"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" was a composition by

Joe Tex Yusuf Hazziez (born Joseph Arrington Jr.; August 8, 1935 – August 13, 1982), known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the style ...

and

Buddy Killen William Doyce “Buddy” Killen (November 13, 1932 – November 1, 2006) was an American record producer and music publisher, and a former owner of Trinity Broadcasting Network and Tree International Publishing, the largest country music p ...

, and released by Tex as a single in 1977, bringing the musician back to the top 40 of the US pop and R&B charts simultaneously for the first time since 1972's " I Gotcha". Tex used his aunt Bennie Lee McGinty's name as composer for tax reasons.

Reception

Tex's previous hit, "Have You Ever", was a hit in

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. In the US, "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" was received well upon its release in 1977, reaching number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 7 on the ''

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'' R&B chart. Overseas, it was also a success in Europe, reaching number 2 in the

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and number 3 in Ireland. Tex was later nominated for a

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for the song and performed the song at the ceremony in

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. The song was released from the album, ''Bumps and Bruises''. It would be Tex's final hit before his death in 1982.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Credits taken from the liner notes of the LP ''Bumps and Bruises''Joe Tex - Bumps And Bruises (LP liner notes). Epic Records. FZ 34666 * Joe Tex: singer, composer * Buddy Killen: producer * Ernie Winfrey: recording engineer * Lea Jane Berinati,

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, Yvonne Hodges, Ginger Holladay: background vocals

References

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