Tony Joe White was the youngest of seven children who grew up on a cotton farm near Oak Grove, Louisiana.
'Polk Salad Annie' was also recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones. 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. Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, JOctober 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.
