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18 Priceless Things to Know About ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’

14. ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ Connection

Lee Majors and his one-time wife, Farrah Fawcett, were friends with songwriter Jim Weatherly. During a casual phone conversation, Fawcett told Weatherly that she was packing for a midnight plane to Houston to visit her parents. He thought, “what a great line for a song.” He wrote the ditty in about 45 minutes, which was given to Cissy Houston (yes, Whitney’s mom) to sing. She felt weird about having her name in the title, so he reworked it to a train in Georgia. It ended up becoming a huge hit for Gladys Knight and the Pips. By the way, Farrah made four different appearances on SMDM before she hit the big time with that poster and Charlie’s Angels gig.

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