the Road Jack

"Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by the rhythm and blues artist Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a cappella demo sent to Art Rupe. It became famous after it was recorded by the singer-songwriter-pianist Ray Charles with The Raelettes vocalist Margie Hendrix, and eventually became one of Charles' signature songs. Charles's recording hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. "Hit the Road Jack" won a Grammy award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. The song was number one on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, thereby becoming Charles's sixth number-one on that chart. The song is ranked number 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The Chantels released an answer song, "Well, I Told You" which charted at #29. more »

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2017

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Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more
What'd you say

Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more

Old woman, old woman, oh, you treat me so mean
You're the meanest old woman that I ever have seen
Well, I guess if you say so
I'll have to pack my things and go (that's right)

Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more
What'd you say

Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more

Now baby, listen baby, don't you treat me this way
'Cause I'll be back on my feet some day
Don't care if you do, 'cause it's understood
You ain't got no money, you just ain't no good
Well, I guess if you say so
I'll have to pack my things and go (that's right)

Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more
What'd you say

Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back
No more

Well
Uh, what you say?
Don't cha come back
No more

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American musician known as Ray Charles (to avoid confusion with champion boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.) He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company.Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.” more »

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