Joe Tex discography | |
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Studio albums | 18 |
Compilation albums | 47 |
Singles | 81 |
B-sides | 3 |
This article contains comprehensive discography information related to Joe Tex.
Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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US [34] |
US R&B [34] |
AUS [35] |
UK [36] | ||||
1955 | "Come in This House" b/w "Davy, You Upset My Home" |
― | ― | ― | ― | The Best of Joe Tex (King) | |
1956 | "My Biggest Mistake" b/w "Right Back to My Arms" |
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"She's Mine" b/w "I Had to Come Back to You" |
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"Get Way Back" b/w "Pneumonia" |
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1957 | "Ain't Nobody's Business" b/w "I Want to Have a Talk with You" |
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1958 | "Cut It Out" b/w "Just for You and Me" |
― | ― | ― | ― | Non-album tracks | |
"Open the Door" b/w "Teenage Rock" By "Little Booker, featuring Joe Tex, vocals"[37][38] |
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"You Little Baby Face Thing" b/w "Mother's Advice" |
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1959 | "Don't Hold It Against Me" b/w "Yum, Yum, Yum" |
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"Charlie Brown Got Expelled" b/w "Blessed Are These Tears" By "Joe Tex and His X Class Mates" |
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1960 | "Boys Will Be Boys" b/w "Grannie Stole the Show" |
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"I'll Never Break Your Heart (Part 1)" b/w "Part 2" By "Joe Tex and The Vibrators" |
― | ― | ― | ― | Hold On! | ||
"All I Could Do Was Cry (Part 1)" b/w "Part 2" |
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"Goodbye My Love" b/w "Wicked Woman" |
— | ― | ― | ― | Turn Back the Hands of Time | ||
1961 | "Baby You're Right" b/w "Ain't I a Mess"[39] |
— | ― | ― | ― | Hold On! | |
"The Only Girl (I've Ever Loved)" b/w "What Should I Do" |
— | ― | ― | ― | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) | ||
"One Giant Step" b/w "The Rib" |
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1962 | "I Let Her Get Away" b/w "The Peck" |
— | ― | ― | ― | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) | |
"Hand-Shakin', Love Makin', Girl Takin' Son-of-a-Gun" b/w "Popeye Johnny" (Non-album track) |
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"Meet Me in Church" b/w "Be Your Own Judge" (Non-album track) |
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1963 | "Someone to Take Your Place" b/w "I Should Have Kissed Her More" (Non-album track) |
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"You Keep Her" b/w "Don't Play" (from Hold On!) |
— | ― | ― | ― | Non-album track | ||
"I Wanna Be Free" b/w "Blood's Thicker Than Water" (Non-album track) |
— | ― | ― | ― | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) | ||
1964 | "Say Thank You" b/w "Looking for My Pig" (Non-album track) |
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"I Had a Good Home But I Left (Part 1)" b/w "Part 2" |
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"The Next Time She's Mine" b/w "I've Got a Song" |
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"Sit Yourself Down" b/w "Get Closer Together" |
— | ― | ― | ― | Hold On! | ||
"I'd Rather Have You" b/w "Old Time Lover" (from The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot)) |
— | 44 | ― | ― | Non-album tracks | ||
"Hold What You've Got" b/w "Fresh Out of Tears" |
5 | 1 | ― | ― | Hold What You've Got | ||
1965 | "Boys Will Be Boys" b/w "Baby You're Right (I'm Gonna Hold What I Got)" |
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"You Got What It Takes" / | 51 | 10 | ― | ― | Hold What You've Got | ||
"You Better Get It" | 46 | 15 | ― | ― | |||
"A Woman Can Change a Man" / | 56 | 12 | ― | ― | The New Boss | ||
"Don't Let Your Left Hand Know" | 95 | — | ― | ― | The Love You Save | ||
"One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" b/w "Build Your Love on a Solid Foundation" (from The Love You Save) |
65 | 20 | ― | ― | Hold What You've Got | ||
"I Want To (Do Everything For You)" b/w "Funny Bone" (from The Love You Save) |
23 | 1 | ― | ― | The New Boss | ||
1966 | "A Sweet Woman Like You" b/w "Close the Door" |
29 | 1 | ― | ― | The Love You Save | |
"The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" b/w "If Sugar Was as Sweet as You" |
56 | 2 | ― | ― | |||
"S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)" b/w "I'm a Man" (from The Love You Save) |
39 | 9 | ― | ― | I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better | ||
"I Believe I'm Gonna Make It" b/w "You Better Believe It Baby" (from The Love You Save) |
67 | 8 | ― | ― | |||
"I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better" b/w "What in the World" (from The New Boss) |
