# Joe Tex discography

This article contains comprehensive discography information related to Joe Tex.

## Albums

* 1965 Hold What You've Got (Dial Records, distributed by Atlantic Records) - US Pop #124, US R&B #2
* 1965 Hold On! It's Joe Tex (Checker)
* 1965 The Best of Joe Tex (King)
* 1965 The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot)
* 1965 Joe Tex (Pickwick)
* 1965 The New Boss (Dial/Atlantic) - US #142, US R&B #3
* 1966 The Love You Save (Dial/Atlantic) - US #108
* 1966 I've Got to Do a Little Better (Dial/Atlantic)
* 1967 The Best of Joe Tex (Dial/Atlantic)
* 1968 Live and Lively (Dial/Atlantic) - US #84
* 1968 Soul Country (Dial/Atlantic) - US #154
* 1969 Happy Soul (Dial/Atlantic)
* 1969 Buying a Book (Dial/Atlantic) - US #190
* 1969 You Better Get It (Dial/Atlantic)
* 1970 With Strings and Things (Dial/Atlantic)
* 1972 From the Roots Came the Rapper (Dial/Atlantic)
* 1972 I Gotcha (Dial) - US #17
* 1972 The History of...Joe Tex (Pride)
* 1972 Spill the Beans (Dial)
* 1973 The Best of Joe Tex (Citation)
* 1977 Bumps & Bruises (Epic) - US #108
* 1977 Another Woman's Man (Power Pak)
* 1978 Rub Down (Epic)
* 1979 He Who Is Without Funk Cast the First Stone (Dial)
* 1979 Super Soul (Parrot/London)
* 1982 J.T.'s Funk (Accord)
* 1984 Ain't I a Mess (Chess)
* 1985 The Best of Joe Tex (Atlantic)
* 1988 I Believe I'm Gonna Make It: The Best of Joe Tex 1964-1972 (Rhino)
* 1988 The Best of Joe Tex (Charly)
* 1989 Different Strokes (Charly)
* 1989 Stone Soul Country (Charly)
* 1991 Greatest Hits (Curb)
* 1999 His Greatest Hits (Charly)
* 2000 25 All Time Greatest Hits (Varèse)
* 2000 Golden Legends (Direct Source)
* 2000 Greatest Hits!!! (7-N/Buddha)
* 2001 Show Me the Hits (Malaco)
* 2001 Oh Boy Classics Presents Joe Tex (Oh Boy)
* 2001 Hold On to What You've Got/The New Boss (Connoisseur Collection)
* 2001 The Love You Save/I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better (Connoisseur Collection)
* 2002 Buying a Book (includes bonus tracks)
* 2002 The Masters (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
* 2002 12 Hits: Five Star Collection (Varese)
* 2002 Ain't Gonna Bump No More (Southbound)
* 2002 David Allan Coe Presents Joe Tex (Coe Pop)
* 2002 The Complete Dial Recordings, Volume 3: Live and Lively/Soul Country (RPM)
* 2002 The Complete Dial Recordings, Volume 4: Happy Soul/Buying a Book (RPM)
* 2002 Testifyin': The Essential Joe Tex (Castle Select)
* 2003 Classic Masters (Capitol)
* 2004 This Is Gold (Disky)
* 2006 The Very Best of, Volume 1 (Sony)
* 2006 The Very Best of, Volume 2 (Sony)
* 2006 Yum Yum Yum (HHO Licensing)
* 2006 The Best of Joe Tex (Platinum Disc)
* 2006 Golden Soul Hits (CBujEnt.)
* 2006 Nothing But a Joe Tex Party (Legacy)
* 2007 The One That You Love (KRB Music)
* 2007 Greatest Hits (Collectables)
* 2007 Greatest Hits (Neon)
* 2008 The Best of Joe Tex (Gusto)
* 2008 The Love You Save (Roots and Rhythm)
* 2008 First on the Dial: Early Singles and Rare Gems (Shout)
* 2008 Get Way Back: The 1950s Recordings (Ace)

