associated_acts years_active alias label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
david little joe & the latinaires , little joe , johnny coronado , & la familia , little joe y la familia & the latinaires , casas family , 1955 little joe sony music little joe -lrb- singer -rrb-
 little joe solo_singer 17 october 1940 vocals , piano latin blues music , norteño , tejano , country , nixon , texas josé maría de león hernández singer , songwriter , record producer
little joe -lrb- singer -rrb-

josé maría de león hernández , known professionally as little joe is an american tejano performer .
he is of mexican descent .
he is usually joined by his band la familia .
in 1992 , their album `` 16 de septiembre '' earned the grammy award for best mexican-american performance .
in 2008 , little joe once again won a grammy for best tejano album of the year for before the next teardrop falls .
other grammy nominated albums include :1988 's timeless , 1993 's que paso , 1999 's little joe y la familia 2000 , and 2003 's celebration of life vol .1 & vol .2 .
