South (composition)

"South" is a jazz composition by Thamon Hayes and Bennie Moten.¹ It was introduced by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra in 1924 and recorded again in 1928, when it became a national hit.² It was Moten's most popular composition.³

Originally an instrumental piece, Ray Charles (a pseudonym for Charles Carpenter) later wrote lyrics for the tune.¹

Notes

William Emmett Studwell and Mark Baldin: The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles. Haworth Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7890-0914-5. p.222
Williams, Martin (1991). Jazz in Its Time. Oxford University Press US. p. 164. ISBN 0-19-506904-8.
Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra and Stephen Thomas Erlewine: All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat Books, 2002. ISBN 0-87930-717-X. p. 917

[big-band-reader-1] William Emmett Studwell and Mark Baldin: The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles. Haworth Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7890-0914-5. p.222

[2] Williams, Martin (1991). Jazz in Its Time. Oxford University Press US. p. 164. ISBN 0-19-506904-8.

[3] Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra and Stephen Thomas Erlewine: All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat Books, 2002. ISBN 0-87930-717-X. p. 917

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