This week s edition of The 50s R&B Show will spotlight the life and career of soul legend Joe Simon, featuring a brand new interview with the man himself! Simon, a native of Simmesport, Louisiana, started his recording career on the West Coast in the late 50s with the Echo Tones (aka Golden Tones) vocal group. Over the course of the next two decades, he would score nearly 50 R&B and pop hits, including My Adorable One, Let s Do It Over, Nine Pound Steel, The Chokin Kind, Drowning In the Sea of Love, Power of Love, Theme From Cleopatra Jones and Get Down, Get Down (On the Floor).