"1342" . "Hit The Road Jack" . . "20"^^ . "Percy Mayfield" . "1960 songs" . . . "118000.0"^^ . "ABC Records" . . "false"^^ . . "DEPZ60886848" . "0000-00-00"^^ . . . "english" . "%22Hit the Road Jack%22 is a song written by rhythm and bluesman Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a cappella demo sent to Art Rupe. It became famous after it was recorded by singer-songwriter-pianist Ray Charles with The Raelettes vocalist Margie Hendricks.Ray Charles' recording hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. %22Hit the Road Jack%22 also got a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. The song was also number one on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, thereby becoming Ray Charles' sixth number one on that chart. The song is ranked #387 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." . "Songs written by Percy Mayfield" . "313844"^^ . "eng" . . . "85.0"^^ . "1960 singles" . . . "76dfee82-e394-46f7-9769-59724ae3860d" . "18143186" . "1961-07-05" . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . "Gramophone record" . "2"^^ . "1961-07-05" . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . . "Ray Charles songs" . . . . "-14.3"^^ . "5714dee125ac0d8aee4eff9f" . "Hit The Road Jack" . "The Animals songs" .