 A contemporary of Junior Parker and Bobby Bland in the southern states. Where the first presented the bluesier side, Bland and Hinton presented a sophisticated soulful side of R&B. They also shared the same big-band backing group for many recordings, who as well as providing a rich brass backing to ballads, could also 'jump' with the best of them. Joe Hinton was a gospel singer with a melodic tenor voice who was tempted to the bright lights and big pay days of R&B by Don Robey, owner of Duke/Peacock Records in Houston, Texas, who launched the Backbeat label as a vehicle for this fine soul talent.He recorded more than a dozen singles between 1958 and his tragic death in August 1968, but only managed to aspire to the bright lights with his notable tender and striking version of Willie Nelson's country ballad 'Funny (How Time Slips Away)', which rose into the national Top 20 in 1964, ironically the year in which Billboard chose to suspend publication of their R&B chart! He followed that with an R&B hit the next year, the with an LP on Duke, and a further posthumous tribute LP was issued in 1973 when the catalogue was acquired by ABC, but neither LP has been available for the past three decades! Shout Records is thus please and proud to issue the first CD re-issue combining the tracks from both LPs, which includes soul with a touch of gospel and blues, some jumping R&B and some breath-taking ballads - in all a fitting and long-awaited tribute to "Just A Kid Named Joe". Funny (How Time Slips Away) / Pledging My Love / If You Love Me / I'll Get Along Somehow / If It Ain't One Thing It's Another / So Close / Endlessly / Everything / True Love / Thousand Cups Of Happiness / Darling Come Talk To Me / Guess Who / Just A Kid Named Joe / Be Ever Wonderful / The Whole Town's Talking / There Oughta Be A Law / Don't Tell Her The Truth / I'm Waiting / Now I'm Satisfied / Got You On My Mind / Baby Please
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