Joe Barry

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I'm a Fool to Care

Joe Barry (born July 13, 1939 as Joseph Barrios in Cut Off, Louisiana , † August 31, 2004 in Cut Off) was an American pop music singer who released records during the 1950s to the 1970s.

Musical career

Joseph Barrios grew up with his family belonging to the Cajun Francophone population in southern Louisiana. He began releasing songs on local record labels in the late 1950s . He recorded a single in 1960 under the name Roosevelt Jones, as always later, in English with Som Record in Houston . His following records were released under his shortened name Joe Barry. Between 1960 he recorded three singles on the Louisiana-based label Jin.

In 1961 he switched to Smash Records . There, in April 1961, the titles I'm a Fool to Care and I Got a Feeling, already published by Jin, were republished . While the Jin single went unnoticed, the song I'm a Fool to Care was inducted into the Hot 100 by US music magazine Billbord in May 1961 . There it rose to number 24, while it even reached number 15 in the rhythm and blues charts . The record was sold over a million times and was awarded the gold record . I'm a Fool to Care was also released in the UK, reaching number 49. Teardrops in My Heart and For You Sunshine also appeared on both Jin and Smash. The A-side of the smash single Teardrops in My Heart also made it into the Hot 100 and had its best value of 63.

After five singles with Smash, Barry released his records from 1962 on Princess Records in Pasadena (Texas) . There, too, there were five single productions that were just as unsuccessful as the subsequent records on Sho-Biz and Nugget. Barry separated from Nugget in a dispute and was hired on an oil platform in 1970. He only returned to the music scene in 1975, recorded a single with Crazy Cajun and released two long-playing records with country songs (1977 on ABC Records) and Gospels (1980). Thereafter, health problems forced Barry to withdraw from the music business again. In 2003 his last album, Been Down that Muddy Road , came out. A year later he died at the age of 65 in Cut Off, his birthplace.

US charts on Billboard

Started	title	Hot 100	R&B
5/1961	I'm a fool to care	24.	15th
8/1961	Teardrops in My Heart	63.	-

US discography

Vinlyl singles

From page	Catalog no.	published
	Som (as Roosevelt Jones)
I say! That's Allright / Any Old Time	1005	1960
	Jin
Greatest Moment of My Life / Heart Broken Love	132	1960
I'm a Fool to Care / I Got a Feeling	144	1960
Teardrops in My Heart / For You Sunshine	152	1961
	smash
I'm a Fool to Care / I Got a Feeling	1702	4/1961
Teardrops in My Heart / For You Sunshine	1710	7/1961
You Don´t Have to Be a Baby to Cry / Till The End of the World	1727	11/1961
Little Papoose / Why Did You Say Goodbye	1745	2/1962
Just Because / Little Jewel of the Veaux Carre	1762	5/1962
	Princess
Little Papoose / Why Did You Say Goodbye	4005	1962
Little Jewel of the Vieux Carre / Just Because	4010	1962
Four Leaf Clover / Is It Wrong	4014	1963
Bouquet of Roses / You Belong to My Heart	1420	1963
Every Morning, Noon and Night / Yonder Comes a Sucker	4027	12/1963
	Sho-biz
I Can't Do Without You / Can't Live With You	2001	1964
Try Rock 'N' Roll / Secret Love	2003	1965
	Nugget
Today I Started Loving You Again / California Bound	1023	7/1968
Ode to a Woman / Chantilly Lace	1027	1969
Always / I'm Feeling Blue Again	1034	1970
	Crazy Cajun
Today I Started Loving You Again / Three's A Crowd	2008	1975

LP

Joe Barry (ABC Records 2085, 1977)

Tracks: A: 1 You're Why I'm So Loneley / 2 Tomorrow Never Comes / 3 Think It Over / 4 Always Late (With Your Kisses) / 5 I Almost Lost My Mind B: 1 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie / 2 Cold, Cold Heart / 3 The Prisoner's Song / 4 I Let Happy Pass Me By / 5 If You Really Want Me To, I'll Go

Web links

• Joe Barry at Allmusic (English)
• Discography at www.45cat.com