Joe Haywood ( 1939 - november 1996) was an American soul singer and songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Haywood wrote Percy Sledge's hit “Warm and Tender Love". Joe Dean Haywood had a music career that spanned more than 30 years. He recorded multiple songs under several record labels. He was the oldest of eight children born to Foster and Sarah Loease Haywood Hughes in Cowpens, according to his daughter, Deborah Haywood Stewart. She also said he sang in the J.W. Sanders Gospel Chorus. “His mother could sing, and daddy could sing,” Stewart said. “Everybody who kn… read more
Joe Haywood ( 1939 - november 1996) was an American soul singer and songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Haywood wrote Percy Sledge's hit “Warm and Tender Love". Joe Dean Haywood had a music career that spanned more than 30 years. He recorded multiple songs under several r… read more
Joe Haywood ( 1939 - november 1996) was an American soul singer and songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Haywood wrote Percy Sledge's hit “Warm and Tender Love". Joe Dean Haywood had a music career that spanned more than 30 years. He recorded multiple songs under several record labels. He was the oldest of eight children born to Foster and Sar… read more