Discography and Biography of Joe Tex. Listen to all their hits.
Joe Tex Songs

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Joseph Arrington, Jr. (August 8, 1935 - August 13, 1982), better known as Joe Tex, was an American musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the styles of country, gospel and rhythm and blues.

His career started after he was signed to King Records in 1955 following four wins at the Apollo Theater. Between 1955 and 1964, he struggled to find hits and by the time he finally recorded his first hit, "Hold What You've Got", in 1964, he had recorded thirty prior singles that were deemed failures on the charts. He went on to have four million-selling hits, "Hold What You've Got" (1965), "Skinny Legs and All" (1967), "I Gotcha" (1972), and "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" (1977).

Below is a list of Joe Tex songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Dial 1010
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Joe Tex
album: I Gotcha
Joe Tex I Gotcha
1972 Dial
2 record label: Epic 50313
chart position: RandB #7, US #12, UK #2
written by: Buddy Killen & Bennie McGinty
comments: [disco dance]
Joe Tex Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman)
1977 Epic
3 record label: Dial 4001
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Joe Tex
album: Hold What You've Got
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Joe Tex Hold What You've Got
1964 Dial
4 record label: Dial 4063
chart position: RandB #2, US #10
written by: Joe Tex
album: Live And Lively
comments: [southern soul]
Joe Tex Skinny Legs and All
1967 Dial
5 record label: Dial 4016
chart position: RandB #1, US #23
written by: Joe Tex
album: The New Boss
comments: [southern soul]
Joe Tex I Want to (Do Everything for You)
1965 Dial
6 record label: Dial 4022
chart position: RandB #1, US #29
written by: Joe Tex
album: The Love You Save
comments: [southern soul]
Joe Tex A Sweet Woman Like You
1965 Dial
7 record label: Dial 4026
chart position: RandB #2, US #56
written by: Joe Tex
album: The Love You Save
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Joe Tex The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)
1966 Dial
8 record label: Dial 4028
chart position: RandB #9, US #39
written by: Joe Tex
album: I've Got To Do A Little Bit Better
Joe Tex S.Y.S.L.J.F.M (The Letter Song)
1966 Dial
9 record label: Dial 1012
chart position: RandB #12, US #41
written by: Joe Tex
album: I Gotcha
Joe Tex You Said a Bad Word
1972 Dial
10 record label: Atco 4069
chart position: RandB #7, US #33
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Men Are Gettin' Scarce
1968 Atco
11 record label: Dial 4033
chart position: RandB #8, US #67
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex I Believe I'm Gonna Make It
1966 Dial
12 record label: Dial 4003
chart position: RandB #10, US #51
written by: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Gwen Gordy, Berry Gordy and Marv Johnson
Joe Tex You Got What It Takes
1965 Dial
13 record label: Dial 4090
chart position: RandB #10, US #47
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Buying a Book
1969 Dial
14 record label: Dial 4055
chart position: RandB #24, US #35
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Show Me
1967 Dial
15 record label: Dial 4006
chart position: RandB #12, US #56
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex A Woman Can Change a Man
1965 Dial
16 record label: Dial 4083
chart position: RandB #13, US #52
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Keep the One You Got
1968 Dial
17 record label: Dial 4051
chart position: RandB #15, US #44
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Papa Was Too
1966 Dial
18 record label: Dial 4003
chart position: RandB #15, US #46
written by: Joe Tex
album: You Better Get It
Joe Tex You Better Get It
1965 Dial
19 record label: Dial 4059
chart position: RandB #24, US #54
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Woman Like That, Yeah
1967 Dial
20 record label: Dial 4076
chart position: RandB #26, US #59
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex I'll Never Do You Wrong
1968 Dial
21 record label: Dial 1008
chart position: RandB #20, US #102
written by: Joe Tex
album: I Gotcha
Joe Tex Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants
1971 Dial
22 record label: Dial 4011
chart position: RandB #20, US #65
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
1965 Dial
23 record label: Dial 4045
chart position: RandB #20, US #64
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better
1966 Dial
24 record label: Dial 4061
chart position: RandB #24, US #63
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex A Woman's Hands
1967 Dial
25 record label: Dial 1154
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Under Your Powerful Love
1975 Dial
26 record label: Dial 4089
chart position: US #88
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex That's Your Baby
1969 Dial
27 record label: Dial 4086
chart position: RandB #29, US #81
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex You Need Me, Baby
1968 Dial
28 record label: Dial 4093
chart position: RandB #46, US #94
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex That's the Way
1969 Dial
29 record label: Dial 4006
chart position: US #95
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Don't Let Your Left Hand Know
1965 Dial
30 record label: Anna 1119
chart position: US #102
written by: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Berry Gordy and Gwen Gordy
Joe Tex All I Could Do Was Cry (Part 1)
1960 Anna
31 record label: Dial 4095
chart position: US #105
written by: Joe Tex
album: Joe Tex Sings with Strings and Things
Joe Tex (When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) I Can't See You No More
1969 Dial
32 record label: Dial 4094
chart position: US #117
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex It Ain't Sanitary
1969 Dial
33 record label: Dial 1006
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: J. Tex
album: Joe Tex Spills The Beans
Joe Tex King Thaddeus
1972 Dial
34 record label: Dial 4096
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: Joe Tex
album: Joe Tex Sings With Strings and Things
Joe Tex You're Right, Ray Charles
1970 Dial
35 record label: Dial 1010
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex A Mother's Prayer
1972 Dial
36 record label: Dial 1020
chart position: RandB #41, US #103
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Woman Stealer
1973 Dial
37 record label: Dial 3020
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex I'd Rather Have You
1964 Dial
38 record label: Dial 2800
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Joe Tex and Gloria Thompson
Joe Tex Loose Caboose
1978 Dial
39 record label: Dial 1021
chart position: Cashbox RandB #48
written by: Joe Tex
album: Spills The Beans
comments: [southern soul]
Joe Tex All The Heaven A Man Really Needs
1972 Dial
40 record label: Dial 1001
chart position: Cashbox RandB #52
written by: Joe Tex
album: I Gotcha
Joe Tex Bad Feet
1971 Dial
41 record label: Epic 850494
chart position: RandB #70
written by: Joe Tex and Leroy Hadley
album: Rub Down
Joe Tex Rub Down
1978 Epic
42 record label: Dial 1156
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Have You Ever
1976 Dial
43 record label: Epic 850426
chart position: RandB #84
written by: Joe Tex , Louis Bernard Johnson and Dearing Edwin King Jr.
Joe Tex Hungry for Your Love
1977 Epic
44 record label: Dial 1157
chart position: Cashbox RandB #87
written by: J. Tex, B. Killen
Joe Tex Love Shortage
1976 Dial
-- record label: Atlantic 8254
written by: Joe Tex
album: Joe Tex Sings With Strings And Things
comments: [ballad album cut]
Joe Tex She Might Need Me
1970 Atlantic
-- record label: Dial 3007
written by: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Meet Me in Church
1962 Dial




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