Looking Back With Joe Simon, From The Chicken Coop To Top Of The Charts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- One of the most successful male R&B artists of all-time is unfortunately one of the most underrated as well. His 38 Top 40 hits, 13 Top 10's and 3 #1's put him in a class by himself. And class is what Joe Simon has always been about. But little is known about the Louisiana born singer that made songs like Power of Love, Drowning In The Sea of Love, The Chokin' 'Kind and Theme From Cleopatra Jones into contemporary classics. Now in this captivating documentary, Joe talks about his beginnings, his breakthrough success, giving Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five their big break at The Apollo and how in the midst of his success ,in front of a audience of 10,000 people he walked away from it all.
I was enthralled by this interview. I always remembered Joe Simon as a great singer/performer. It's good to hear straight from these artists. The real story is usually educational and this was. God is great. Thanks to all who made this information possible.
I loved his attitude. He was a great dude. He lived a long life. I heard a lot of his songs as a kid.
He was one of my favorite singer. He was a great singer and lots of soul. In fact I brought all his songs
"I've been down one time and I've been down two times but, now I'm drownin'..... drownin' in the sea of love!" 😁☝️
#RIP Soul Brother Joe Simon , One Of The Greatest Voices Of Soul Music. Underrated To Most But Legendary By All Means.
I love me some Joe Simon, back in the days, my goodness, my older siblings, they had so many of his albums, 45s, tapes, Cleopatra Jones Movie, the love scene between Tamara Dotson and Bernie Casey was the bomb! I stop playing cards, because I realized I was the "Ace of Spade"! And still is, lol, and when they found one of my bf's body, all he had in his pocket was a, "Nickel and a Nail". Long live the great Joe Simon!
My Dad Pastored a church in Coldwater, Ms some years ago and he had Joe Simon down there to preach one Sunday. Great memories
JOE SIMON YOU ARE STILL LOVED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
You definitely got that right always loved in North Carolina 💃🏿💃🏿
GROWING UP IN 1960S WAS A DECADE OF ALL DECADES I WAS THERE IN THAT TIME OF MANY CHANGES! AND MR. JOE SIMON WAS PART OF THAT! 7 21.
My parent and father law they love them some Joe Simon as I got older I start player his music and still player his song luv u
R.I.P. Joe Simon. You were a real soul soldier!
joe simon,a down to earth person,my idol..i have live the life that he is speaking of..
One ☝️ of the Greatest Singers that ever lived! May your Soul Rest In Paradise Bishop Joe Simon 🙏🏾❤️😘😘
He was okay. I wouldn't say he was great! I disagree with what he was saying about the Jackson 5. He must have been smoking something then because the Jackson 5 was the hottest thing right from the beginning. Given some invisible God, all the credit for his success. Maybe he should have considered that his success was due to his own willpower and drive to succeed. Becoming a Christian was the biggest mistake he ever made✝️🤔?
Loved this music of this gentleman Joe Simon ✨ ... greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
My mother used to sing Joe Simon songs all the time; I was a youngster and swore she'd made these songs up UNTIL one day long after her death, I heard "Nine pounds of steel", playing at a Starbucks coffee shop, I damn near broke down in tears! That was my mother's favorite song!!;;;
Amazing how music cam invoke so much emotion.
Very true 👍
Have those. Old school today of Joe Simon 😊 thy are so awesome.love old school today 😘 OcieHand ❤️💢💯👍
Every song he sang i could hear God deep down in his voice
I really enjoy Joe music, my uncle and mom used to let me listen to this down in those back woods of Bama. Luv some Joe Simon 💕💕💕💕
OUR LATE MOTHER AND FATHER INTRODUCED US TO THE GREAT JOE SIMONE MUSIC WHEN WE WERE LITTLE 💕❤️ I GREW UP LISTENING TO YOUR MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ❤️ YOUR MUSIC AND IT IS PLAYED EACH WEEK AND ENJOYED. GOD’S CONTINUOUS LOVE ❤️ AND BLESSINGS STAY UPON YOU, AMEN 🙏
Prayers went up for this icon... I learned about Mr. Joe through my mom uncle's & other day members. As a lil girl I was the disc jokey in the house while in another part the grown ups would sit down and play cards listen to music... I just wished those that are gone would have answered the call to salvation... Praying for those that remain...
My cousin, Carroll Vorhees was Joe’s piano player for many years. In fact, Joe mentions him during this interview. They were good friends.
