[2] In 2010, "Fancy Free" attained the BMI 2 Million Spins Award, with over 13 years of aggregate broadcast time.
[3] Hinson wrote country hits for a number of artists, The Oak Ridge Boys, David Lee Murphy, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Brenda Lee, John Conlee, Steve Earle.
Additional, artists who have recorded his songs include: Reba McEntire, Lynn Anderson, and Carol Channing.
During the late 1970s, Hinson began a long-running relationship with The Oak Ridge Boys as a songwriter and assisted with the operations of their publishing company.
Hinson released his first album as an artist, Strong Medicine, on Wrinkled Records in 2013.