Joe Tex

Joe Tex, 1965

Joe Tex (born August 8, 1933 in Rogers , Texas , † August 13, 1982 in Navasota , Texas), actually Joseph Arrington Jr. , later Joseph Hazziez , was an American soul singer . He celebrated his greatest successes during the 1960s and 1970s.

Joe Tex's songs were easy to understand soul songs. He made his breakthrough in 1965 with the single Hold What You've Got , with which he reached number 5 on the Billboard charts . His biggest hit in the USA was in 1972 with the single I Gotcha , which rose to number 2 in the pop charts and was also a top 40 success in Germany.

The only hit in Great Britain was the single Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) from 1977, which reached number 2 there. In the USA the song came up to number 12, in Germany to 25th place.

His song Baby You're Right was covered by James Brown .

At the height of his career in 1972, Tex converted to Islam and took the name Joseph Hazziez.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
1965	Hold What You've Got / You Better Get It (UK)	-	-	US124 (7 weeks) US	R&B2 (6 weeks) R&B
	The New Boss	-	-	US142 (7 weeks) US	R&B3 (13 weeks) R&B
1966	The Love You Save	-	-	US108 (8 weeks) US	R&B3 (11 weeks) R&B
1967	I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better	-	-	-	R&B24 (2 weeks) R&B
1968	Live and Lively	-	-	US84 (17 weeks) US	R&B13 (14 weeks) R&B	Live album
	Soul Country	-	-	US154 (7 weeks) US	R&B45 (5 weeks) R&B
1969	Buying a book	-	-	US190 (5 weeks) US	-
1972	I gotcha	-	-	US17 (21 weeks) US	R&B5 (17 weeks) R&B
1973	Spills the beans	-	-	-	R&B42 (9 weeks) R&B
1977	Bumps & Bruises	-	-	US108 (9 weeks) US	R&B32 (10 weeks) R&B

More albums

1964: Hold On! It's Joe Tex 1965: Turn Back the Hands of Time 1969: Happy Soul 1970: Sings with Strings & Things 1972: From the Roots Came the Rapper

1973: The History of Joe Tex 1976: Have You Ever 1978: He Who Is Without Funk Cast the First Stone 1978: Rub Down

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
1967	The Best of Joe Tex Atlantic	-	-	US168 (4 weeks) US	R&B23 (4 weeks) R&B

More compilations

1965: The Best of Joe Tex ( Parrot ) 1973: Star Collection 1973: The Best Of ( Scepter ) 1977: Another Woman's Man 1982: JT's Funk 1984: The Best of Joe Tex (Atlantic) 1988: I Believe I'm Gonna Make It - The Best Of 1988: The Very Best of Joe Tex 1989: Different Strokes 1989: Stone Soul Country 1989: Ain't I a Mess 1989: Lil 'Bit of Gold (mini album, 4 tracks) 1990: Greatest Hits 1992: 25 greatest hits 1993: Golden Classics 1993: Ain't Gonna Bump No More 1994: Skinny Legs and All 1994: I Gotcha 1995: You're Right, Joe Tex 1996: Bump to the Funk

1996: The Very Best of Joe Tex 2000: 25 All Time Greatest Hits 2001: Oh Boy Classics Presents Joe Tex 2001: The Love You Save / I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better (incl. 4 bonus tracks) 2001: Hold What You've Got / The New Boss (incl. 4 bonus tracks) 2002: Live and Lively / Soul Country (incl. 3 bonus tracks) 2002: Happy Soul / Buying a Book (incl. 2 bonus tracks) 2002: From the Roots… Came the Rapper 2003: Gotcha 2005: Greatest Hits 2005: The Very Best of Joe Tex 2008: First on the Dial - Early Singles and Rare Gems 2008: Get Way Back: The 1950s Recordings 2010: Singles A's & B's Vol. 1 1964–1966 2010: Singles A's & B's Vol. 2 1967–1968 2011: Singles A's & B's Vol. 3 1969–1972 2011: Singles A's & B's Vol. 4 1973–1976