## Singles

| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | US | US R&B | AUS | UK | Certifications | Album |
| 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" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (King) |
| 1956 | "She's Mine" b/w "I Had to Come Back to You" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (King) |
| 1956 | "Get Way Back" b/w "Pneumonia" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (King) |
| 1957 | "Ain't Nobody's Business" b/w "I Want to Have a Talk with You" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (King) |
| 1958 | "Cut It Out" b/w "Just for You and Me" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1958 | "Open the Door" b/w "Teenage Rock" By "Little Booker, featuring Joe Tex, vocals" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1958 | "You Little Baby Face Thing" b/w "Mother's Advice" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1959 | "Don't Hold It Against Me" b/w "Yum, Yum, Yum" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1959 | "Charlie Brown Got Expelled" b/w "Blessed Are These Tears" By "Joe Tex and His X Class Mates" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1960 | "Boys Will Be Boys" b/w "Grannie Stole the Show" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1960 | "I'll Never Break Your Heart (Part 1)" b/w "Part 2" By "Joe Tex and The Vibrators" | ― | ― | ― | ― | | Hold On! |
| 1960 | "All I Could Do Was Cry (Part 1)" b/w "Part 2" | 102 | ― | ― | ― | | Hold On! |
| 1960 | "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" | — | ― | ― | ― | | Hold On! |
| 1961 | "The Only Girl (I've Ever Loved)" b/w "What Should I Do" | — | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1961 | "One Giant Step" b/w "The Rib" | — | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1962 | "I Let Her Get Away" b/w "The Peck" | — | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1962 | "Hand-Shakin', Love Makin', Girl Takin' Son-of-a-Gun" b/w "Popeye Johnny" (Non-album track) | — | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1962 | "Meet Me in Church" b/w "Be Your Own Judge" (Non-album track) | — | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1963 | "Someone to Take Your Place" b/w "I Should Have Kissed Her More" (Non-album track) | — | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1963 | "You Keep Her" b/w "Don't Play" (from Hold On!) | — | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album track |
| 1963 | "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) | — | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1964 | "I Had a Good Home But I Left (Part 1)" b/w "Part 2" | — | ― | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1964 | "The Next Time She's Mine" b/w "I've Got a Song" | — | ― | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1964 | "Sit Yourself Down" b/w "Get Closer Together" | — | ― | ― | ― | | Hold On! |
| 1964 | "I'd Rather Have You" b/w "Old Time Lover" (from The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot)) | — | 44 | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1964 | "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)" | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1965 | "You Got What It Takes" / | 51 | 10 | ― | ― | | Hold What You've Got |
| 1965 | "You Better Get It" | 46 | 15 | ― | ― | | Hold What You've Got |
| 1965 | "A Woman Can Change a Man" / | 56 | 12 | ― | ― | | The New Boss |
| 1965 | "Don't Let Your Left Hand Know" | 95 | — | ― | ― | | The Love You Save |
| 1965 | "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 |
| 1965 | "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 |
| 1966 | "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" b/w "If Sugar Was as Sweet as You" | 56 | 2 | ― | ― | | The Love You Save |
| 1966 | "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 |
| 1966 | "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 |
| 1966 | "I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better" b/w "What in the World" (from The New Boss) | 64 | 20 | ― | ― | | I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better |
| 1966 | "Papa Was Too" b/w "The Truest Woman in the World" | 44 | 15 | ― | ― | | I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better |
| 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) |
| 1967 | "Woman Like That, Yeah" b/w "I'm Going and Get It" | 54 | 24 | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1967 | "A Woman's Hands" b/w "C.C. Rider" (from The New Boss) | 63 | 24 | ― | ― | | Live and Lively |
| 1967 | "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 | ― | ― | | Live and Lively |
