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· Debut release
Debut release: Simon Pure Soul
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1980s
2010s
2020s
Biography
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Biography
Joseph Simon (September 7, 1936 – December 13, 2021) was an American soul and R&B musician. He began as a gospel artist singing with the Golden West Singers in the Bay Area in California. A consistent presence on the US charts between 1964 and 1981, Simon charted 51 U.S. Pop and R&B chart hits between 1964 and 1981, including eight times in the US top forty, 38 times in the top 40 of the US R&B chart, with 13 chart hits in Canada. His biggest hits included three number one entries on the US Billboard R&B chart: "The Chokin' Kind" (1969), "Power of Love" (1972), and "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" (1975). In 2021, he was one of the 60 nominees for the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
Career
Simon was born in Simmesport, Louisiana, United States. Similar to many other African American artists from the era, Simon began singing in his father's Baptist church. He pursued his vocal abilities full-time once the family moved to Richmond (near Oakland, California) in the late 1950s. There Simon joined the Golden West Gospel Singers and became influenced by Sam Cooke and Arthur Prysock. The group turned secular, recording "Little Island Girl" as the Golden Tones in 1959.
Hush Records label owners Gary and Carla Thompson urged Simon to record on his own, and in 1964 Simon scored a minor hit on the Chicago-based Vee-Jay label with "My Adorable One". Simon scored again in 1965 with "Let's Do It Over", reaching 13 on the Billboard R&B chart. However, Vee-Jay folded soon after the latter song's release, and Simon found himself traveling across the country singing.
During this time Simon caught the eye of Nashville, Tennessee, R&B disc jockey John Richbourg, who became Simon's manager/record producer and brought him to Monument Records' subsidiary label Sound Stage 7 in 1966. That year Simon released "Teenager's Prayer", which reached 11 on the Billboard R&B chart. Within the next two years, Simon released hits such as "(You Keep Me) Hanging On", "The Chokin' Kind" (Hot 100 number 13), "Farther on Down The Road", and "Yours Love". Written by Harlan Howard, "The Chokin' Kind" spent 12 weeks in the charts, sold one million copies by June 16, 1969, and won Simon the Grammy Award in 1970 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. In 1969 Simon's composition "My Special Prayer", which had been a minor US hit for himself and for Percy Sledge, went to number one on the Dutch Top 40 in Sledge's version, spending 32 weeks on that chart in two separate chart runs.
Under the encouragement of Richbourg, Simon moved to the Polydor distributed Spring Records label in 1970, which paired Simon with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. The team wrote Simon's number 3 R&B hit "Drowning in the Sea of Love
Drowning in the Sea of LoveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Drowning in the Sea of Love3:23A2Glad to Be Your Lover2:59A3Something You Can Do Today4:18A4I Found My Dad2:50A5The Mirror Don't Lie4:32B1Ole Night Owl2:41B2You Are Everything4:16B3If3:25B4Let Me Be the One (The One Who Loves You)3:04B5Pool of Bad Luck4:50" in 1971 and his number 1 R&B hit "Power of Love" in the summer of 1972. Both songs reached number 11 on the Hot 100. "Drowning in the Sea of Love" sold over 1.5 million copies, earning RIAA gold on January 6, 1972, while "Power of Love" became Simon's third million seller, earning RIAA gold on August 29, 1972.
In-between those two gold singles, Simon released "Pool of Bad Luck", and afterward came "Misty Blue" and "Trouble in My Home" b/w "I Found My Dad", followed in 1973 by "Step By Step" (his only UK success) and his writing/producing the theme tune for the film Cleopatra Jones, then "River", and in 1974 "Carry Me" and "The Best Time of My Life".
1975's "Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor)", produced by Spring's in-house producer, Raeford Gerald, gave Simon his third number 1 R&B hit and his only Hot 100 top 10 hit, at number 8). "Music in My Bones" and "I Need You, You Need Me" (both Top 10 R&B hits) followed in a similar vein, preceding a number of other smaller hits.
