Joe Tex

HOLD WHAT YOU'VE GOT - 1965
WOMAN LIKE THAT YEAH
SHOW ME
A Sweet Woman like You
'S.Y.S.L.J.F.M".
'B' Side "That's The Way The Girls Are From Texas"
If Sugar Was As Sweet As You
SEE SEE RIDER
Skinny Legs (and All)

The Blue Note club in Manchester kept pace with its contemporary, the Twisted Wheel but it was the Blue Note that in the latter part of the 1960's had a wider range of Music due to the 'Wheel' choosing to play many similar dance numbers which exhibited the thumping Motown beat unrelentlessly. This may have been due to the fact that at this stage the Wheel had become the heart of the amphetamine culture.

See See Rider was  a much copied blues standard sung with a different beat by Joe Tex. I never heard at the Wheel, probably as imported 45's were still fairly rare. The DJ's at the Blue Note had a copy of  and it filled the dance floor every time it was played.

Joe changed his name from Joe Arrington Junior to Tex to denote his Texas origin. In 1955 he signed there for and recorded at King records. Later he went to ACE  and then he joined Buddy Killen of DIAL Records releasing in 1965 'Hold What You've Got' which became a considerable hit. The list above are notable tracks played at Manchester Soul clubs -  Joe Tex was a firm favourite.

1972 I Gotcha/Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)

Joe became a Muslim and took the name Joseph X.