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Joe Tex (08 Aug 1935 - 13 Aug 1982)

Male Person - United States American southern soul musician

Releases (63)

Official

Album

  1. Hold On! It’s Joe Tex 1964
  2. The New Boss 1965
  3. Hold What You've Got 1965
  4. The Love You Save 1966
  5. I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better 1966
  6. Live and Lively 1968
  7. Soul Country 1968
  8. Buying a Book 1969
  9. Happy Soul 1969
  10. Sings With Strings & Things 1970
  11. Joe Tex Spills The Beans 1972
  12. From the Roots Came the Rapper 1972
  13. I Gotcha 1972
  14. Have You Ever 1976
  15. Bumps & Bruises 1977
  16. Rub Down 20 Jan 1978
  17. He Who Is Without Funk Cast the First Stone 11 Dec 1978
  18. Bump to the Funk 1996
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of Joe Tex 1967
  2. The History of... Joe Tex 1973
  3. The Very Best of Joe Tex Jul 1988
  4. I Believe I'm Gonna Make It! (The Best of Joe Tex) 1988
  5. Joe Tex Greatest Hits 03 Sep 1991
  6. 25 Greatest Hits 1992
  7. Golden Classics 1993
  8. Skinny Legs and All: The Classic Early Dial Sides 1994
  9. You're Right, Joe Tex 1995
  10. The Very Best of Joe Tex 19 Nov 1996
  11. Greatest Hits 1996
  12. I Gotcha 1996
  13. I Gotcha: Greatest Hits 01 Nov 1998
  14. 25 All-Time Greatest Hits 2000
  15. The Love You Save / I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better 2001
  16. Live and Lively / Soul Country 16 Jul 2002
  17. From the Roots... Came the Rapper 2002
  18. Buying a Book 2002
  19. This Is Gold 2003
  20. Get Way Back: The 1950s Recordings 09 Sep 2008
  21. First on the Dial: Early Singles and Rare Gems 2008
  22. The Collection 2008
  23. Singles A's & B's, Vol. 1: 1964 - 1966 2010
  24. Singles A's & B's, Vol. 2: 1967 - 1968 2010
  25. Singles A's & B's, Vol. 3: 1969 - 1972 2011
  26. Singles A's & B's, Vol. 4: 1972 - 1976 2011
  27. Yum Yum Yum: The Early Years 1955-1962 2015
  28. The Early Years
  29. Grand Master of Soul
  30. Complete Dial Recordings, Volume 4
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Best Of 29 May 1992
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Relationships (2)

Performance Name Of

  1. Joseph Arrington, Jr.

Member Of

  1. The Soul Clan

Recordings by (427)

  1. I Wanna Be Free 2:53 (Nov 1963)
  2. Blood's Thicker Than Water 2:20 (Nov 1963)
  3. Hold What You’ve Got 3:08 (23 Nov 1964)
  4. Fresh Out of Tears 2:15 (23 Nov 1964) mono
  5. All I Could Do Was Cry, Part I 2:36 (1964)
  6. All I Could Do Was Cry, Part II 3:00 (1964)
  7. You Keep Her 2:21 (1964)
  8. Ain’t I a Mess 2:34 (1964)
  9. Baby You’re Right 2:14 (1964)
  10. Sit Yourself Down 2:41 (1964)
  11. Don’t Play 2:49 (1964)
  12. Get Closer Together 2:50 (1964)
  13. I’ll Never Break Your Heart, Part 1 2:28 (1964)
  14. I’ll Never Break Your Heart, Part 2 2:25 (1964)
  15. I Want To (Do Everything for You) 2:11 (Jul 1965)
  16. Funny Bone 2:08 (Jul 1965)
  17. A Sweet Woman Like You 2:38 (Nov 1965)
  18. Close the Door 3:02 (Nov 1965)
  19. One Monkey Don't Stop the Show 2:59 (1965) stereo
  20. I'm Not Going to Work Today 2:06 (1965) stereo
  21. Are We Ready 2:28 (1965) stereo
  22. You Better Get It 3:21 (1965) stereo
  23. Heep See Few Know 2:34 (1965) stereo
  24. There Is a Girl 2:26 (1965) stereo
  25. Together We Stand 2:01 (1965) stereo
  26. You Got What It Takes 2:12 (1965) mono
  27. Tell Me Right Now 2:44 (1965) mono
  28. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 2:59 (1965) mono
  29. You Can Stay 2:25 (1965) mono
  30. Stop Look and Listen 1:55 (1965) mono
  31. A Woman (Can Change a Man) 2:35 (1965) mono
  32. What in the World 2:18 (1965) mono
  33. You've Got What It Takes 2:12 (1965) mono
  34. Don't make your children pay 2:57 (1965) mono
  35. King of the Road 2:12 (1965) mono
  36. Detroit City 2:47 (1965) mono
  37. Hold What You've Got 3:07 (1965) mono
  38. C.C. Rider 2:27 (1965) stereo
  39. For Your Love 3:07 (1965) stereo
  40. Any Little Bit 2:09 (1965) stereo
  41. If Sugar Was As Sweet As You 2:54 (Feb 1966)
  42. The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) 2:57 (Feb 1966)
  43. S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) 2:45 (Jun 1966)
  44. I’m a Man 2:23 (Jun 1966)
  45. Live for Yourself 2:19 (1966)
  46. Build Your Love 2:15 (1966)
  47. I Don't Trust Myself Around You 2:44 (1966)
  48. I'm a Man 2:27 (1966)
  49. You Better Believe It 2:57 (1966)
  50. Papa Was Too 2:47 (1966)
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On Recordings (50)