In the late 1970s/early 1980s, Simon decided to remove his tenor/bass-baritone voice from the secular music world and devote it and other parts of his life to Christianity. Simon began evangelical preaching in Flossmoor, Illinois. In 1983, he produced the album Lay My Burden Down for former Davis Sisters second lead Jackie Verdell. Simon briefly returned to secular music in 1985 for his Mr. Right album, though none of its singles charted. He went on to release a gospel album titled This Story Must Be Told in the late 1990s.
In 1999, Simon was inducted as a Pioneer Award honoree by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. He died on December 13, 2021. Sources gave his age as 85, in contrast to sources during his lifetime that had indicated a later year of birth. Simon's wife Melanie informed the Journal of Gospel Music of his death: "Joe had been ill for some time and spent his final night at home with her, even talking about going back into the studio. He died of breathing problems in an ambulance on his way to hospital. His funeral took place on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 in Bolingbrook, Illinois at the Victory Cathedral Worship Center.
Singles
A From November 30, 1963, to January 23, 1965, Billboard Magazine did not publish a Hot R&B songs chart. The peak positions for R&B singles listed during this period are from Cash Box Magazine R&B songs chart.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 37 | 92.1th |
| Studio albums | 21 | 96.7th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 23 | 95th |
| Recording span (years) | 55 | 94.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (37 release groups · 21 studio albums)
Albums · 21
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:47
A1Too Many Teardrops2:33A2Travelin’ Man1:55A3Nobody but You2:14A4My Special Prayer2:14A5What Makes a Man Feel Good2:08A6That’s All I Want (From You)2:23B1Teenager’s Prayer2:26B2The Girl’s Alright With Me2:00B3Long Hot Summer2:19B4When a Man Loves a Woman2:53B5Miss You So2:24B6Too Many Rivers2:181968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 26:42
1(You Keep Me) Hanging On2:452My Special Prayer2:433Long Hot Summer1:534No Sad Songs2:185I Worry About You2:506Nine Pound Steel2:457Put Your Trust in Me (Depend on Me)2:188Travelling Man1:539In the Same Old Way2:2710Can't Find No Happiness2:3511Come on and Get It2:151968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:30
A1Message From Maria3:20A2Misty Blue3:08A3It's Too Late2:43A4Standing In The Safety Zone2:10A5In Reach Of Your Arms2:55B1I'm Going Home2:35B2Twinkle2:30B3Dreamin'2:28B4Looking Back2:30B5Funny How Time Slips Away3:44B6She Went A Little Bit Farther2:271969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:30
A1Baby, Don’t Be Looking in My Mind2:45A2(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay2:49A3Little Green Apples3:14A4Lonely Man2:47A5The Chokin’ Kind2:40B1Yours Love3:01B2Help Yourself2:23B3Wichita Lineman3:18B4Don’t Let Me Lose the Feeling2:21B5I’m Too Far Gone to Turn Around2:30B6In the Still of the Night (I’ll Remember)2:421969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 31:49
A1Silver Spoons and Coffee Cups2:57A2It's Hard to Get Along2:56A3In the Ghetto2:44A4I Got a Whole Lot of Lovin'2:28A5Wounded Man2:55A6Time and Space2:43B1Straight Down to Heaven3:45B2When2:17B3After the Lights Go Down Low2:45B4San Francisco Is a Lonely Town3:19B5Rainbow Road3:001971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:25
A1To Lay Down Beside You3:15A2I Can't See Nobody4:15A3Most of All2:40A4No More Me2:29A5Your Time to Cry2:57B1Help Me Make It Through the Night2:40B2My Woman, My Woman, My Wife4:34B3I Love You More (Than Anything)2:05B4Georgia Blue2:52B5All My Hard Times2:381972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:18
