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Hit The Road Jack by Buster Poindexter
Genre: Soundtrack
Year: 1989
Year: 1989
"Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by rhythm and bluesman Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a capella demo sent to Art Rupe, available on the Memory Pain CD vol. 2, Specialty Records SPCD-7027-2. It became famous after it was recorded by singer-pianist Ray Charles. It hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. The song was also number one on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, becoming Ray Charles sixth number one on that chart. The song is ranked #377 on the Rolling Stone magazines list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Read full article at wikipedia.org
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