Song:Snap Your Fingers
Album:Birth of Soul
Not to be confused with legendary jazz musician Joe Henderson, this Joe Henderson scored a top ten hit with Snap Your Fingers in 1962. There are probably plenty of music fans who think this is a lost Brook Benton record. Sadly, Henderson died in 1964 at age 27. He was born Apr. 24, 1937 in Como, MS but he grew up in Gary, IN. He was in The Fairfield Four gospel group. Henderson moved to Nashville in 1958 where he met Todd Records owner Paul Cohen. Cohen was the head of A&R at Decca Records Nashville for over 20 years before he started his own label. Todd Records was going nowhere when Cohen moved back to Nashville to run Top Rank's new country label. Todd finally struck gold when Snap Your Fingers reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Like I said, Henderson sounds a lot like Brook Benton on this record. It's not unusual for soundalike records to become hits. Snap Your Fingers was written by veteran Nashville session guitarist Grady Martin and songwriter Alex Zanetis. Martin is in the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1987, Ronnie Milsap topped the country charts with Snap Your Fingers. Cliff Parman arranged and conducted the orchestra. Henderson released an album but you can get Snap Your Fingers on this Kent Records various artists comp. This was the only success Todd Records had. Cohen closed the label in 1964 and became A&R head for Kapp Records' country music division. Henderson signed with Ric Records. He had just recorded an album when he died of a heart attack on Oct. 25, 1964 at age 27. His body was found by his friend and fellow soul singer Arthur Alexander. Here's a video for Snap Your Fingers by Joe Henderson. Thanks to BSN Pubs for the Todd Records and Joe Henderson info.
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