A1Drowning in the Sea of Love3:23A2Glad to Be Your Lover2:59A3Something You Can Do Today4:18A4I Found My Dad2:50A5The Mirror Don't Lie4:32B1Ole Night Owl2:41B2You Are Everything4:16B3If3:25B4Let Me Be the One (The One Who Loves You)3:04B5Pool of Bad Luck4:501973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:24
A1Step by Step3:25A2Your Time to Cry2:57A3Drowning in the Sea of Love3:25A4You Are the One for Me3:07A5Trouble in My Home3:29B1Talk Don't Bother Me2:56B2To Lay Down Beside You4:22B3Power of Love2:58B4Help Me Make It Through the Night2:44B5Georgia Blue3:011973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 29:47
A1Do You Know What It’s Like to Be Lonesome?3:35A2Five Hundred Miles2:54A3Woman Without Love3:44A4You Don’t Know Me3:52A5To Get to You3:13B1Before the Next Teardrop Falls3:03B2Someone to Give My Love To3:04B3Good Things3:09B4Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’3:131974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:10
A1Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)6:00A2I Would Still Be There3:13A3Good Time Charley’s Got the Blues3:23A4Covering the Same Old Ground3:25A5Walking Down Lonely Street4:30B1The Best Time of My Life2:48B2What We Gonna Do Now3:05B3I’m in the Mood for You2:51B4Carry Me3:40B5Come Back Home3:151975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:57
A1Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)3:48A2Fire Burning3:25A3It Be's That Way Sometimes6:13A4Music in My Bones5:12B1You Don't Want to Believe It (My Man)3:17B2In My Baby's Arms3:30B3Still at the Mercy of Your Love3:33B4It's Crying Time in Memphis3:591976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1Let’s Spend the Night TogetherA2I Just Want to Make Love to YouA3Let the Good Times RollA4Come Get to ThisB1(What a) Wonderful WorldB2I Need You, You Need MeB3I’ll Take Care (of You)B4Music for My Lady1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:18
1Show Must Go On5:192Baby It's You For Me3:383Coming Down With A Bad Case Of Love5:504One Step At A Time5:415I've Got A Jones On You Baby5:066I Can't Live Without Your Love3:097Trace Of Your Love4:028Which Way Is Love4:199For Your Love, Love, Love3:2810You Don't Know What You Got2:461977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 35:08
A1You Didn’t Have to Play No Games3:30A2Easy to Love4:50A3It Must Be Love3:42A4What’s Left to Do4:35B1With You In Mind7:26B2Before the Night Is Over3:30B3She’s My Lady3:50B4Sweet Memories3:451978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:55
A1Love Vibration5:05A2Can We Come and Share in Love6:17A3Going Through These Changes3:00A4I Can’t Stand a Liar3:30B1Somebody for Everybody5:22B2To Get to You3:10B3If You Got the Time (I’ve Got the Place)5:26B4It Must Be Love4:13B5I.O.U.4:521979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 33:37
A1Happy Birthday, Baby4:48A2I Still Love You4:17A3I Wanna Taste Your Love4:32A4If It's Good for Your Body (Then It's Good for Your Mind)5:10B1You Gotta Treat Me Right4:32B2Make Every Moment Count4:18B3Hooked on Disco Music6:001981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 38:18
A1Falling in Love With You3:08A2Love Look at Us Now5:02A3Magnolia4:08A4All Over Me3:56A5Glad You Came My Way3:18B1Are We Breakin' Up5:54B2We're Together4:46B3No Relief in Sight3:50B4Baby, When Love Is in Your Heart4:16Greatest Hits: The Spring Years
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:15:46
1Your Time to Cry2:592Help Me Make It Through the Night2:433You're the One for Me3:074All My Hard Times2:485Georgia Blue3:006Drowning in the Sea of Love3:237Pool of Bad Luck3:158Power of Love2:589I Found My Dad2:5010Trouble in My Home3:3311Step by Step3:2312Theme from Cleopatra Jones3:5013River3:1914Carry Me3:3115The Best Time of My Life2:5016Get Down, Get Down3:4317Music in My Bones3:5218I Need You, You Need Me3:0919Come Get to This3:1420Easy to Love3:4021You Didn't Have to Play No Games3:3022One Step at a Time3:4423For Your Love, Love, Love3:25Let's Do It Over: The Vee Jay Years
