- Joe Stampley
In 1965, The Uniques recorded, "Not Too Long Ago", the first national hit for
Paula Records . One year later, they-followed with "All These Things", which is still played on manyoldies radio station s, especially in the south-centralUnited States .Fact|date=October 2008The Uniques released four original LP's, and one "greatest hits" LP, between 1965 and their 1970 breakup. These Paula albums now bring enormous values from collectors.Fact|date=October 2008
One of the Uniques' numbers, "You Ain't Tuff", has been hailed as a precursor of
Electronica , and indeed has been featured on at least one Electric Rock compilation.Fact|date=October 2008 Most of the Uniques' material was rooted inrhythm and blues , rock, pop andswamp pop genres.In 1971, Stampley signed with ABC-Dot and recorded seven country
album s that produced such hits as "Soul Song ", "Too Far Gone", "If You Touch Me, You 've Got To Love Me", "I'm Still Loving You", and the remake of "All These Things" as atwo-step , which skyrocketed to #1 on the country charts.In 1975, Stampley moved to
Epic Records , where he turned out 13 albums. These albums included such hits as: "Roll On Big Mama", "Red Wine and Blue Memories", "If You've Got Ten Minutes (Let's Fall in Love", "Do You Ever Fool Around", and "I'm Gonna Love You Back To Lovin' Me Again." Stampley also had a string of hits with label-mateMoe Bandy , (they were known as "Moe & Joe"), consisting of chart-toppers such as "Just Good Ol' Boys", and "Where's The Dress", which won the American Video Association's award for Video of the Year in 1984.Fact|date=October 2008Stampley has over 60 charted records to his credit, which ranked him 30th in "R&R's (Radio and Records) Twenty Years of Excellence" magazine.Fact|date=October 2008 Joel Whitburn's "Billboard" Top Country Singles rank Stampley 52nd among all country artists from 1944–1993 for charted singles.
In 1976, Stampley had eight singles which charted on the Billboard country charts and was awarded "Billboard's Single Artist of the Year" for that accomplishment. Stampley and his friend, Moe Bandy, were recognized as the
Country Music Association 's (CMA) 1980 Vocal Duo of the Year, as "Moe and Joe". Bandy and Stampley also received theAcademy of Country Music 's (ACM)Vocal Duo award for two consecutive years. Stampley has also been inducted into the Louisiana Country Music Hall Of Fame, as well as the Texas Country Music Association Hall of Fame.Fact|date=October 2008Stampley occasionally performs to sell-out crowds in his native Springhill, a small town just south of the Arkansas border. Much of his music is available in CD form from his official web site. [ [http://www.joestampley.com/ official Joe Stampley web site] ]
Discography
Albums
*A"Hey Joe! Hey Moe!" also peaked at #170 on the
Billboard 200 .ingles
*A"Soul Song" also peaked at #37 on the
Billboard Hot 100 .References
External links
* [http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Stampley,_Joe/index.html Joe Stampley entry at starpulse.com]
* [http://www.joestampley.com/ The official Joe Stampley web site]
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