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"Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by rhythm and bluesman Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an ''a cappella'' demo sent to Art Rupe. It became famous after it was recorded by singer-songwriter-pianist Ray Charles with The Raelettes vocalist Margie Hendricks. Ray Charles' recording hit number one for two weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. "Hit the Road Jack" also got a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. The song was also number one on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, thereby becoming Ray Charles' sixth number one on that chart. The song is ranked #387 on the ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ==Notable recordings== *Richard Anthony (1961 - in French as "Fiche le camp, Jack") *The Animals (1966) *Helen Reddy (1972), from the album ''I Am Woman'' *Monica Zetterlund – Swedish version with the title "Stick iväg Jack" with lyrics by Beppe Wolgers *Suzi Quatro (1974) *The Stampeders featuring Wolfman Jack (1975) *John Mellencamp (aka Johnny Cougar) (1976) *Big Youth – a reggae version of the song is on his 1976 album ''Hit the Road Jack''. Also included on ''Natty Universal Dread 1973–1979'' *Blind Date (1986) *The Residents (1987) *Buster Poindexter (1989) *Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (1990 - ''Ska Para Toujou'') *The Weather Girls (1999) *Hermes House Band (2004 - ''Get Ready To Party'') *Miyavi (2005 – live) *Basement Jaxx (2006) *Tic Tac Toe (2006) *Mo' Horizons (in Portuguese as "Pé Na Estrada") *The Easybeats *Sha Na Na *Renee Olstead - featured on her 2009 album ''Skylark'' *Shirley Horn - featured on her 1993 album ''Light out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles)'' *Jamie Cullum and Tim Minchin covered the song on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' on 23 October 2009 *John Farnham covered the song and combined it in medley with the song "Fever" for his 2010 ''Jack'' album *Pentatonix (2013) *Acid Drinkers featured on album ''Fishdick Zwei – The Dick Is Rising Again'' (2010) *Casey Abrams featuring Haley Reinhart on Abrams' debut album ''Casey Abrams'' (2012) *The Overtones featuring Beverley Knight on their album ''Saturday Night at the Movies'' (2013) *Robbie Williams performed the song on the Swings Both Ways Arena Tour, which is featured on the accompanying live album. (2014) *Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers frequently play part of the song during live performances of "Breakdown", such as the version featured on their album ''The Live Anthology''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hit the Road Jack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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