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:42
1My Adorable One2:252When You’re Near, Pt. 12:123When You’re Near, Pt. 22:144The Whoopee2:095Bring It On Home to Me, Pt. 12:536Bring It On Home to Me, Pt. 22:447When I’m Gone, Pt. 12:208When I’m Gone, Pt. 22:139Say That Your Love Is True2:2310It’s a Miracle2:1711I Keep Remembering2:3312Let’s Do It Over2:19— · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 44:29
1Don't Let Me Lose the Feeling2:242Chokin' Kind2:443Help Yourself2:264You Keep Me Hangin' On2:505Farther on Down the Road3:146Baby Don't Be Lookin' in My Mind2:437In the Ghetto2:478The Dock of the Bay2:529I Got a Whole Lot of Lovin'2:3310Misty Blue3:1611Teenagers Prayer2:3412Message From Maria3:2613My Special Prayer2:4914Put Your Trust in Me2:0315Yours Love3:0416Lonely Man2:44— · studio album
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1971 | You're the One for Me / I Ain't Givin' UpSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 2:55AYou're the One for Me2:55 BI Ain't Givin' Up | 1971 | ||
| 1973 | River / Love Never Hurt NobodySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:05ARiver3:10 BLove Never Hurt Nobody2:55 | 1973 |
Album · 14
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Joe Simon's Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 30:45A1Misty Blue3:02 A2Farther on Down the Road3:05 A3Teenager’s Prayer2:26 A4Moon Walk, Parts 1 & 25:52 A5Put Your Trust in Me (Depend on Me)1:58 B1It’s Hard to Get Along2:56 B2Hangin’ On2:45 B3The Chokin’ Kind2:38 B4Message From Maria3:20 B5My Special Prayer2:43 | Compilation | 1972 | |
| 1988 | Lookin’ BackSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks1The Chokin’ Kind 2My Special Prayer 3No Sad Songs 4San Francisco Is a Lonely Town 5Message From Maria 6Lookin’ Back 7Baby, Don’t Be Looking in My Mind 8Teenager’s Prayer 9Nine Pound Steel 10(You Keep Me) Hangin’ On 11Put Your Trust in Me (Depend On Me) 12It’s Hard to Get Along 13Misty Blue 14Farther on Down the Road 15Yours Love 16That’s the Way I Want Our Love 17Moonwalk Pts 1 & 2 18Rainbow Road 19Silver Spoons and Coffee Cups 20In the Ghetto 21I Got a Whole Lot of Lovin’ 22Don’t Let Me Lose the Feeling 23I’m Too Far Gone (to Turn Around) 24(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay | Compilation | 1988 | |
| 1990 | The Best of Joe SimonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 31:081Teenager's Prayer2:30 2Moon Walk (part I and II)5:52 3Put Your Trust in Me (Depend on Me)2:00 4The Chokin Kind2:43 5Farther on Down the Road3:09 6It's Hard to Get Along2:58 7Hangin' On2:47 8Message From Maria3:22 9My Special Prayer2:46 10Your Love3:01 | Compilation | 1990 | |
| 1992 | The Chokin Kind: Golden ClassicsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 42:501My Special Prayer2:44 2Teenager's Prayer2:30 3Message From Maria3:20 4Misty Blue3:12 5Yours Love3:02 6Baby, Don't Be Looking In My Mind2:44 7The Chokin' Kind2:50 8No Sad Songs2:19 9Nine Pound Steel2:48 10(You Keep Me) Hangin' On2:45 11In The Ghetto2:48 12Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay2:49 13Farther Down The Road3:08 14Moonwalk5:51 | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1997 | Mr. ShoutSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:02:511Say (That Your Love Is True)2:26 2My Adorable One2:44 3Doreetha2:31 4When Your Near2:20 5Let’s Do It Over2:18 6You Left Me Here to Cry Alone2:18 7Ocean of Tears2:36 8It’s a Miracle2:21 9Land of Love2:39 10Everybody Needs Somebody2:19 11(Just) Call