Joe Simon

My Special Prayer

My Adorable One – 1962
Let’s Do It Over – 1965

My Special Prayer– 1967

The Chokin’ Kind
NO SAD SONGS – 1968 UK Monument
I Got A Whole Lotta Lovin’ (1970)
Drowning In A Sea Of Love – 1971
Step By Step
I See Your Face

It was Allen Toussaint that produced many of Joe Simon’s hits. He recorded at Muscle Shoals for Vee-Jay and later signed with DJ John Richbourg’s Sound Stage 7.

Born on the 2nd of September 1943, Simmesport, Louisiana

1966  was his best year – ‘Nine Pound Steel’ ,'(You Keep Me) Hangin’ On,’ ,’The Chokin’ Kind’.

For Soul fans in the UK it was ‘NO SAD SONGS’ that was his biggest hit.

1970 ‘Drowning in the Sea of Love’ (Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff)

1975 ‘Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)’ and ‘Music in My Bones’

In the 1980s Joe became a religious minister.

Joe Simon – Wikipedia