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Sam Hinton
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Sam Duffie Hinton (March 31, 1917 – September 10, 2009) was an American folk singer and marine biologist. He has had a quite diverse career. He is most famous for his music, especially his harmonica playing, but has also taught at the University of California, San Diego, published books and magazine articles on marine biology, and worked as a calligrapher and artist. He has been described as "maybe the only man alive that knows more songs than Utah Phillips". Sam (not Samuel; just plain Sam) Duffy Hinton was born March 31, 1917 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was raised largely in Crockett, Texas,[1] and after graduating high school he studied zoology for two years at Texas A&M, [2] helping to finance his education via singing appearances. Leaving college, he moved to Washington D.C. to stay with his parents, where he worked as a window decorator for a department store and did scientific illustration for the Smithsonian in the evenings. While in Washington he and his two sisters Ann and Nell formed a semi-professional singing group called "The Texas Trio," and performed locally. In 1937 the group visited New York City to win a Major Bowes' Amateur Hour competition, at which time he was invited to join the travelling Bowes troupe as a single act.[3] Hinton left school to tour the country with the troupe, finally settling in Los Angeles three years later, where he enrolled at UCLA to study marine biology, and met his wife, Leslie. During his stay in Los Angeles, he landed a role in t
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Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts
Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica
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Whoever Shall Have Some Peanuts
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Sam Hinton Sings the Song of Men
I'll Sing You a Story
The Wandering Folksong
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Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From the Golden Age
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Classic American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways
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Classic Folk Songs for Kids from Smithsonian Folkways
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Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From The Golden Age Of Homeland Security
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How The West Was Won (Digitally Remastered)
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Best Of The Land of Nod Store Music, Volume 2