Joe Tex (born Joseph Arrington Jr., Baytown, Texas, 8 August, 1933 - died 13 August 1982, Navasota, Texas) was an American soul singer most popular during the 1960s and 1970s. His style of speaking over music, which he called "rap," made him a predecessor of the modern style of music. Wikipedia
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