Real name: José María de León Hernández

Effective period / Period of releases: 1982 - 2001

American tejano singer, songwriter and producer from Temple, Texas, born October 17, 1940.
He founded in 1959 the group "Little Joe Y La Familia".
Grammy award winning Little Joe has been entertaining for more than 40 years and has been described as the "King of the brown sound". He has also helped pioneer "Tejano" music, a mix of traditional "norteno" music and country, blues and rock styles.

Little Joe founded the labels Buena Suerte Records, Good Luck Records (3), Leona Records, and Redneck Records (2).