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Chanteur, compositeur et guitariste
Rockabilly et Country US, né le 9 Mai 1937 Meadow
(Texas). Sonny Curtis a débuté en 1955 quand il rencontre Buddy
Holly, il deviendra alors l'un des guitaristes des "Crickets".
Dans les années quatre vingt, Sonny Curtis s'est essayé à la Country Music.
Sonny Curtis was
involved in country music for over 40 years, composing songs recorded by
numerous stars, among them
the Everly Brothers,
Hank Williams, Jr., and even Bing Crosby. He was born and raised near
Lubbock, Texas, and began performing as a teen on local radio, playing fiddle on
the popular Buddy & Bob show, which featured an up-and-coming
Buddy Holly.
Waylon Jennings was also a DJ at the station, and together they all
performed at the town movie theater during intermissions. Curtis joined
Holly's band, the Three Tunes, in 1956 as a fiddler, guitar player and sang
back; when the group went to Nashville to record with famed producer
Owen Bradley, they recorded one of Curtis' songs, "Rock Around with Ollie
Vee." Eventually, Curtis amicably left
Holly and began touring with
Slim Whitman before making his solo debut in 1958 with the single "Wrong
Again."
After
Holly's tragic death in 1959, his band,
the Crickets, asked Curtis to become their lead guitarist and singer. He was
drafted in 1960 and stationed in Fort Ord, where he penned the song "Walk Right
Back," a major hit for the
Everly Brothers in 1961 and later popularized by Andy Williams, Perry Como,
and
Anne Murray.
Despite a string of mid-range hits including "My Way of Life," "Atlanta Georgia
Stray," and "The Straight Life," Curtis had his greatest success as a songwriter.
One of his best-known and most recorded songs was "I Fought the Law," which has
been done by artists like
the Bobby Fuller Four, the Clash, and Lou Reed. He also wrote the theme song
for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "Love Is All Around," which became a Top 30 hit
on the country charts. In the early '90s, Curtis also wrote the theme song to
the TV show Evening Shade.
In the early '80s, he and two former
Crickets, Joe B. Maudlin and Jerry Allison, reunited and performed with
Waylon Jennings' show. He had a Top 15 single with "Good Ole' Girls" for
Elektra in 1981, followed by "Married Women," which made it to the Top 40. He
made his final chart entry in 1986 with the minor hit "Now I've Got a Heart of
Gold."
Curtis also made a name for himself as a commercial jingle singer/songwriter,
and continued writing country songs for artists such as
Keith Whitley,
Ricky Skaggs, and
John Schneider. In 1991, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
by the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Curtis
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Traditional Country
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ABOUT MY BABY (1960)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA STRAY (1968)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 02/1953 | SP CORAL 9-60954 (US) | Someday You're Gonna Be Sorry / Forever Yours |
| 07/1955 | SP CORAL 9-61023 (US) | No More Tears / Best Way To Hold A Girl |
| 04/1958 | SP DOT 45-15754 (US) | Laughing Stock / Wrong Again |
| 09/1958 | SP DOT 45-15799 (US) |
Willa Mae Jones
 / A Pretty Girl |
| 05/1960 | SP CORAL 9-62207 (US) |
Talk About My Baby
 / Red Headed Stranger |
| 1963 | SP DIMENSION 1017 (US) | So Used To Loving You / Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing |
| 1964 | SP DIMENSION 1023 (US) | Unsaintly Judy / You Don't Belong In This Place |
| 1964 | SP DIMENSION 1024 (US) | A Beatle I Want To Be / So Used To Loving You |
