Australian singles chart:
Hit the Road Jack entered the Kent Music Report on 24 May 1976 and peaked at #92.
Album:
The song is on the Stampeders’ 1975 album Steamin’.
Songwriter:
Percy Mayfield
Producer:
Mel Shaw
Record label of Australian release:
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Wikipedia:
Hit the Road Jack was written by the rhythm and blues singer Percy Mayfield and was most notably recorded in 1961 by Ray Charles (link to song below).
Numerous versions of the song have been recorded since, including by Canadian band The Stampeders. Their version, which also featured the voice of American radio DJ Wolfman Jack, charted in Canada, the USA and Australia.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_the_Road_Jack
Also on Bang a Gong:
Sweet City Woman by The Stampeders
Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles
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