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Joe Simon

Early R&B
Soul music
Gospel
Joe Simon – born in Simmesport, Louisiana on September 7, 1936 – was a Grammy Award-winning R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer. He began singing in his father’s Baptist Church but did not pursue a professional career in music until his family moved to Richmond, California in the late 1950s. Influenced by singers like Sam Cooke and Arthur Prysock, he joined the Golden West Gospel Singers, who then went secular in 1959 and recorded under the name the Golden Tones. Joe Simon went solo and scored his first solo hit, “My Adorable One”, in 1964. Throughout the rest of the 19...
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Drowning in the Sea of LoveJoe Simon
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Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)Joe Simon
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Nine Pound SteelJoe Simon
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The Chokin' KindJoe Simon
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Your Time to CryJoe Simon
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Theme from Cleopatra JonesJoe Simon
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Drowning in the Sea of LoveJoe Simon

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Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)Joe Simon

Get Down

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Nine Pound SteelJoe Simon

No Sad Songs

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The Chokin' KindJoe Simon

The Chokin' Kind

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Your Time to CryJoe Simon

The Sounds of Simon

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Theme from Cleopatra JonesJoe Simon

Greatest Hits: The Spring Years 1970-1977

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