IM A FOOL TO CARE is the record that put JOE BARRY (Joseph - TopicsExpress



          

IM A FOOL TO CARE is the record that put JOE BARRY (Joseph Barrios, Jr) , of Cut Off, Louisiana on the national music map. Joe and his band, the Vikings, waxed the song, in New Orleans, at the legendary studio of Cosimo Matassa. It was released on Floyd Soileaus Jin label, either at the end of 1960, or the very beginning of 61. When the record began making noise, locally, Floyd was able to lease it to newly-formed Smash Records (a subsidiary of Chicagos Mercury Records) for national distribution. Joes record did very well, nationally, actually doing better on Billboards national R & B chart than on their Pop chart. Fats Domino is alleged to have heard it and thought it was a record that hed forgotten making, so perfect was Joes vocal and the arrangement. National Charts: Billboard (Pop) #24 ; Billboard (R & B) #15 ; Cash Box #19 ; Music Vendor (Record World) #19. youtu.be/QcriNmPyY-Q
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:39:39 +0000

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