Many remember Joe Sample from his days in the early 1960s as a member of the Jazz Crusaders.

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Tony's song pick of the week, "X Marks the Spot, " by Joe Sample.

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And Joe Sample is someone who suffered a heart attack and, you know, he has had his own health issues.

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The tune is "X Marks the Spot" by jazz artist Joe Sample.

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Ms. COX: I remember, when they've debuted it on the radio, and I heard it, and it just was, you know, it's like, wow, Joe Sample has a great hit on his hand.

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You got Christian McBride, Joe Sample, George Duke.

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My agent, the dogged Susan Lee Cohen, was still negotiating the terms of the book deal after Joe and I had delivered the incredibly detailed TOC and first sample chapter to Wiley.

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