Grammy award-winning R&B and soul singer Joe Simon dies aged 85


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The artist, who sang the 1972 hit Power of Love and was sampled by hip hop group OutKast, died on Monday in his hometown near Chicago, US music magazine Billboard said.

Simon was known also for US R&B chart-topper The Chokin Kind in 1969 and 1971’s Drowning in the Sea of Love.

His 1975 track Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor) Simon’s highest entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number eight.
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Grammy award-winning R&B and soul singer Joe Simon dies aged 85

RIP.
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My grandmother (RIP) was a fan. I remember playing the Get Down On the Floor joint on her stereo system every time I visited her.
 
So sorry to hear this. He was always one of my favorites. Very distinctive voice. He was one of the few rhythm and blues singers that was born in the 1930s that was still alive. Sam Cooke(1931), Joe Simon (1936), Joe Tex (1935), Johnnie Taylor (1934), Bill Withers (1938), just to name a few, have all passed on. RIP.

Clarence Carter (1936) and Jerry Butler (1939) are still alive. I am sure there are a few others.
 
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