Lonely", originally recorded by Janis Joplin and covered by Charlie Rich "Cry Like a Baby", a number 2 hit for The Box Tops(1968) "Rainbow Road", recorded by Bill Brandon and Percy Sledge and Marshall Chapman "Out of Left Field", recorded by Percy Sledge and Hank Williams, Jr. "It Tears Me Up", recorded by Percy Sledge "Like a Road Leading Home" by Albert King(1971) and Jerry Garcia "Slippin' Around", recorded by Clarence Carter and the Detroit Cobras "I Hate You", recorded by Ronnie Milsap, Bobby Blue Bland, and Jerry Lee Lewis "You Left the Water Running", a number 42 R&B hit for Barbara Lynn in 1966, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Maurice and Mac, Billy Young, also recorded by Otis Redding and released posthumously in 1976 "Sweet Inspiration", a number 5 hit for the Sweet Inspirations in 1968 "Long Ago", recorded by Bobby Patterson "Handy" and "Everyday Livin' Days", recorded by Merrilee Rush "Got a Feelin' for Ya", recorded by Kelly Willis "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet", recorded by Pegi Young (ex-wife of Neil Young) on her solo album "Nobody's Fool", recorded by Alex Chilton "Time I Took a Holiday", recorded by Nick Lowe "Where You Gettin' It", recorded by Theryl DeClouet (Galactic) "Hillbilly Heart", a country hit by Johnny Rodriguez that reached number 5 in the United States and number 2 in Canada in 1976 "Tearjoint", recorded by Faron Young, released as a single in 1980 Career:1970s onwards Penn continued writing and producing hits for numerous artists during the 1960s and finally released a record of his own, the 1972 single entitled "Nobody's Fool." He was coaxed into the studio again in 1993 to record the acclaimed "Do Right Man," for which he reunited with many of his friends and colleagues from Memphis and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. He also has recently written and produced for the Hacienda Brothers. He now lives in Nashville and continues to write with Oldham and other contemporaries, such as Donnie Fritts, Gary Nicholson, and Norbert Putnam. Carson Whitsett and Penn have had their collaborations recorded by Irma Thomas and Johnny Adams and often teamed with writers Jonnie Barmett and, later, Hoy Lindsey. The team of Penn, Whitsett, and Lindsey were responsible for the title track of Solomon Burke's album Don't Give Up on Me (also recorded by Joe Cocker), and Penn produced 2005's Better to Have It by Bobby Purify, which featured twelve