Simon J
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 after 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; in the 1990s, he recorded a gospel album called This Story Must Be Told. Joe Simon died at his home in Illinois on December 13, 2021 at the age of 78.
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Diskografie
14 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Life Thru A Lens
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei InfraProgressive am 11.06.2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Higher Than The Sun (Hanski Remix)
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei InfraProgressive am 27.05.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fall From Grace
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei White Soho am 07.01.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dinna Plate (feat. The Last Mr. Bigg)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Boondock Global am 16.05.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Higher Than The Sun
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei InfraProgressive am 28.01.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Name On It (Remix) [feat. Young Dro]
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei LANEntertainment am 30.10.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Morning Sunlight
Trance - Erschienen bei Freefall Future Force am 06.06.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Simon Says
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei LANEntertainment am 07.07.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Joe Rodeo (feat. Tazz Santana)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Boondock Global am 02.05.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blazer (Original Mix)
Trance - Erschienen bei InfraProgressive am 21.04.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chase
Dance - Erschienen bei Prime Time Recordings am 28.07.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Promise (feat. 3pm)
Trance - Erschienen bei Shah-Music Digital am 12.02.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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