Before Joe Tex hit big in January of 65 with "Hold What You Got" he'd been releasing records since 1955 on various labels, (King and Anna to name a few.) Here are a few of his early cuts.


This might be his first single.












Tried to locate the song he made about James Brown in 63 "You Keep Her"

Joe Tex struggled to find a sound back then. He tried for a Little Richard sound in the early going. His rivalry with James started around 1962 when James took the song he wrote and made it a hit.