Joe Tex

Joe Tex - Show Me (1966)
I saw Joe live at Birmingham Odeon on the Soul Together tour in 1969 and was well impressed at his show. Joe did impersonations of Elvis, Ray Charles and others and was very good all round entertainer. I have a tape parts of that show.

The horn section was all psychedelic with flower patterned floppy hats and did they look cool. His show here though, three years earlier, is much more suit and ties, still good though!

Joe Tex (born Joseph Arrington Jr. and later known as Yusuf Hazziez following religious conversion 8 August 1933 — 13 August 1982), was an American soul and disco singer-songwriter most popular during the 1960s and 1970s. His style of speaking over music, which he called 'rap', made him a predecessor of the modern style of music.

Although early releases showed promise, it was not until 1965 that Tex prospered, guided by Nashville, Tennessee record producer, Buddy Killen. Recorded at the FAME studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and distributed by Atlantic on Killen's Dial record label, "Hold What You've Got" was a U.S. #5 pop hit. Others followed, namely "A Woman Can Change A Man", and "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" which were both slow ballads. But a change in tempo also brought hits such as "S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)" (1966), and "Show Me" (1967).