Choking Kind and drowning in the sea of Love.
I've been a big fan of Joe Simon since I was young. My Mom had a record of his called "Drowning in the sea of love"
It was sampled by Gangstarr for "You know my Steez"!💥💥💥💥
"Drowning in The Sea of Love" is one I remember too. The lyrics, of course, mean more now that I'm older. The R & B music told stories.
I remember that song!!!!!!
I love me some Joe Simon. Power of Love
You are so cool Joe Simon
What we have got used to these days is young men growing up in church choirs leaving the church and going wildly and yours is not only good but divine. God bless you as this is a part of you I did not know.
Stiller keep me cryin iam acou try womAn use to pick cotton I am a survior. Remember joi do
Lord Joltin Joe Simon was a big thing here in Brew City Milwaukee Wisconsin; "Chocking Kind" was my favorite song; my dad's favorite song was Nine Pound Steel. It's so good to see him. We used to sit on the porch and listen to what they called Soul Music and the Blues on the radio. Women loved Joe Simon back then
It's so unfortunate that some entertainers get caught up in thinking that singing RNB is such a sin , people fall in love , marry and have families doing exactly what they're singing about ... This brother short changed me on his great talent that god blessed him with .
I agree with you. I'm mad as I type this.
But it's not his fault. The indoctrination is deep and damaging.®®®
he will never be forgotten ♥️
Joe Simon what a great voice. I play him on my internet radio show Classic Soul me the Masterblaster .
What a testimony, that's just like God, He can make you forget whatever had you.
Not many come out of that life style, and give their heart ♥ completely to God.
That's the power of God, I'm a living witness!!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful and unlifting story Joe Simon you are a great guy all the way around love you man
Jeo you are gifted .that's all I want to say .
Man that was FANTASTIC!!!! my dad loved Mr Simons music, and I'm soo happy to find this interview on TH-cam, God bless Mr Simon he gave a very good insight into his career, Mr Simon if you are reading this one of your band mate's Sly Stone is not doing well in Oakland CA.and it is sad.
What's
Wrong ?
Listen to those pipes........nice mellow tune
The Great Joe Simon. I followed some of his music. Great voice. Great testimony. RIP 🙏🏿(King)(Bishop)🙏🏿My husband loved Joe Simons music. He was a local singer/musician here in Texas. He use to sing Joe Simons songs. 🙏🏾RIP to my husband....Mr J Diggs🙏🏿also
I love u Joe regarding what u sing! I married my high school sweetheart. Our favorite song was Power of Love,! He passed in 88
Joe is still living.
@@kingmellowmankingmellow1185 I think she means her high school sweetheart.
He might be the best blues singer to ever do it during my time here on this earth.
Can you do part 2. Of Joe.simon because I enjoy this and he told the whole Truth I call talk to him all day
My mother love this man music and she was blind and went to his concert 🤣
I love Bishop Joe Simon music from little girl to a grown women still love it to this day Bishop please for me and myfamily
Thanks for the great songs RIP!!
AMEN. MY LATE MOTHER AND FATHER WOULD PLAY YOUR MUSIC ON SATURDAY 'S AND DANCE. I LOVED TO SEE THEM DANCE TOGETHER. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOUR MUSIC AND AS AN ADULT, I STILL LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC AND I LOVE ALL OF YOUR MUSIC AND GOSPEL MUSIC, AMEN. GOD'S CONTINUOUS BLESSINGS STAY UPON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AMEN
MY MOM L❤VED JOE SIMON🎶
This gentleman is the real deal there is nothing more i can say ... Roland from Magdalena New Mexico.
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Omg 😲 I was simply captivated when Mr Joe Simon opened his mouth. Very entertaining and super interesting. Thank u Bro Simon, sir...RIH 🙏🏾💔
So glad that I took the time to watch his documentary. Powerful story. Excellent lessons. Inspiring. Insightful.
Wow this is amazing
I always wondered what happened to him.one of my favorites.
R.I.P. to a true Master of SOUL. I first discovered Joe Simon from his inclusion on many K-Tel albums like Super Bad. Later l bought his greatest hits and still play it!
We used to see Joe at the Apollo all the time he was super cool with his awesome band!!!! Joe Simon
where ever you are right now I want you to know we dug you big time! I love many of them but "Baby,
Don't Be Looking In My Mind" is at the top of my list.
