Joe Hinton

Joseph Hinton (November 15, 1929 – August 13, 1968) His biggest hit was 1964's "Funny How Time Slips Away", written by Willie Nelson; the tune (simply credited as "Funny" on the original record label) peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year. Cash Box magazine listed "Funny How Time Slips Away" as #1 for four weeks on their R&B chart. The track sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. "I Want a Little Girl", the next single, also charted, but it was his last hit.

Hinton died of skin cancer in 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 38,

Chart singles +Charting singles performed by Joe Hinton Year Single Chart Positions US Pop USR&B 1963 "You Know It Ain't Right" 88 20 "Better to Give Than Receive" 89 — 1964 "Funny" 13 1 "A Thousand Cups of Happiness" 111 19 1965 "I Want a Little Girl" 132 34