My Name2:35 12It’s All Over2:48 13Pledge of Love2:30 14Troubles2:29 15I See Your Face2:27 16I Keep Remembering2:48 17Goodnight Irene2:41 18When You’re Near2:19 19No One Else Will Do3:29 20Just Like Yesterday2:30 21Only a Dream4:12 22The Whoo Pee2:08 23Bring It on Home to Me3:00 24When I’m Gone2:23 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | Joe Simon Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:15:561Your Time to Cry3:00 2Help Me Make It Through the Night2:44 3Your the One for Me3:08 4All My Hard Times2:49 5Georgia Blue3:01 6Drowning in the Sea of Love3:24 7Pool of Bad Luck3:16 8Power of Love2:58 9I Found My Dad2:50 10Trouble in My Home3:33 11Step by Step3:23 12Theme From Cleopatra Jones3:50 13River3:19 14Carry Me3:32 15The Best Time of My Life2:50 16Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Road)3:43 17Music in My Bones3:52 18I Need You You Need Me3:10 19Come Get to This3:15 20Easy to Love3:41 21You Didn't Have to Play No Games3:30 22One Step at a Time3:44 23For Your Love, Love, Love3:24 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | Music in My Bones: The Best of Joe SimonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:04:531Teenager's Prayer2:31 2You Keep Me Hangin' On2:48 3The Chokin' Kind2:45 4Moon Walk, Part 12:57 5Farther on Down the Road3:11 6Yours Love3:05 7Your Time to Cry3:01 8Help Me Make It Through the Night2:45 9You're the One for Me3:08 10Drowning in the Sea of Love3:30 11Pool of Bad Luck3:16 12Power of Love2:59 13Trouble in My Home3:34 14Step by Step3:25 15Theme From Cleopatra Jones3:51 16River3:26 17Carry Me3:43 18Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)4:00 19Music in My Bones3:51 20I Need You, You Need Me3:07 | Compilation | 11 November 1997 | |
| 2000 | Love Vibrations / Happy Birthday BabySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:17:561Love Vibration5:06 2Can We Come and Share in Love6:17 3Going Through These Changes4:17 4I Can’t Stand a Liar3:26 5Somebody for Everybody5:21 6To Get to You4:08 7If You Got the Time (I Got the Place)5:25 8It Must Be Love4:13 9I.O.U.4:52 10Happy Birthday, Baby4:48 11I Still Love You5:18 12I Wanna Taste Your Love4:31 13If It’s Good for Your Body (Then It’s God for Your Mind)5:08 14You Gotta Treat Me Right6:27 15Make Every Moment Count4:10 16Hooked on Disco Music4:29 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2001 | Monument of SoulSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:10:341Misty Blue3:13 2Long Hot Summer2:09 3A Teenager’s Prayer2:30 4Too Many Teardrops2:34 5My Special Prayer2:44 6Travelin’ Man1:49 7Just a Dream1:54 8Put Your Trust in Me2:00 9Nine Pound Steel2:49 10The Girl’s Alright With Me2:02 11No Sad Songs2:19 12Come on and Get It2:05 13You Keep Me Hanging On2:45 14Message From Maria3:22 15I Wrote About You2:54 16Looking Back2:26 17Standing in the Safety Zone2:14 18The Chokin’ Kind2:40 19Don’t Let Me Lose the Feeling2:21 20Baby Don’t Be Looking in My Mind2:44 21San Francisco Is a Lonely Town3:20 22It’s Hard to Get Along2:58 23Moon Walk5:55 24Farther on Down the Road3:09 25Yours Love3:03 26That’s the Way I Want Our Love2:35 | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2008 | Easy to Love / A Bad Case of LoveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:17:321You Didn’t Have to Play No Games3:34 2Easy to Love3:52 3It Must Be Love3:48 4What’s Left to Do4:46 5With You in Mind7:29 6Before the Night Is Over3:38 7She’s My Lady3:58 8Sweet Memories3:09 9Show Must Go On5:19 10Baby It’s You for Me3:38 11Coming Down With a Bad Case of Love5:50 12One Step at a Time5:41 13I’ve Got a Jones on You Baby5:06 14I Can’t Live Without Your Love3:09 15Trace of Your Love4:02 16Which Way Is Love4:19 17For Your Love, Love, Love3:28 18You Don’t Know What You Got2:46 | Compilation | 2008 | |
