Born on this day, September 9, in 1947: Freddy Weller

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He went through quite the career change.

Hat tip, This Day in Country Music:

1947
Born on this day in Atlanta, Georgia, was Freddy Weller, country music artist. His biggest solo hit as an artist was "Games People Play," which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1969; "Promised Land" and "Indian Lake," both 1971, peaked at #3.

"Games People Play"? I thought that was done by Joe South. Well, yes, it was. Joe South's version was the best known version of that song, but not the only one version.

Freddy Weller - Games People Play
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onemediamusic
Published on Mar 29, 2015

Country guitarist and singer-songwriter, Freddy Weller, was signed to Colombia Records between 1969 and 1980. His musical career started as a guitarist in the pop rock band 'Paul Revere & The Raiders,' before he found success as a country singer.

Freddy Weller's highest charting single was his debut release, 'Games People Play,' which charted at number two on the US Billboard Country chart in 1969.

This performance was recorded live at Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida.

Freddy Weller

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Weller in 1969

Wilton Frederick "Freddy" Weller (born September 9, 1947) is an American country music artist. He recorded for Columbia Records between 1969 and 1980. He had his highest charted single in 1969 with his debut release, "Games People Play".

Musical career

His recording career started in 1967, as lead guitarist in the band Paul Revere & The Raiders. He penned their 1969 hit "We Gotta All Get Together".

He recorded many country songs like Joe South's "'Games People Play", Chuck Berry's "The Promised Land" and "Too Much Monkey Business", "She Loves Me Right Out Of My Mind", "Indian Lake", "Down In The Boondocks", and many others. Weller also played guitar for South and Billy Joe Royal.

Weller's biggest solo hit as a country music artist was "Games People Play", which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1969; "Promised Land" and "Indian Lake", both 1971, peaked at No. 3. He co-wrote "Dizzy" and "Jam Up and Jelly Tight", which were hits for Tommy Roe in 1970.

CFZM plays this one all the time:

Dizzy - Tommy Roe
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numberonesongs333
Published on Jul 12, 2011

http://www.squidoo.com/numberonesongs... His number one song from 1969. This song was number one for four weeks.

Here's the version of "Indian Lake" I'm familiar with. It's performed by the Cowsills:

Indian lake - The cowsills
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Leonard Berg
Published on Feb 20, 2014

This video goes back a bit:

Paul Revere & The Raiders Meet Freddy Weller
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Raider Rooter 1967
Published on May 16, 2014

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In color:

PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS - KICKS - 1967
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Published on Mar 27, 2013

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The Great Airplane Strike Paul Revere Raiders STEREO HiQ Hybrid JARichardsFilm 720p
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jarichards99utube
Published on Jan 25, 2018

Relentless, Driving, HARD Psychedelic-Rock from the Mid-1960s.
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