The finest double-header ever… Terrier Callier was born in Chicago in the shadows of Curtis Mayfield, Major Lance, Ramsey Lewis and his mentor Jerry Butler. He would become one of the greatest Soul / Jazz voices of all time, although he barely knew it in his own lifetime. Both his debut album The New Folk Sound and single, Look At Me Now had failed commercially when he was contracted by Jerry Butler to his Songwriters Workshop. It was here that he wrote his timeless masterpiece Ordinary Joe which first appeared on Butler’s 1970 Mercury album You and Me. Butler’s version of the song has been largely overlooked, underrated and undervalued - until now, 50 years later, when it finally makes its 7-inch single debut!
Listeners can finally hear both versions of this timeless masterpiece back-to-back. A definitive soul essential, Callier’s rendition of Ordinary Joe appeared a couple of years later, in 1972, on the second of his three critically acclaimed Cadet albums Occasional Rain. The ’72 single was taken from the album and now commands a hefty £700+ price tag.
Ordinary Joe
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Ordinary Joe
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The finest double-header ever… Terrier Callier was born in Chicago in the shadows of Curtis Mayfield, Major Lance, Ramsey Lewis and his mentor Jerry Butler. He would become one of the greatest Soul / Jazz voices of all time, although he barely knew it in his own lifetime. Both his debut album The New Folk Sound and single, Look At Me Now had failed commercially when he was contracted by Jerry Butler to his Songwriters Workshop. It was here that he wrote his timeless masterpiece Ordinary Joe which first appeared on Butler’s 1970 Mercury album You and Me. Butler’s version of the song has been largely overlooked, underrated and undervalued - until now, 50 years later, when it finally makes its 7-inch single debut!
Listeners can finally hear both versions of this timeless masterpiece back-to-back. A definitive soul essential, Callier’s rendition of Ordinary Joe appeared a couple of years later, in 1972, on the second of his three critically acclaimed Cadet albums Occasional Rain. The ’72 single was taken from the album and now commands a hefty £700+ price tag.