Powerful
you are the best joe
I was born and raised in a small town in Louisiana. I was a musician (guitarist/ singer) from the time I was 11 years old. In my teens, around 1965 or 66, I played with a recording group comprised of older guys (Henry Clements and the Trojans) from Crowley, Louisiana. One of my greatest memories from my teens was getting to back up Joe Simon when he came back to do a concert in his hometown of Simmesport. I got to watch this masterful performer from the best vantage point ever, onstage with him. Although I've been fortunate enough to have met and worked with a lot of people whose music and acting I have admired through the years, I will never forget that concert.
Happy Birthday Joe Simon - 78 years young today.
Joe Simon combined Country and R&B together
Often times R&B and Country music cross paths.....I think because both have roots in
hard times and hard luck. I'm a White boy, born in the coal fields in a house with no indoor plumbing....I can identify with Country and R&B music.
he did combined the 2
JOE SIMON WAS MY HOUSE SCHOOL FAVORITE. I SAW HIM ON PERSON, AT THE HOME TOWN CLUB HOUSE. MET HIM. HAVE HIS RECORDS, CASSETTES.
Thank You Bishop!! Rest Peacefully
Great documentation about a great artist - peace to his golden soul!
"You think I'm black now; I was soooooooo black, I could spit ink!"
:-) Music brings the world together.
Now who would have the mine to say that!!!! A man with with some deep feeling. Why he could write a great Blues song outta that.....Oh no!! I am real surprised somebody hadn't done called Joe a racist for even thinking that. Lord have Mercy... You are great Joe Simon 🎤👍
Hahaha
Thank you, very enjoyable as well as enlighten.
the real deal,joe simon,the black diamond
JOE SIMON ALL I CAN HEAR (I FEEL LIKE CALLING YOUR NAME CLEO) CLEOPATRA JONES!!!!!😎🏉
Thank you for sharing
Joe this story is touching. I am an upcoming REGGAE singer go by the name STRAIGHT. I love your journey with your career
I used to listen to Joe Simon on WLAC...."way down South in Dixie" Gallatin, Tennessee...with John R....Randy's Record Mart back in the 1960s. Joe Simon was one of the greatest. WLAC was one of the greatest R&B radio stations in the country. You could pick it up on AM radio just about all over the USA at night.
You're right man I remember those days getting to my bedroom window to get the radio signal. I did order my 45s from Randy Mart.
@@ESmith-is9es WLAC had the greatest artists on there....some that you would almost never hear anywhere else...John R, Hoss Allen and Gene Nobles where so great. I even loved the commercials they had. Just wondering what part of the country you're in @E. Smith? I'm in the "Almost Heaven" state, but I've listened to WLAC in
West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, D.C., North and South Carolina, and all over the South and in Oklahoma and Texas....and just about any place in the country when I was traveling at night. Great memories!
I remember that station in the early 60s
How well I remember the struggles of growing up black, poor in The South!
@@ceeuuu01 (Beautiful picture Che Lo) You know your struggles and the struggles of life in the coal camps, where a coal miner's life was worth less than a mule, have a lot in common. You can hear the stories in the lyrics of lots of country songs..... I hope life's been good to you and you're doing great now....and things are better than when you were growing up.
Great singer
Hey Mr.Joe Simon,
Hope you're well,,Pass by your home in Simmesport,La.I'm from Louisiana, yes,I hated picking cotton also,that how I learned to cook so well,because my mother made me cook,all the meals,while they pick cotton Stiil listening to Nine Pound Steal.
Love you Mr.Joe Simon. 7/19/2021
Cleo was the great movie of the 70s. The theme song by Joe Simon was the greatest. I think this movie should have won an Acadamy Award, and Joe should have received one for that song.
💯💯💯
So true🔥🔥
Yes Lord
Totally agree with you 💯 but Hollywood still today would not have pushed hard for any award- even though the movie was the top movie of 73
Right On, Cleo!
I was an still in love with This man but his personality was a NO NO. Still drowning in his sea of love. Smiling
Bless you brother joe we you💯💯💯
What a great voice"
Much Gratitude
They don't make men like this gentleman anymore
Some of us are around, we're just criticized for being " corny "! Unfortunately!
Was he before James Brown. Awesome to know you Sir.😇❤🙏
Amen. God is So Good Bishop. Praise God.🙏🙏🙏🙏
May Joe Simon rest peacefully 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Loved Joe Simon music. He was a music legend.
