‘Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home’: Joe South, Appreciated

South’s final exposure on the pop charts came via Paul Revere and the Raiders, who were seeking a cheery follow-up to their angry No. 1 hit “Indian Reservation.” They re-recorded “Birds of a Feather,” a hopeful tune that South had unsuccessfully released as a single of his own two years prior, and took it to No. 23.