He also recorded several Christmas-themed songs, including "Santa's Helper", written by his father Bernice Poovey.
In 1957, as Jumping Joe Poovey, he recorded "Move Around" on the Dixie label, produced by Jim Shell in Dallas.
It was followed the next year by "Ten Long Fingers", a tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis, on which he was credited as "Groove Joe Poovey" [sic].
[2][3][4][5] In the 1960s he returned to playing country music and worked as a songwriter, his songs being recorded by such musicians as George Jones and Johnny Paycheck.
Shortly before the release of a retrospective album, Golden Grooves, he died at the age of 57 from a heart condition.