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  • Top 10 Southern Girl Songs

    Southern Girls are the finest ladies in all the world. Here are PrettySouthern’s Top 10 Songs about Southern Girls! We created this list based on reader feedback (plus used the most popular searches in Google). Do you agree with our list? If not, tell us why in the comments section below.

    We have to give an honorable mention to Miss Kellie Pickler for her song “Southern Girls Night Out”, plus pay our due respects to Patsy Cline, Lucinda Williams, and Dolly Parton for singing from the heart of true Southern women everywhere.

    PrettySouthern’s Top 10 Southern Girl Songs

    #10: Collective Soul, “Georgia Girl”
    #9: Lucero, “Banks of Arkansas”
    #8: Corey Smith, “From A Distance”
    #7: Conway Twitty, “Southern Comfort”
    #6: Better Than Ezra, “Southern Thing”
    #5: Incubus, “Southern Girl”
    #4: Allman Brothers, “Melissa”
    #3: General Johnson and the Chairman of the Board, “Carolina Girls”
     #2: Amos Lee, “Southern Girl”
    #1: Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Georgia Peaches”

  • Southern Girl Song #4

    From their album “Eat A Peach” the Allman Brothers most recognizable song is arguably “Melissa”. Who was Melissa you may ask? Gregg Allman gave the history of this song’s origin to the San Luis Obispo Tribune on Nov. 30, 2006:

    “I wrote that song in 1967 in a place called the Evergreen Hotel in Pensacola, Fla. By that time I got so sick of playing other people’s material that I just sat down and said, ‘OK, here we go. One, two, three – we’re going to try to write songs.’ And about 200 songs later – much garbage to take out – I wrote this song called ‘Melissa.’

    “And I had everything but the title…So one night I was in the grocery store – it was my turn to go get the tea, the coffee, the sugar and all that other s–t… and there was this Spanish lady there and she had this little toddler with her – this little girl. And I’m sitting there, getting a few things and what have you. And this little girl takes off, running down the aisle. And the lady yells, Oh, Melissa! Melissa, come back, Melissa!’ And I went, ‘Oh – that’s it’!”

    No, the song is not “Sweet Melissa” it’s just “Melissa.”

    Did y’all know Melissa is also a flower? It’s found in the U.K. (botanical Name Melissa officianalis) and the essence of oil in this flower can be used to mist your skin replenishing its moisture and restoring its healthy glow. Seems like Melissa did the same for this Allman brother.