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Joe Simon

Simmesport, United States • 1943-09-02 – 2021-12-13

Joe Simon is credited on 556 releases across 138 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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556

Pressings credited

138

Albums

7

Decades active

65

In collections

Biography

Joseph Simon (September 7, 1936 – December 13, 2021) was an American soul and R&B musician. He began as a gospel artist singing with the Golden West Singers in the Bay Area in California. A consistent presence on the US charts between 1964 and 1981, Simon charted 51 U.S. Pop and R&B chart hits between 1964 and 1981, including eight times in the US top forty, 38 times in the top 40 of the US R&B chart, with 13 chart hits in Canada. His biggest hits included three number one entries on the US Billboard R&B chart: "The Chokin' Kind" (1969), "Power of Love" (1972), and "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" (1975). In 2021, he was one of the 60 nominees for the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.

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Credited work

556 releases · 138 albums · active 1963–2025

  • Performance · 783
  • Production · 192
  • Other credits · 21
  • Engineering · 10

Studios: Mediasound · Track Recorders · Music City Recorders, Nashville · Bell Sound Studios

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