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	UK	US	R&B
1964	I'd Rather Have You	-	-	-	R&B44 (3 weeks) R&B
	Hold What You've Got Hold What You've Got	-	-	US5 (11 weeks) US	R&B1 (14 weeks) R&B
1965	You Better Get It Hold What You've Got	-	-	US46 (7 weeks) US	R&B15 (9 weeks) R&B
	You Got What It Takes Hold What You've Got	-	-	US51 (6 weeks) US	R&B10 (8 weeks) R&B
	A Woman Can Change a Man The New Boss	-	-	US56 (7 weeks) US	R&B12 (7 weeks) R&B
	Don't Let Your Left Hand Know The Love You Save	-	-	US95 (1 week) US	-
	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Hold What You've Got	-	-	US65 (4 weeks) US	R&B20 (7 weeks) R&B
	I Want To (Do Everything for You) The New Boss	-	-	US23 (13 weeks) US	R&B1 (15 weeks) R&B
	A Sweet Woman Like You The Love You Save	-	-	US29 (9 weeks) US	R&B1 (14 weeks) R&B
1966	The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) The Love You Save	-	-	US56 (8 weeks) US	R&B2 (12 weeks) R&B
	SYSLJFM (The Letter Song) I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better	-	-	US39 (7 weeks) US	R&B9 (8 weeks) R&B
	I Believe I'm Gonna Make It I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better	-	-	US67 (5 weeks) US	R&B8 (8 weeks) R&B
	I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better	-	-	US64 (5 weeks) US	R&B20 (7 weeks) R&B
	Papa Was, Too I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better	-	-	US44 (7 weeks) US	R&B15 (8 weeks) R&B
1967	Show Me The Best of Joe Tex (Atlantic)	-	-	US35 (8 weeks) US	R&B24 (8 weeks) R&B
	Woman like that, yeah	-	-	US54 (7 weeks) US	R&B24 (6 weeks) R&B
	A Woman's Hands Live and Lively	-	-	US63 (5 weeks) US	R&B24 (8 weeks) R&B
	Skinny Legs and All Live and Lively	-	-	US10 gold (15 weeks)US	R&B2 (15 weeks) R&B
1968	Men are gettin 'scarce	-	-	US33 (7 weeks) US	R&B7 (8 weeks) R&B
	I'll Never Do You Wrong Soul Country	-	-	US59 (5 weeks) US	R&B26 (5 weeks) R&B
	Keep the One You Got Author: Joe Tex	-	-	US52 (5 weeks) US	R&B13 (6 weeks) R&B
	You need me, baby happy soul	-	-	US81 (3 weeks) US	R&B29 (6 weeks) R&B
1969	That's your baby happy soul	-	-	US88 (3 weeks) US	-
	Buying a Book Buying a Book	-	-	US47 (8 weeks) US	R&B10 (7 weeks) R&B
	That's the way buying a book	-	-	US94 (3 weeks) US	R&B46 (2 weeks) R&B
1971	Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants I Gotcha	-	-	-	R&B20 (9 weeks) R&B
1972	I gotcha I gotcha	DE33 (1 week) DE	-	US2 gold (21 weeks)US	R&B1 (17 weeks) R&B
	A Mother's Prayer Spills the Beans	-	-	-	R&B41 (3 weeks) R&B
	You Said a Bad Word I Gotcha	-	-	US41 (8 weeks) US	R&B12 (9 weeks) R&B
1973	Woman Stealer Spills the Beans	-	-	-	R&B41 (8 weeks) R&B
1975	Under Your Powerful Love	-	-	-	R&B27 (11 weeks) R&B
1976	Have You Ever Have You Ever	-	-	-	R&B74 (5 weeks) R&B
1977	Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) Bumps & Bruises	DE25 (5 weeks) DE	UK2 silver (11 weeks)UK	US12 gold (18 weeks)US	R&B7 (22 weeks) R&B	Authors: Bennie Lee McGinty, Buddy Killen
	Hungry for Your Love Bumps & Bruises	-	-	-	R&B84 (4 weeks) R&B	Authors: Dearing Edwin King Jr., Joe Tex, Louis Bernard Johnson
1978	Rub Down Rub Down	-	-	-	R&B70 (6 weeks) R&B	Authors: Joe Tex, Leroy Hadley
1979	Loose Caboose He Who Is without Funk Cast the First Stone	-	-	-	R&B48 (9 weeks) R&B	Authors: Gloria Thompson, Joe Tex

More singles

1955: Come in This House 1956: Pneumonia 1957: Ain't Nobody's Business 1958: Cut It Out 1958: You Little Baby Face Thing 1959: Charlie Brown Got Expelled (Joe Tex and His X Class Mates) 1959: Don't Hold It Against Me 1960: Boys Will Be Boys 1960: All I Could Do Was Cry 1960: I'll Never Break Your Heart (with The Vibrators) 1961: Baby You're Right 1961: Wicked Woman 1961: The Only Girl (I've Ever Loved) 1961: One Giant Step 1962: I Let Her Get Away 1962: Hand-Shakin ', Love-Makin', Girl-Takin 'Son-of-a-Gun from Next Door 1962: Meet Me in Church 1963: You Keep Her 1963: Someone to Take Your Place 1963: I Wanna Be Free 1964: Looking for My Pig 1964: I Had a Good Home but I Left 1964: The Next Time She's Mine

1964: Sit Yourself Down 1965: Boys Will Be Boys 1965: Baby You're Right 1965: Yum Yum Yum 1967: I'll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman) 1968: Betwixt and Between (The Joe Tex Band) 1969: Happy Soul (EP) 1969: We Can't Sit Down Now 1969: (When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) I Can't See You No More 1970: You're Right Ray Charles 1970: I'll Never Fall in Love Again 1971: Bad Feet 1971: I Knew Him 1972: King Thaddeus 1973: Trying to Win Your Love 1973: All the Heaven a Man Really Needs 1976: Love Shortage 1977: We Held On 1978: Get Back Leroy 1979: Who Gave Birth to the Funk 1979: Discomania 1980: Stick Your Key In (And Start Your Car) 1981: Don't Do Da Do

* The author of all singles placed in the charts up to 1976 is Joe Tex.

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1. ^ ^{A b c} Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
2. ↑ ^{a b} Taurus-Press, Hit-Bilanz, Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980, ISBN 3-922542-24-7
3. ↑ everyhit.com, search mask "Joe Tex"
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles UK US
5. ↑ ^{a b} The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
6. ↑ ^{a b c} gold / platinum databases: DE UK US
7. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
8. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .

Web links

• Joe Tex at Allmusic (English)
• Joe Tex at Discogs (English)
• Oldies.com short biography of Joe Tex '