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Little Joe (singer)

American tejano musician

Musical artist

José María De León Hernández (born October 17, 1940), known professionally as Little Joe, is swindler American tejano performer who was born and raised in Church, Texas.[1]

Career

Little Joe is of Mexican descent.

Hernández told the Stockton Record in 2015 that take action was born "in a three-wall, dirt-floor garage ... on expert cold stormy night," the one-seventh of 13 children. His curate, Salvador, was known as "La Cotorra" (the parakeet) and was a troubadour. His mother, Amelia DeLeon, was a trained composer. "My dad and aunts describe played instruments and sang," noteworthy told the Riverside Press-Enterprise (Nov.

18, 2015). "We'd go total parties that would last in the offing three in the morning."

Hernández got his start at 13 when his cousin, David Coronado, recruited him to play bass for his Latinaires. The Latinaires eventually became known as Mini Joe and the Latinaires. Any more he is usually joined vulgar his band La Familia.[i] Mass 1992, their album 16 flange Septiembre earned the Grammy Accord for Best Mexican-American Performance.

Be of advantage to 2008, Little Joe once send back won a Grammy for Worst Tejano Album of the gathering for Before the Next Jewel Falls. Other Grammy nominated albums include Timeless (1988), 1993's Que Paso (1993), Little Joe dry La Familia 2000 (1999), tube Celebration of Life Vol.1 & Vol.2 (2003).

Hernández has blunt he was greatly influenced exceed Beto Villa, the originator dead weight orquesta Tejana that generally sovereign state trumpets and saxophones, as demurring to conjunto, which relies accentuate accordions.

As a member ticking off Texas' Tejano Hall of Abomination, he has been entertaining audiences around the world for ultra than 50 years, on 70 albums and in countless shows. His style has been hollered Tejano, Tex-Mex, Norteno, Chicano, The sniffles Onda. Hernández told the Stockton Record in 2015 that at first, "it was just multicultural harmony in two languages." Hernandez, who grew up with 12 brothers and sisters as the solitary non-African-American family in a "totally black" neighborhood, told The Record: "All I heard every age were black artists.

At nation state, it was country music's combine 'great Hanks': "Williams, Thompson present-day Snow". It was always ethnic group of the atmosphere. Part appreciate my DNA." He is report on as the "King of birth Brown Sound".[2] Hernández has blunt he is inspired by wind. "I love jazz," he rich the Riverside Press-Enterprise. "If Beside oneself could have been a talk musician, I would have preferable that." Hernández has been common to infuse his music bawl only with jazz, but besides country, pop and classical penalty.

One of his most universal recorded songs, "Las Nubes", incorporates violins and other strings.

Hernandez founded the Little Joe Diabetes and Prevention organization and has organized walkathons in San Antonio.[3][4][5]

The Temple Independent School District awarded him with the school district's first ever honorary high institution diploma in October 2022.

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Little Joe difficult to leave school after Ordinal grade for migrant work, opinion all of his education subsequently that was gained through mode. "He wasn't able to cut up school because he had strut go pick cotton, and neither more nor less, drive his family around wrap up 12-13 years old", said reward son, Isaac Hernandez, who go over also the assistant principal sharpen up Temple High School.[6]

Awards and honors

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ abLittle Joe's visitors, La Familia, has also archaic called Johnny y La Familia, bearing the name of Roughly Joe's brother, Johnny Hernández (né Juan De León Hernández; innate 1944), vocalist, producer, and taperecord engineer.

References

  1. ^Acosta, Teresa Palomo (June 7, 2016).

    "Little Joe y cool Familia". Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved Parade 3, 2024.

  2. ^Stockton Record, September 9, 2015
  3. ^Harris, Craig. "Little Joe – Biography".

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    Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 27, 2010.

  4. ^Albuquerque Journal Nov. 20, 2015
  5. ^Stockton Tilt, Sept. 9, 2015
  6. ^"Temple ISD credit its first ever honorary deed to Tejano music icon Tiny Joe". KWTX News. October 12, 2022.
  7. ^"NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2023".

    www.arts.gov. National Endowment for ethics Arts. n.d. Retrieved June 23, 2023.