This is one another one of my favorite songs of all time, so I am going to post a few different versions up here today starting with what I think is the original. I just learned (god bless the googlemagod) is that the Joe Henderson who sang this song in 1962 for Todd Records is NOT the one and very same legendary hard bop tenor sax man that played on so many seminal Blue Note albums in the 60's (pictured below). 
I always figured this was another guy (like the easy listening singer Don Cherry), and originally a country song gone soul (like "Just out of Reach" sung by Solomon Burke etc.).And though the internet lied to me and affirmed it was truly indeed THE (meaning the one pictured above) Joe Henderson, Anonymous commented here to correct me. Here is what he said of this Joe::>
Joe Henderson (b. 1937, Como, Mississippi) grew up in Gary, Indiana, and spent some time in the Fairfield 4 gospel group, one of the early groups for Randy Wood's Dot label. He moved to Nashville in 1958. His first single for Todd was "Baby Don't Leave Me" [Todd 1066] in 1961, which made #7 on the R&B charts. His followup, "Snap Your Fingers" [Todd 1072], was a huge hit, making #2 on the R&B charts and #8 on the pop charts. He charted three other sides within the next year, "Big Love" [Todd 1077, 1962], "The Searching Is Over" [Todd 1079, 1962], and "You Take One Step (I'll Take Two) [Todd 1096, 1964]. In between the latter two, there were about a half-dozen duds, chartwise. "You Take One Step (I'll Take Two)" proved to be Henderson's swan song, as he died on November 7, 1964.
Thank you anonymous!! Now, dig the smooth vocal style and the ease at which he slides up and down the melody.
Joe Henderson and "Snap Your Fingers"
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Joe Henderson (b. 1937, Como, Mississippi) grew up in Gary, Indiana, and spent some time in the Fairfield 4 gospel group, one of the early groups for Randy Wood's Dot label. He moved to Nashville in 1958. His first single for Todd was "Baby Don't Leave Me" [Todd 1066] in 1961, which made #7 on the R&B charts. His followup, "Snap Your Fingers" [Todd 1072], was a huge hit, making #2 on the R&B charts and #8 on the pop charts. He charted three other sides within the next year, "Big Love" [Todd 1077, 1962], "The Searching Is Over" [Todd 1079, 1962], and "You Take One Step (I'll Take Two) [Todd 1096, 1964]. In between the latter two, there were about a half-dozen duds, chartwise. "You Take One Step (I'll Take Two)" proved to be Henderson's swan song, as he died on November 7, 1964.
NOT Joe Henderson the famous jazz tenor player.
thank you for correcting me and giving me some more info. I knew it was too good to be true.
any chance of hosting the whole LP from Todd -thanks in advance
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