I just knew this would be my last time on Soul Train. One of them, "I Gotcha," was written with King Floyd in mind. […] It was very exciting to me. Damita Jo has a WHOLE LOT to say about some interesting facts we never knew, such as how she used to rebel against Don Cornelius and basically piss him off. Daddy hated "I Gotcha" with the heat of a thousand suns. Floyd never recorded the song, but during the late '60s Tex did, though it was never released. The singer re-recorded the song in late 1971 at The Sound Shop in Nashville.
However it happened, Daddy's hate for "I Gotcha" was instant. We would have lunch at 12:00 with a box of chicken and only one Coke! Joe Tex gave a memorable, energetic performance on TV's Soul Train which included gravity-defying microphone stand tricks and culminated with the singer chasing and catching one of the show's female dancers in the closing minutes of the record.
Maybe he watched Soul Train with us one Saturday before we turned the TV over to him for his weekend sports-watching marathon, and he saw Joe Tex perform "I Gotcha." Released as the B-side of "Mother's Prayer," DJs flipped the single over and began playing "I Gotcha." "I Gotcha" is a song by Joe Tex.
I saw two big garbage cans filled with sodas in Don Cornelius’ office at the studio. Shop Vinyl and CDs and complete your Joe Tex collection. I told my mom about this when I got home and she called the cops and a cop came to the set the next day and explained to Don Cornelius that since most of the dancers were minors, we had to be able to use the phone to call our parents to notify them what time we would be home. Floyd never recorded the song, but during the late '60s Tex did, though it was never released. Released on Killen's Dial label distributed through Atlantic Records, "I Gotcha" sold about three million copies, going to number one R&B and number two pop in the spring of 1972. I remember Don Cornelius was looking at me angry the whole time I was dancing with Joe because he didn’t want the dancers to interact with the guest stars. This feature is not available right now. He decided to re-record the song in late 1971 and released it as the B-side of "A Mother's Prayer", the first single off his 1972 album that was also titled I Gotcha.
He hated Joe Tex … She was also not afraid to take risks…even if it would cost her her job. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Joe Tex - I Gotcha at Discogs. I loved being on TV! […] It was very exciting to me. He opened doors that gave me an opportunity to slip through and help to make dreams happen. The I Gotcha LP went to number five R&B and number 17 pop, spawning the singles "Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" and "You Said a Bad Word." I danced with Joe Tex two other times on Soul Train.”Damita: “The bathrooms at the studio were the dancers’ dressing rooms. We couldn’t even use the phone in the studio. Like he'd done on Tex's earlier sides, producer Buddy Killen re-edited it. But after that episode aired, the show’s ratings went up. He originally intended for the song to be recorded by King Floyd, but Floyd never recorded it.Instead, Tex recorded it himself in the late 1960s but did not release it at that time. I had to call my mom to let her know that I would be getting home late because we had no idea when we were getting out of the studio, but me and the other dancers were told we were not allowed to use the phone. Like songs of another Southern soul favorite, Otis Redding, Tex's "I Gotcha" was sampled by various hip-hop and soul acts. We only had one Coke and one drink of water. The singer re-recorded the song in late 1971 at The Sound Shop in Nashville.
I just knew this would be my last time on Soul Train. We had nothing else to drink for the rest of the day! Dick Clark gave me the tools once Don opened the door for me. I just did my own interpretation of the song through my dance moves. It was impromptu. Joe Tex was a prolific songwriter who didn't mind sharing his songs. Joe Tex was a prolific songwriter who didn't mind sharing his songs. Joe Tex (Joseph Arrington, Jr., August 8, 1935 – August 13, 1982) was an American … One of them, "I Gotcha," was written with King Floyd in mind. None of my dancing was choreographed. I got some of the other dancers…to bring the two garbage cans right out on to the dance floor during the middle of a dance number and I yelled, ‘Break!’ (laughs).”Damita: “He [Joe Tex] had asked me to dance with him before his performance so when the song (“I Gotcha”) started, he pulled me up on the stage and I danced. Check out excerpts from an interview she did with SoulTrain in recent years…“I remember during the second weekend I was on the show, all of the dancers had been dancing all day and were tired and thirsty.