64 | 20 | ― | ― | |||
"Papa Was Too" b/w "The Truest Woman in the World" |
44 | 15 | ― | ― | |||
1967 | "Show Me" b/w "A Woman Sees a Hard Time (When Her Man Is Gone)" (from I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better) |
35 | 24 | ― | ― | The Best of Joe Tex (Atlantic) | |
"Woman Like That, Yeah" b/w "I'm Going and Get It" |
54 | 24 | ― | ― | Non-album tracks | ||
"A Woman's Hands" b/w "C.C. Rider" (from The New Boss) |
63 | 24 | ― | ― | Live and Lively | ||
"Skinny Legs and All" b/w "Watch the One (That Brings the Bad News)" (from I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better) |
10 | 2 | ― | ― | |||
"I'll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman)" b/w "Don't Give Up" (from Live and Lively) |
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1968 | "Men Are Gettin' Scarce" b/w "You're Gonna Thank Me Woman" (from Live and Lively) |
33 | 7 | ― | ― | ||
"I'll Never Do You Wrong" b/w "Wooden Spoon" (from Live and Lively) |
59 | 26 | ― | ― | Soul Country | ||
"Soul Meeting" b/w "That's How It Feels" By "The Soul Clan" (Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, Arthur Conley, Don Covay and Ben E. King) [40] |
91 | 34 | ― | ― | Non-album tracks | ||
"Betwixt and Between" b/w "Chocolate Cherry" By "The Joe Tex Band" |
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"Keep the One You Got" b/w "Go Home and Do It" |
52 | 13 | ― | ― | Happy Soul | ||
"You Need Me, Baby" b/w "Baby, Be Good" |
81 | 29 | ― | ― | |||
"That's Your Baby" b/w "Sweet, Sweet Woman" |
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1969 | "Buying a Book" b/w "Chicken Crazy" (from Happy Soul) |
47 | 10 | ― | ― | Buying a Book | |
"Say Thank You" b/w "Looking for My Pig" (Non-album track) Reissue |
— | — | ― | ― | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) | ||
"That's the Way" b/w "Anything You Wanna Know" |
94 | 46 | ― | ― | Buying a Book | ||
"It Ain't Sanitary" b/w "We Can't Sit Down Now" |
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"(When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) I Can't See You No More" b/w "Sure Is Good" (from Buying a Book) |
105 | ― | ― | ― | Joe Tex Sings with Strings & Things | ||
1970 | "You're Right, Ray Charles" b/w "Everything Happens on Time" |
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"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" b/w "The Only Way I Know to Love You" |
— | — | ― | ― | From the Roots Came the Rapper | ||
1971 | "Bad Feet" b/w "I Knew Him" (Non-album track) |
— | — | ― | ― | I Gotcha | |
"Papa's Dream" b/w "I'm Comin' Home" (Non-album track) |
— | — | ― | ― | Joe Tex Spills the Beans | ||
"Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" b/w "Takin' a Chance" |
102 | 20 | ― | ― | I Gotcha | ||
1972 | "I Gotcha" / | 2 | 1 | ― | ― | ||
"A Mother's Prayer" | — | 41 | ― | ― | Joe Tex Spills the Beans | ||
"You Said a Bad Word" b/w "It Ain't Gonna Work Baby" |
41 | 12 | ― | ― | I Gotcha | ||
1973 | "King Thaadeus" b/w "Rain Go Away" |
— | — | ― | ― | Joe Tex Spills the Beans | |
"Woman Stealer" b/w "Cat's Got Her Tongue" |
103 | 41 | ― | ― | |||
"All the Heaven a Man Really Needs" b/w "Let's Go Somewhere and Talk" |
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"Trying to Win Your Love" b/w "I've Seen Enough" (Non-album track) |
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1975 | "Under Your Powerful Love" b/w "Sassy Sexy Wiggle" |
— | 27 | ― | ― | Non-album tracks | |
"I'm Going Back Again" b/w "My Body Wants You" |
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"Have You Ever" b/w "Baby, It's Rainin'" |
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"Love Shortage" b/w "Mama Red" |
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1977 | "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" b/w "I Mess Up Everything I Get My Hands On" |
12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | Bumps & Bruises | |
"Hungry for Your Love" b/w "I Almost Got to Heaven Once" |
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"Rub Down" b/w "Be Kind to Old People" |
— | 70 | ― | ― | Rub Down | ||
1978 | "Get Back, Leroy" b/w "You Can Be My Star" |
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1979 | "Loose Caboose" b/w "Music Ain't Got No Color" |
— | 48 | ― | ― | He Who Is Without Funk Cast the First Stone | |
"Who Gave Birth to the Funk" b/w "If You Don't Want the Man (Don't Take the Money)" |
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"Discomonia" b/w "Fat People" |
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1980 | "Stick Your Key In (and Start Your Car)" b/w "Lady J. (I Love You)" |
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1981 | "Don't Do Da Do" b/w "Here Comes No. 34 (Do the Earl Campbell)" (first pressings) "Loose Caboose" (later pressings)[42] |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |