JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
JOE SIMON
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His plaintive baritone equally conversant with R & B and country phrasing, Joe Simon married the two genres with startling success during the late '60s, adapting Nashville material to the soul sound and repeatedly coming up a winner. Simon began recording in the Bay Area, but a switch in recording sites (first to Muscle Shoals for Vee-Jay and then to Nashville, upon signing with disc jockey John Richbourg's Sound Stage 7 label in 1966) heightened his national appeal. With easy access to prime country-oriented material, Simon soon found his true calling, scoring major hits with "Nine Pound Steel," "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On," and the number one R & B smash "The Chokin' Kind," penned by Music Row tunesmith Harlan Howard. Still dabbling in country covers after switching to the Spring imprint in 1970, Simon was even more successful when assigned to Philadelphia wizards Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who produced the moody "Drowning in the Sea of Love" the next year. Simon tried his hand at disco in 1975 with the sizzling "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" and "Music in My Bones," two of the most palatable artifacts of the era. Simon eventually retired from active performing to devote his life to the church.
-- Bill Dahl of All Music Guide.
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1967 Pure Soul | |||
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01. Too Many Teardrops 02. Travelin' Man 03. Nobody But You 04. My Special Prayer 05. What Makes a Man Feel Good 06. That's All I Want (From You) |
07. Teenager's Prayer 08. The Girl's Alright with Me 09. Long Hot Summer 10. When a Man Loves a Woman 11. Miss You So 12. Too Many Rivers | ||
1968 No Sad Songs | |||
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01. (You Keep Me) Hanging On 02. My Special Prayer 03. Long Hot Summer 04. No Sad Songs 05. I Worry About You 06. Nine Pound Steel |
07. Put Your Trust In Me (Depend On Me) 08. Travelling Man 09. In The Same Old Way 10. Can't Find No Happiness 11. Come On And Get It | ||
1969 The Chokin' Kind | |||
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01. Baby Don't Be Looking in My Mind 02. The Dock of the Bay 03. Little Green Apples 04. Lonely Man 05. Chokin' Kind 06. Yours Love |
07. Help Yourself (To All My Loving) 08. Wichita Lineman 09. Don't Let Me Lose That Feeling 10. I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around) 11. In the Still of the Night | ||
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1969 Simon Sings | |||
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01. Message From Maria 02. Misty Blue 03. It's Too Late 04. Standing In The Safety Zone 05. In Reach Of Your Arms 06. I'm Going Home |
07. Twinkle 08. Dreamin' 09. Looking Back 10. Funny How Time Slips Away 11. She Went A Little Bit Farther | ||
1969 Better Than Ever | |||
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01. Silver Spoons And Coffee Cup 02. It's Hard To Get Along 03. In The Ghetto 04. I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin' 05. Wounded Man 06. Time And Space |
07. Straight Down To Heaven 08. When 09. After The Lights Go Down Low 10. San Francisco Is A Lonely Town 11. Rainbow Road | ||
1971 The Sounds of Simon | |||
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01. To Lay Down Beside You 02. I Can`t See Nobody 03. Most Of All 04. No More Me 05. Your Time To Cry |
06. Help Me Make It Through The Night 07. My Woman, My Woman, My Wife 08. I Love You More (Than Anything) 09. Georgia Blue 10. All My Hard Times | ||
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1972 Drowning in the Sea of Love | |||
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01. Drowning in the Sea of Love 02. Glad to Be Your Lover 03. Something You Can Do Today 04. I Found My Dad 05. The Mirror Don't Lie |
06. Ole Night Owl 07. You Are Everything 08. If 09. Let Me Be the One (The One Who Loves You) 10. Pool of Bad Luck | ||
1973 Power of Simon | |||
