JOE SIMON early single on IRRAL Just Like Yesterday / northern soul / NMint
$
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JOE SIMON
Early single
His plaintive baritone equally conversant with R&B and country phrasing, Joe Simon married the two genres with startling success during the late '60s, adapting Nashville material to the soul sound and repeatedly coming up a winner. Simon began recording in the Bay Area, but a switch in recording from Muscle Shoals to Nashville, heightened his national appeal.
With easy access to prime country-oriented material, Simon soon found his true calling, scoring major hits with "Nine Pound Steel," "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On," and the number one R&B smash "The Chokin' Kind," penned by Music Row tunesmith Harlan Howard. Still dabbling in country covers after switching to the Spring imprint in 1970, Simon was even more successful when assigned to Philadelphia wizards Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who produced the moody "Drowning in the Sea of Love" the next year. [ Bill Dahl - All Music Guide ]
THIS SINGLE is from pretty early in his career. He started out with a quintet of 45s on the little Hush Records label, then cut this one single for Irral Records in 1963 before moving to Dot, Gee Bee and Vee Jay.
Tracks here are “Just Like Yesterday” which is a great stompin’ soul tune, and it’s flipped with “Only A Dream.”
CONDITION: NEAR MINT! Unsold store stock recently discovered.
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