The Chokin' Kind (album)

The Chokin' Kind
Studio album by Joe Simon
Released	1969
Recorded	Music City Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Soul, R&B
Label	Sound Stage 7
Producer	John Richbourg
Joe Simon chronology
Simon Sings (1968) The Chokin' Kind (1969) Joe Simon...Better Than Ever (1969)

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The Chokin' Kind is the fourth studio album recorded by American singer Joe Simon, released in 1969 on the Sound Stage 7 label.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 18 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 81 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Baby, Don't Be Looking In My Mind", which charted at No. 16 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Yours Love", which reached No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart and No. 78 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind"	Harlan Howard	2:42
2.	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Otis Redding, Steve Cropper	2:47
3.	"Little Green Apples"	Bobby Russell	3:12
4.	"Lonely Man"	Delmar Donnell	2:44
5.	"The Chokin' Kind"	Harlan Howard	2:38

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Yours Love"	Harlan Howard	3:03
7.	"Help Yourself (To All My Lovin')"	Scott English, Jerry Ross, Mark Barkan	2:21
8.	"Wichita Lineman"	Jimmy Webb	3:18
9.	"Don't Let Me Lose the Feeling"	Allen Orange	2:19
10.	"I'm Too Far Gone to Turn Around"	Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks	2:28
11.	"In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember)"	Fred Parris	2:44

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	81
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	18

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US	US R&B
1969	"The Chokin' Kind"	13	1
	"Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind"	72	16
1970	"Yours Love"	78	10

External links

• The Chokin' Kind at Discogs (list of releases)