"Polk Salad Annie” is a 1968 song written and recorded by American musician Tony Joe White. Traditionally, the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke sallet, a cooked greens dish made from pokeweed. Released as a single in 1969, it reached #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Elvis Presley's version also made the song popular.
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"Polk Salad Annie” is a 1968 song written and recorded by American musician Tony Joe White. Traditionally, the type of food highlighted in the s… read more
"Polk Salad Annie” is a 1968 song written and recorded by American musician Tony Joe White. Traditionally, the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke sallet, a cooked … read more
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Elvis P… read more
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" … read more
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", wh… read more