| 1967 | "I'll Make Every Day Christmas (For My Woman)" b/w "Don't Give Up" (from Live and Lively) | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "Men Are Gettin' Scarce" b/w "You're Gonna Thank Me Woman" (from Live and Lively) | 33 | 7 | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "I'll Never Do You Wrong" b/w "Wooden Spoon" (from Live and Lively) | 59 | 26 | ― | ― | | Soul Country |
| 1968 | "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) | 91 | 34 | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "Betwixt and Between" b/w "Chocolate Cherry" By "The Joe Tex Band" | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "Keep the One You Got" b/w "Go Home and Do It" | 52 | 13 | ― | ― | | Happy Soul |
| 1968 | "You Need Me, Baby" b/w "Baby, Be Good" | 81 | 29 | ― | ― | | Happy Soul |
| 1968 | "That's Your Baby" b/w "Sweet, Sweet Woman" | — | — | ― | ― | | Happy Soul |
| 1969 | "Buying a Book" b/w "Chicken Crazy" (from Happy Soul) | 47 | 10 | ― | ― | | Buying a Book |
| 1969 | "Say Thank You" b/w "Looking for My Pig" (Non-album track) Reissue | — | — | ― | ― | | The Best of Joe Tex (Parrot) |
| 1969 | "That's the Way" b/w "Anything You Wanna Know" | 94 | 46 | ― | ― | | Buying a Book |
| 1969 | "It Ain't Sanitary" b/w "We Can't Sit Down Now" | 117 | — | ― | ― | | Buying a Book |
| 1969 | "(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" | — | — | ― | ― | | Joe Tex Sings with Strings & Things |
| 1970 | "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 |
| 1971 | "Papa's Dream" b/w "I'm Comin' Home" (Non-album track) | — | — | ― | ― | | Joe Tex Spills the Beans |
| 1971 | "Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" b/w "Takin' a Chance" | 102 | 20 | ― | ― | | I Gotcha |
| 1972 | "I Gotcha" / | 2 | 1 | ― | ― | | I Gotcha |
| 1972 | "A Mother's Prayer" | — | 41 | ― | ― | | Joe Tex Spills the Beans |
| 1972 | "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 |
| 1973 | "Woman Stealer" b/w "Cat's Got Her Tongue" | 103 | 41 | ― | ― | | Joe Tex Spills the Beans |
| 1973 | "All the Heaven a Man Really Needs" b/w "Let's Go Somewhere and Talk" | — | — | ― | ― | | Joe Tex Spills the Beans |
| 1973 | "Trying to Win Your Love" b/w "I've Seen Enough" (Non-album track) | — | — | ― | ― | | Joe Tex Spills the Beans |
| 1975 | "Under Your Powerful Love" b/w "Sassy Sexy Wiggle" | — | 27 | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1975 | "I'm Going Back Again" b/w "My Body Wants You" | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1975 | "Have You Ever" b/w "Baby, It's Rainin'" | — | 74 | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1975 | "Love Shortage" b/w "Mama Red" | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 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 | BPI: Silver | Bumps & Bruises |
| 1977 | "Hungry for Your Love" b/w "I Almost Got to Heaven Once" | — | 84 | ― | ― | | Bumps & Bruises |
| 1977 | "Rub Down" b/w "Be Kind to Old People" | — | 70 | ― | ― | | Rub Down |
| 1978 | "Get Back, Leroy" b/w "You Can Be My Star" | — | — | ― | ― | | Rub Down |
| 1979 | "Loose Caboose" b/w "Music Ain't Got No Color" | — | 48 | ― | ― | | He Who Is Without Funk Cast the First Stone |
| 1979 | "Who Gave Birth to the Funk" b/w "If You Don't Want the Man (Don't Take the Money)" | — | — | ― | ― | | He Who Is Without Funk Cast the First Stone |
| 1979 | "Discomonia" b/w "Fat People" | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1980 | "Stick Your Key In (and Start Your Car)" b/w "Lady J. (I Love You)" | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| 1981 | "Don't Do Da Do" b/w "Here Comes No. 34 (Do the Earl Campbell)" (first pressings) "Loose Caboose" (later pressings) | — | — | ― | ― | | Non-album tracks |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||

## Soundtrack Inclusions (Joe Tex performances)

* 1970 The Boys in the Band ("Take the Fifth Amendment")
* 1992 Reservoir Dogs ("I Gotcha")
* 1993 Love Is Like That ("The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)")
* 1995 Go Now ("Show Me", "Woman Like That Yeah", "I'm a Man", "I Want To (Do Everything for You)", "A Sweet Woman Like You", "I'll Never Do You Wrong")
* 1995 Sabrina ("Love's in Need of Love Today")
* 1996 I Shot Andy Warhol ("Ain't Gonna Bump No More with No Big Fat Woman")
* 1999 Edtv ("Have You Ever")
* 2000 The Visit ("You Said a Bad Word")
* 2000 Jesus' Son ("The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)")
* 2002 Serving Sara ("I Gotcha")
* 2004: When Will I Be Loved ("Hold On to What You've Got")
* 2004 Mr. 3000 ("I Gotcha")
* 2007 Music Within ("Papa Was, Too")
* 2007 Death Proof ("The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)")
* 2007 Grindhouse ("The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)")
* 2008 The Wire (1 episode, "Just Out of Reach")
* 2018 Ash vs Evil Dead (1 episode, "You Said a Bad Word")