| 2009 | Soul For The DancefloorSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:16:371In My Baby's Arms3:30 2Power Of Love2:54 3Let Me Be The One3:01 4Easy To Love3:36 5Ole Night Owl2:37 6I Can't Stand A Liar3:26 7Still At The Mercy Of Your Love2:25 8Who Was That Lady3:33 9Somebody For Everybody3:26 10The Best Time Of My Life2:47 11Talk Don't Bother Me2:52 12It Must Be Love3:54 13I Need You, You Need Me3:05 14I.O.U3:35 15Step By Step3:19 16Let The Good Times Roll2:58 17I Don't Wanna Make Love3:41 18Deeper Than Love3:49 19(You Keep Me) Hangin' On3:21 20I Love You More Than Anything2:03 21Most Of All2:41 22She's My Lady3:54 23Love Never Hurt Nobody3:12 24Georgia Blue2:58 | Compilation | 2009 | |
| 2018 | Step by Step: The Complete Pop HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 35 tracks · 1:45:12Disc 1 1My Adorable One2:24 2Teenager’s Prayer2:29 3My Special Prayer2:45 4Put Your Trust in Me (Depend on Me)1:59 5Nine Pound Steel2:49 6No Sad Songs2:20 7You Keep Me Hangin’ On2:46 8Message From Maria3:21 9I Worry About You2:47 10The Chokin’ Kind2:24 11The Chokin’ Kind2:40 12Baby, Don’t Be Looking in My Mind2:44 13San Francisco Is a Lonely Town3:21 14It’s Hard to Get Along2:58 15Moon Walk Part I2:49 16Farther On Down the Road3:08 17Yours Love3:02 18That’s the Way I Want Our Love2:32 19Misty Blue3:10 Disc 21Your Time to Cry2:57 2Help Me Make It Through the Night2:43 3To Lay Down Beside You4:19 4You’re the One for Me3:04 5All My Hard Times2:46 6Drowning in the Sea of Love3:22 7Pool of Bad Luck3:13 8Power of Love2:56 9Trouble in My Home3:27 10I Found My Dad2:48 11Step by Step3:22 12Theme From Cleopatra Jones3:48 13River3:16 14Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)3:41 15Music in My Bones3:50 16Come Get to This3:12 | Compilation | 5 October 2018 | |
| 2022 | Nine Pound Steel: The Best of Joe SimonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 25 March 2022 | |
| — | The Sounds of Simon / Simon CountrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:00:121To Lay Down Beside You4:19 2I Can’t See Nobody4:29 3Most of All2:40 4No More Me2:27 5Your Time to Cry2:55 6Help Me Make It Through the Night2:41 7My Woman, My Woman, My Wife4:30 8I Love More Than Anything2:04 9Georgia Blue2:58 10All My Hard Times2:45 11Do You Know What It’s Like to Be Lonesome3:33 12Five Hundred Miles Away From Home2:50 13Woman Without Love3:38 14You Don’t Know Me2:52 15To Get to You3:09 16Before the Next Teardrop Falls3:01 17Someone to Give My Love To3:04 18Good Things3:05 19Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’3:12 | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Joe Simon head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 37 | 92.1th |
| Studio albums | 21 | 96.7th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 23 | 95th |
| Recording span (years) | 55 | 94.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | won | |
| 1969 | Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | won | |
| — | Grammy Awards | won | |
| — | Grammy Awards | won |
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13 wikis
J. J. Barnes
United States · Person
rhythm and blues · soul
2 shared genre tags · debut 1966, same year · from United States
3 wikis
Ann Peebles
United States · Person
rhythm and blues · soul
2 shared genre tags · debut 1969, 3 years apart · from United States
14 wikis
Brenton Wood
United States · Person
rhythm and blues · soul
2 shared genre tags · debut 1967, 1 year apart · from United States
15 wikis
Millie Jackson
United States · Person
rhythm and blues · soul
2 shared genre tags · debut 1969, 3 years apart · from United States
16 wikis
Fontella Bass
United States · Person
rhythm and blues · soul
2 shared genre tags · debut 1965, 1 year apart · from United States
20 wikis