Vocals

  1. Hold What You’ve Got 3:08 Joe Tex (23 Nov 1964)
  2. Together We Stand 2:01 Joe Tex (1965)
  3. You Better Get It 3:21 Joe Tex (1965)
  4. You've Got What It Takes 2:12 Joe Tex (1965)
  5. Detroit City 2:47 Joe Tex (1965)
  6. Don't Make Your Children Pay 2:57 Joe Tex (1965)
  7. Stop Look and Listen 1:55 Joe Tex (1965)
  8. What in the World 2:18 Joe Tex (1965)
  9. There Is a Girl 2:26 Joe Tex (1965)
  10. One Monkey Don't Stop the Show 2:59 Joe Tex (1965)
  11. A Woman (Can Change a Man) 2:35 Joe Tex (1965)
  12. Hold What You've Got 3:07 Joe Tex (1965)
  13. King of the Road 2:12 Joe Tex (1965)
  14. I Believe I’m Gonna Make It 3:00 Joe Tex (1966)
  15. Taking Care of a Woman (Is a Full Time Job) 2:58 Joe Tex (1966)
  16. A Woman Sees a Hard Time (When Her Man Is Gone) 3:01 Joe Tex (1966)
  17. The Truest Woman in the World 2:55 Joe Tex (1966)
  18. I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better 2:59 Joe Tex (1966)
  19. What Me and My Baby Ain't Got 2:27 Joe Tex (1966)
  20. Got You on My Mind 2:15 Joe Tex (1966)
  21. Lying's Just a Habit John 2:45 Joe Tex (1966)
  22. Half a Mind 2:12 Joe Tex (1966)
  23. Watch the One (That Brings the Bad News) 3:14 Joe Tex (1966)
  24. Papa Was Too 2:47 Joe Tex (1966)
  25. You're Gonna Thank Me, Woman 2:00 Joe Tex (1968)
  26. Do Right Woman - Do Right Man 2:54 Joe Tex (1968)
  27. Green Green Grass of Home 3:15 Joe Tex (1968)
  28. A Woman's Hands 3:28 Joe Tex (1968)
  29. Go Home and Do It 3:16 Joe Tex (1968)
  30. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing 2:22 Joe Tex (1968)
  31. Honey 3:34 Joe Tex (1968)
  32. Papa Was, Too 2:54 Joe Tex (1968)
  33. The Dark End of the Street 2:31 Joe Tex (1968)
  34. Skip a Rope 2:45 Joe Tex (1968)
  35. By the Time I Get to Phoenix 3:18 Joe Tex (1968)
  36. I’ll Never Do You Wrong 3:06 Joe Tex (1968)
  37. Ode to Billie Joe 4:49 Joe Tex (1968)
  38. That's Life 3:50 Joe Tex (1968)
  39. Skinny Legs and All 3:08 Joe Tex (1968)
  40. Keep the One You’ve Got 2:38 Joe Tex (1968)
  41. Wooden Spoon 2:58 Joe Tex (1968)
  42. Get Out of My Life, Woman 2:57 Joe Tex (1968)
  43. Engine Engine Number Nine 2:23 Joe Tex (1968)
  44. Set Me Free 3:01 Joe Tex (1968)
  45. Soul Meeting 3:32 Solomon Burke (1968)
  46. Funny How Time Slips Away 3:14 Joe Tex (1968)
  47. Grandma Mary 3:38 Joe Tex (1969)
  48. That’s Your Baby 2:26 Joe Tex (1969)
  49. We Can’t Sit Down Now 2:59 Joe Tex (1969)
  50. Get Your Lies Together 2:47 Joe Tex (1969)

