answers: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins
context: in mono. "Son of a Preacher Man" was to be the last Top Ten chart hit for Springfield for almost 20 years, till she teamed up with Pet Shop Boys for the single "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in 1987. In 1967, while working at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, songwriters John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins, who had recently had a hit with "Love of the Common People", were asked by Jerry Wexler to write a song for Aretha Franklin. Remembering the fact that Franklin's father was a preacher, as Wilkins's grandfather had been, Hurley and Wilkins quickly came up </s> The Ralph Emery Show. Little recorded for Dot Records and later was on the Epic Records label. Little left the music industry in the mid-1970s and has not sung professionally in decades. She currently resides in her native Texas. Peggy Little Peggy Little (born 1942) is an American country music singer best remembered for her country cover version of Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man" Little was born in Marlin, Texas and raised in Waco, Texas. She began her career as a child vocalist on local radio. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Little was a well-known figure </s> Ray Pennington Ramon Daniel Pennington (born December 22, 1933 in Clay County, Kentucky) is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for writing the Waylon Jennings and Montgomery Gentry song "I'm a Ramblin' Man", and for founding the independent Step One Records label. RIAA certified gold records: Lorrie Morgan Greater Need, Waylon Live, The Outlaws Live, Ricky Skaggs and others. Pennington first performed in a western swing band called the Western Rhythm Boys, which performed in Ohio. In 1958, he signed with King Records and released "Three Hearts in a Tangle" under the name Ray
question: who wrote the song son of a preacher man