Sam Hinton
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Biography
Sam Duffie Hinton, born on March 31, 1917 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was an American folk singer and marine biologist. He studied zoology at Texas A&M University before moving to Washington D.C., where he formed the semi-professional singing group the Texas Trio. In 1940, Hinton settled in Los Angeles and enrolled at UCLA to study marine biology. Hinton's notable works include "Buffalo Boy" and the "Barnyard Song", recorded for the Library of Congress in 1947. His first commercial recording was "Old Man Atom" on Columbia in 1950. He also released several albums including A Family Tree of Folk Songs (1957) and The Real McCoy (1958). He founded the San Diego Folk Song Society in 1957. Hinton passed away on September 10, 2009.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- The Barnyard Song
- The Green Grass Growing All Around
- The Sioux Indians
- Hick's Hornpipe
- Skye Boat Song/Laird of Drumblair
- Hull's Victory
- Pufferbillies Round
- Rickett's Hornpipe
- Some Folks Do
- Reedsdale Hornpipe
- Cloone Hornpipe
- About the chordomonica
- Off to California
- Farewell to Whiskey
- Putty Up the Nail Holes
- The Eighth of January
- The Arkansas Traveller
- Harvest Home
- Freres Jacques
- Three Irish Double Jigs
- Rebbe Elimelech/Pseudoslavian Rhapsody
- Old Christmas
- The Glendy Burke
- Ot Azoy Neyt a Shnayder