Good oldies on a sunny day when there's nothing else to do and u can't do so thanks to u tube I can listen to them
My parents owned a nightclub and liquor store in South Carolina. Growing up, Joe Simon was a permanent fixture on the jukebox, in particular his wonderful song “Nine Pound Steel”. I love Joe Simon.
I'm a fan of Joe Simon I'm from Alexandria Louisiana I know what he Talking about
Amen. What a enlightening interview. God has already blessed you and I now feel rewarded. So much history so little time. Thank you Bishop.
What a story ❤️
Bishop Simon said something about not understanding why "Get Down, Get Down" was so popular. "good beat, easy to dance to" ~ its fun, happy, nice to dance to, makes you feel good ~ he even laughs at the end ~ infectious ~ I do not see that as serving the devil ~ more making a joyful noise ~ then there is that voice
I loved him I knew he was from L all men from Louisiana knew how to make a song relate to themself.there were no future for the b man there.they had to get the he'll out& he did so glad 💘 u Joe
Excellent interview
Remember when Joe Simon was here in Michigan way over 30 some years ago at the local 212 and he danced all night long with my sister and I and Friends Joe we are truly going to miss you we love you we will see you next time in another life so long
THANK YOU JOE SIMON SOMETHING MY BROTHER HAROLD YOUNG SHARED SOMETHING WITH MY MOTHER.WHEN HE PLAYED BEING A DRUMER. THANKS FOR HAVING A CONVICTED HEARTS.MY MOTHERS PRAYERS HAS BEEN ANSWERD.
Bishop Joe Simon was a real man of God🙏🏽🙏🏽. May he rest in eternal peace 🙏🏽🙏🏽♥️. I’ve always been a fan of his since childhood and always will be.
Rip Joe. Your music will forever live on.💕💕💕💕💕
He talks the same way he sings.That voice,is mesmerizing.
Awesome!! Is there a chance I can send him a record to sign it?
What a testimony. Amen.
Nobody is a bigger fan than I. Are we breaking up, it he’s that way sometime, crying time in Memphis, walking down lonely street, before the night is over, when love is in your heart, awwwwwww shittt I’m not naming them all but you get the drift. I admire youthful and seasoned listener’s and fans. Makes me feel good to know I’m not alone. Only listening to music of this time period or influenced by this period. My old life maybe!
Joe your are still loved from the top of the pine trees to the red dirty hills ,deep in Bama. Much luv Joe, you were one of the best.
Truth!!!
We get what we focus on
Wow, I needed to be reminded of that, words of wisdom, thank you
I love what he told his wife. If she left him, he was going to see if he could live with she and her husband.
Simply fascinating
ON THAT TESTIMONY AMEN WHAT A TRANSFORMATION FIRST TIME HE REALLY NEEDS TO WRITE A BOOK FIRST TIME LISTENING TO THIS HE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TRUE DEPTH
Shame it ain't doing soul anymore! I would love to hear him singing his 70's hits! But I didn't know he own Spring Records! That surprised me!
Which if you think about it, he opened the door for Hip hop! Keep in mind, arguably "King Tim 3rd" was the mainstream first rap record or should I say, it came out before " Rapper's Delight"! " King Tim was performed by THE FATBACK BAND ON SPRING RECORDS! , HMMM👍🏾✊🏿💥. Some may argue this point! 🤣, it will be fun!!!!!
Remember my cousin sangBa cc kup for him rip sweet charlie miss u always
@@MD-DLive that is not true
@@QueenAnitaSoul What is not true?🤔
@@MD-DLive I remember that King Tim 3rd was actually the 1st rap record. I remember being a young teenager and discussing that with my friend Michael. I was disagreeing with him but he was right!!!
Wow! What a testimony!
Iz have luvs this man,for years.To this day,I remember those DayZ,down in Georgia;1968/1970.John R.(1590);"Nashville,Tennessee&only in Nashville, Tennessee"!
Amen!!
love it
I was so saddened by Joe Simon's death. I grew up on his music. He was an awesome singer. I also had the opportunity to hear him preach the Gospel.
Great video
I didn't know much about Joe
Now I know
And knowing is half the battle
I remeber Joe Simon from back in the Day. I really like Some of his Songs. How I remembered them so very well , Cause I Stayed on Punishment.im glad my mom put those 45's on. That's how I new the legends. R I P Mr Simon...
I remember my dad listening to Joe Simon when I was a child, The Choking Kind❤