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Why this album mattered
The Chokin' Kind (1969) is a Joe Simon album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #81 and charted for 17 weeks.
The music
- 1
Baby, Don’t Be Looking in My Mind
- 2
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay
- 3
Little Green Apples
- 4
Lonely Man
- 5
The Chokin’ Kind
6 Yours Love
- 7
Help Yourself
- 8
Wichita Lineman
- 9
Don’t Let Me Lose the Feeling
- 10
I’m Too Far Gone to Turn Around
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Jun 21, 1969#101
A sleeper hit — it hung around for 17 weeks, peaking at #81 without ever dominating the Top 10. Entered at #101, climbed steadily for 8 weeks to reach #81 and fell quickly across 17 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
