Moore, who was born in Jackson, began singing in the The New Stranger Home Baptist Church Choir at age five and was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2001, is crowned Queen of Round 9 of The Ultimate Mississippi Playlist. Her soulful ballad Misty Blue from 1976 received 43 percent of the votes. Runners-up in this round are Ike and Tina Turner’s Proud Mary, 35 percent; Rae Sremmurd’s Black Beatles, 16 percent, and The Band Perry’s If I Die Young, 6 percent.
The Playlist salutes the significance of Mississippi music during our state’s bicentennial celebration. Songs selected in previous rounds of voting include Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley, Hello Darlin’ by Conway Twitty, Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette, Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis, Come Monday by Jimmy Buffett, Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry, The Thrill is Gone by B.B. King and Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson.
Next up, four new nominees, including two suggestions from Mississippi Today readers: Back Where I Come From by Mac McAnally, I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) by Howlin’ Wolf, Mississippi by the Charlie Daniels Band and Mississippi River by Paul Davis.
You can listen to the new entries and vote for your favorite on mississippitoday.org. You also can vote on our Twitter account. Every two weeks through the fall, a fresh ballot of four new nominees will be published.
To be nominated, songs must be about Mississippi or performed by Mississippi artists. All of the contenders were selected by Mississippi music experts, Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip magazine.
Contenders in Round 10
Like a mist in the morning/From some dream I’ve left behind/Mississippi/I’ve been kinda down/Because it’s been such a long time/Since I’ve seen old Jackson town.” The song was released in September 1979 as the second single from the band’s album Million Mile Reflections. It peaked at No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at No. 3 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was noted as one of the “Most Performed Songs of the Year” in 1980 by the BMI Awards.
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