Joe Stampley

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Joe Stampley is a country music singer best known for several hits in the 1970's and 1980's.

In the 1960's Joe was the lead singer for the pop/rock group, The Uniques, not to be confused with the Jamaican and doo-wop groups with the same name. The Uniques were based out of the Shreveport, Louisiana area, and began performing in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, soon finding themselves in great demand. 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 many of the oldies radio stations, especially in the south-central United States. They eventually disbanded in 1969, although an album, "Uniquely Yours" was released in 1970 on Paula.

Interestingly, one of the Uniques numbers, "You Ain't Tuff" has been hailed as a precurser of Electronica, and indeed has been featured on at least one Electric Rock compilation. Most of the material was rooted in rhythm and Blues, pop/rock, and swamp pop genres.

In l971, Joe signed with ABC-Dot, and recorded seven albums 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 a two-step, which skyrocketed to #1 on the charts.

In 1975 Joe moved to Epic Records, where he turned out 13 albums which included hits such as: "Roll On Big Mama," "Red, Wine and Blue Memories," "If You've Got Ten Minutes," "Do You Ever Fool Around," and "I'm Gonna Love You Back To Lovin' Me Again." Joe also had a string of hits with label-mate, Moe Bandy, consisting of chart-toppers such as, "Just Good Ol' Boys," "Holdin' The Bag," "Hey Joe, Hey Moe," and the take-off on Boy George, "Where's The Dress," which won the American Video Association's award for Video of the Year in 1984.

Joe Stampley has over 60 charted records to his credit, which ranked him 30th in R&R's (Radio and Records) Twenty Years of Excellence Magazine. Joel Whitburn's Billboard Top Country Singles rank Joe 52nd among all country artists from 1944-1993 for charted singles.

In 1976, Joe had eight singles which charted in Billboard Magazine and was awarded "Billboard's Single Artist of the Year" for that accomplishment. Joe 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 the Academy of Country Music's (ACM) Vocal Duo award for two consecutive years. Joe has also been inducted into The Louisiana Country Music Hall Of Fame, as well as the Texas Country Music Association Hall of Fame.