Simon,Joe Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon CD

Nine Pound Steel - The Best Of Joe Simon 3 CDs/ 61 Tracks: Call Joe Simon the reluctant soul star. Despite his mountain of hits during the 1960s and '70s, his heart just wasn't into his work, aural evidence obviously to the contrary. You'd never know it from listening to the contents of this collection, culled from his fabulous hit-loaded 1966-1970 stint with Producer Richbourg at the helm for Sound Stage 7 Records. His conviction sounds unshakable. Maybe that's a large part of the reason why Simon scored 16 R&B chart entries during that timeframe for SS7, including a #1 seller. "I never wanted to sing rhythm and blues," said Simon, who until his untimely death in December 2021, was a bishop and leader of his own ministries in south suburban Chicago. "My heart was never in it, but yet I could sing rhythm and blues. John Richbourg was my producer. And he used to ask me, how could I sing these songs so great and never knew 'em? But I never had an interest to go in the studio and know a song. I just said, 'Man, I just sing 'em!' Sunset Blvd Records is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of Joe Simon's extraordinary work with Nashville Soul Label Sound stage 7.

1. Too Many Teardrops 2. Travelin' Man 3. Nobody But You 4. My Special Prayer 5. What Makes a Man Feel Good 6. That's All I Want (From You) 7. Teenager's Prayer 8. The Girl's Alright with Me 9. Long Hot Summer 10. When a Man Loves a Woman 11. Miss You So 12. Too Many Rivers 13. (You Keep Me) Hangin' on 14. No Sad Songs 15. I Worry About You 16. Nine Pound Steel 17. Put Your Trust in Me (Depend on Me) 18. In the Same Old Way 19. Can't Find No Happiness 20. Come on and Get It 21. Misty Blue 22. It's Too Late 23. Standing in the Safety Zone 24. In Reach of Your Arms 25. I'm Going Home 26. Twinkle 27. Dreamin' 28. Looking Back 29. Funny How Time Slips Away 30. She Went a Little Bit Farther 31. Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind 32. (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay 33. Little Green Apples 34. Lonely Man 35. The Chokin' Kind 36. Yours Love 37. Help Yourself (To All My Lovin') 38. Wichita Lineman 39. Don't Let Me Lose the Feeling 40. I'm Too Far Gone to Turn Around 41. In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember) 42. Silver Spoons and Coffee Cups 43. It's Hard to Get Along 44. In the Ghetto 45. I Got a Whole Lot of Lovin' 46. Wounded Man 47. Time and Space 48. Straight Down to Heaven 49. When 50. After the Lights Go Down Low 51. San Francisco Is a Lonely Town 52. Rainbow Road 53. Just a Dream 54. Moon Walk Part L 55. Moon Walk Part LL 56. Farther on Down the Road 57. That's the Way I Want Our Love 58. Who's Julie 59. Someone to Lean on 60. Today I Started Loving You Again 61. Oon-Guela (High Life) Part L