Credited as (9)

  1. Joe Tex
  2. Joe Tex with Edie
  3. Joe Tex & U Black
  4. Joe Tex, U-Black & Welton Irie
  5. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas / Lowell Fulson / Joe Tex
  6. Joe Tex & The Vibrators
  7. Joe Tex and His X Class Mates
  8. DJ Koco A.K.A. Shimokita / Rare Earth / Ruby Andrews / Kool & the Gang / George McCrae / Bobby Byrd / Myra Barnes / James Brown / Joe Tex / The Bar‐Kays / Aretha Franklin / Big Daddy Kane
  9. DJ Koco A.K.A. Shimokita / Connie Price & The Keystones / Stranger Cole / Horace Andy / Dee Dee Warwick with The Dixie Flyers / Bobby “Blue” Bland / MFSB / Bernard “Pretty” Purdie / Grover Washington, Jr. / Oliver Sain / Willie Bobo / The Meters / Freddie Scott / Joe Tex / Aretha Franklin / Arthur Conley / Freda Payne / J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E. / Gwen McCrae / Fatback / Billy Cobham / The Loading Zone / Lloyd Price / Ohio Players / Harlem Underground Band

Works (84)

Wrote

  1. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
  2. Give The Baby Anything The Baby Wants
  3. We’re Gonna Make It (After Awhile)
  4. Call Another Doctor (On the Case)
  5. Show Me
  6. Yum Yum
  7. It Ain't Gonna Work
  8. Baby, You’re Right
  9. We Held On
  10. I’ll Never Do You Wrong
  11. The Love You Save
  12. I Believe I'm Gonna Make It
  13. A Mother’s Prayer
  14. Bust-Out Brigade
  15. If You Don’t Know, You Just Don’t Know
  16. Close the Door
  17. Cheka
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Composed

  1. If Sugar Was as Sweet as You
  2. Halte fest, den der Dich liebt
  3. I Want To (Do Everything for You)
  4. Go Home and Do It
  5. I Let Her Get Away
  6. Say Thank You
  7. I Wanna Be Free
  8. S.Y.S.L.J.F.M.
  9. Keep the One You’ve Got
  10. Cherche
  11. We Can’t Sit Down Now
  12. Sure Is Good
  13. That’s the Way
  14. Anything You Wanna Know
  15. It Ain’t Sanitary
  16. The Only Way
  17. Grandma Mary
  18. Get Your Lies Together
  19. The Same Things You Did to Get Me
  20. Buying a Book
  21. I Gotcha
  22. Tell Me Right Now
  23. A Sweet Woman Like You
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Lyrics

  1. Halte fest, den der Dich liebt
  2. I Gotcha
  3. I Want To (Do Everything for You)
  4. Hold What You’ve Got
  5. I Wanna Be Free
  6. S.Y.S.L.J.F.M.
  7. Tell Me Right Now
  8. Go Home and Do It
  9. If Sugar Was as Sweet as You
  10. Skinny Legs & All
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Links (17)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134537874
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/joe_tex
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139003735
  4. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=73195
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91017354
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91017354

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-8614/joe-tex/lyrics.html

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Joe+Tex

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/198757

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/48440

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000210323

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856722/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/14959756

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691619

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1723

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/4024

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/bb25e0ba-fd11-4d2a-8ec3-f5674f67c874