Biography

With strong ties to gospel, Joe Tex's '60s soul combined gritty funk with earnest preaching. His singing fearlessly swooped into upper registers, one moment smooth, and the next rough. He knew how to heat up and hold a crowd, skills he also used in his other occupation as a minister. He was a member of the soul supergroup the Soul Clan, which also featured Solomon Burke, Arthur Conley, Ben E. King, and Don Covay. Tex's career slowed considerably in the 1970s following a conversion to Islam, and in 1982 he died of a heart attack. He is still acknowledged as one of soul music's most energetic performers.

Top Tracks

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• A Sweet Woman Like You

• A Woman Can Change A Man

• Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman)

• Another Man's Woman

• Are We Ready

• Buying A Book

• Come In This House

• Don't Let Your Left Hand Know (what Your Right Hand Is Doing)

• Get Way Back

• Heartbreak Hotel

• Hold What You've Got

• I Gotcha

• I Want To (do Everything For You)

• I'll Never Fall In Love Again (part 1)

• I'll Never Fall In Love Again (part 2)

• It Ain't Sanitary

• Just Out Of Reach

• Make The World Go Away

• Mother's Advice

• One Monkey Don't Stop No Show

• Pneumonia

• S.y.s.l.j.f.m. (the Letter Song)

• Show Me

• Skinny Legs And All

• The Love You Save (may Be Your Own)

• You Got What It Takes

• You're Right, Ray Charles

Discography

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• The Very Best of Joe Tex [Musical Memories]

  Musical Memories

  1988

• He Who Is Without Funk Cast the First Stone

  Dial

  1979

• Rub Down

  Epic

  1978

• Another Man's Woman

  Powerpak

  1977

• Bumps & Bruises

  1977

• From the Roots Came the Rapper

  Atlantic

  1972

• Spill the Beans

  1972

• Joe Tex With Strings and Things

  1970

• You Better Get It

  Atlantic

  1969

• Happy Soul

  Collectables

  1969

• Soul Country

  Get Back Records

  1968

• Live and Lively

  Get Back Records

  1968

• I've Got to Do a Little Better

  Atlantic

  1966

• The Love You Save

  Kings Road

  1966

• The New Boss

  Atlantic

  1966

• Hold on to What You've Got

  Atlantic

  1965