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01. Step by Step 02. Your Time to Cry 03. Drowning in the Sea of Love 04. You Are the One for Me 05. Trouble in My Home 06. Talk Don't Bother Me 07. To Lay Down Beside You 08. Power of Love 09. Help Me Make It Through the Night |
10. Georgia Blue 11. I Ain't Givin' Up 12. Who Was That Lady 13. River 14. Ever Since Then 15. Indiana Wants Me 16. Where Did All the Good Times Go 17. As My Thoughts Go Back to You 18. Weekend on the West Coast | ||
1973 Simon Country | |||
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01. Do You Know What It's Like To Be Lonesome? 02. Five Hundred Miles 03. Woman Without Love 04. You Don't Know Me 05. To Get To You |
06. Before The Next Teardrop Falls 07. Someone To Give My Love To 08. Good Things 09. Kiss An Angel Good Morning | ||
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1974 Mood, Heart and Soul | |||
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01. Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) 02. I Would Still Be There 03. Good Time Charle's Got The Blues 04. Covering The Same Old Ground 05. Walking Down Lonely Street |
06. The Best Time Of My Life 07. What We Gonna Do Now 08. I'm In The Mood For You 09. Carry Me 10. Come Back Home | ||
1975 Get Down | |||
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01. Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor) 02. Fire Burning 03. It Be's That Way Sometimes 04. Music In My Bones |
05. You Don't Want To Believe It (My Man) 06. In My Baby's Arms 07. Still At The Mercy Of Your Love 08. It's Crying Time In Memphis | ||
1976 Today | |||
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01. Let's Spend The Night Together 02. I Just Want To Make Love To You 03. Let The Good Times Roll 04. Come Get To This |
05. What A Wonderful World 06. I Need You, You Need Me 07. I'll Take Care (Of You) 08. Music For My Lady | ||
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1977 Easy to Love | |||
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01. You Didn't Have To Play No Games 02. Easy To Love 03. It Must Be Love 04. What's Left To Do |
05. With You In Mind 06. Before The Night Is Over 07. She's My Lady 08. Sweet Memories | ||
1978 A Bad Case of Love | |||
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01. Show Must Go On 02. Baby It's You For Me 03. Coming Down With A Bad Case Of Love 04. One Step At A Time 05. I've Got A Jones On You Baby |
06. I Can't Live Without Your Love 07. Trace Of Your Love 08. Which Way Is Love 09. For Your Love, Love, Love 10. You Don't Know What You Got | ||
1979 Love Vibrations | |||
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01. Love Vibration 02. Can We Come And Share In Love 03. Going Through These Changes 04. I Can't Stand A Liar 05. Somebody For Everybody |
06. To Get To You 07. If You Got The Time (I've Got The Place) 08. It Must Be Love 09. I.O.U. | ||
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1981 Glad You Came My Way | |||
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01. Falling In Love With You 02. Love Look At Us Now 03. Magnolia 04. All Over Me 05. Glad You Came My Way |
06. Are We Breakin' Up 07. We're Together 08. No Relief In Sight 09. Baby, When Love Is In Your Heart (It's In Your Eyes) | ||
1998 The Story Must Be Told | |||
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01. He's Gonna Smile On Me 02. Glad You Came My Way 03. Things Didn't Save Me 04. Amazing Grace 05. Lord You Heard My Cry 06. What A Time (666) 07. Lay My Burden Down (Glory Glory Hallelujah) |
08. The Sun's Gonna Shine Again 09. Come IntoThe Arms Of Jesus 10. This Story Must Be Told 11. Soul Stirrers Medley: (Lead Me Jesus; The Last Mile Of The Way; Stand By Me Father; Jesus Be A Fence | ||
2007 Time to Change | |||
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01. Time to Change 02. Lay My Burden Down 03. It's On World Order It's Strong 04. I Will Never Forget 05. There's a God Somewhere 06. I'm Not Making This Up |
07. Number 23 08. Certainly Lord I Love Everybody 09. Glad You Came My Way 10. Time to Change (Remix) 11. There's a God Somewhere (Remix) 12. Number 23 (Remix) | ||