| 07/1964 | SP LIBERTY F-55710 (US) | Bo Didley Bach / I Pledge My Love To You |
| 08/1966 | SP VIVA 602 (US) | My Way Of Life / Last Call |
| 1966 | SP VIVA 607 (US) | The Collector / Destiny's Child |
| 08/1967 | SP VIVA 617 (US) | I'm A Gypsy Man / I Wanna Go Bummin' Around |
| 01/1968 | SP VIVA 626 (US) |
Day Drinker /
Atlanta, Georgia Stray
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| 06/1968 | SP VIVA 630 (US) | The Straight Life / How Little Men Care |
| 1969 | SP VIVA 634 (US) | Day Gig / Holiday For Clowns |
| 1969 | SP VIVA 636 (US) | Girl Of The North / Hung Up In Your Eyes |
| 1970 | SP OVATION OV-1006 (US) | Love Is All Around / There And Everywhere |
| 1971 | SP OVATION OV-1023 (US) | Unsaintly Judy / You Don't Belong In This |
| 05/1972 | SP BARNABY ZS7-2061 (US) | CRICKETS - Vocals Sonny CURTIS - True Love Ways / Rockin' 50's Rock And Roll |
| 1972 | SP A & M 1359-S (US) | Lights Of L.A. / Sunny Mornin' |
| 11/1973 | SP MERCURY 73438 (US) | Rock And Roll Gave Me The Best Years Of My Life / My Mama Sure Left Me Some Good Old Days |
| 10/1975 | SP CAPITOL 4158 (US) | It's Only A Question Of Time / Lovesick Blues |
| 01/1976 | SP CAPITOL 4227 (US) | When It's Just You And Me / It's Only A Question Of Time |
| 03/1976 | SP CAPITOL 4240 (US) | Where's Patricia Now / When It's Just You & Me |
| 08/1979 | SP ELEKTRA E-46526 (US) | Cheatin' Clouds / Cowboy Singer |
| 11/1979 | SP ELEKTRA E-46568 (US) | Walk Right Back / Do You Remember Roll Over Beethoven |
| 03/1980 | SP ELEKTRA E-46616 (US) | The Real Buddy Holly Story / Ain't Nobody Honest |
| 07/1980 | SP ELEKTRA E-46663 (US) | Love Is All Around / The Clone Song |
| 10/1980 | SP ELEKTRA E-47048 (US) | Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover / You Made My Life A Song |
| 04/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E-47129 (US) | Good Ol' Girls / So Used To Loving You |
| 08/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E-47176 (US) | Married Woman / I Like Your Music |
| 11/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E-47231 (US) | The Christmas Song (Chestnut Roasting On A Open Fire) / Little Drummer Boy (Hank WILLIAMS JR.) |
| 09/1982 | SP ELEKTRA 7-69942 (US) | Together Alone / Dream Well All Of You Children |
| 1985 | SP STEEM ST 82985 (US) (promo) | I Think I'm In Love / I Think I'm In Love |
| 11/1986 | SP STEEM ST 110185 (US) | Now I've Got A Heart Of Gold / Why Did You Say I Do To Me |
| 1990 | SP RITZ 217 (UK) |
I'm No Stranger To The Rain / Rock Around With Ollie Vee |
| 1991 | SP RITZ 229 (UK) | More Than I Can Say / When Amarillo Blows |
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Unissued Tracks
| 19?? | Unissued |
Because You Love Me
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| 19?? | Unissued |
I'll Miss My Heart
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Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" IMPERIAL LP-9276 (mono) / LP-12276 (stereo) (US) |
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BEATLE HITS - FLAMENCO GUITAR STYLE - A Hard Day's Night / If I Fell / She Loves You / Please Please Me / Do You Want To Know A Secret? / And I Love Her / Ringo's Theme / All My Lovin' / Little Child / P.S. I Love You / Things We Said Today / Ballad For A Beatle |
| 01/1968 | LP 12" VIVA V-36012 (US) |
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THE 1ST OF SONNY CURTIS - I Wanna Go Bummin' Around / My Way Of Life / Hung Up In Your Eyes / Day Drinker / Where Will The Words Come From / Destiny's Child / I' A Gypsy Man / Holiday For Clowns / A Fool Never Learns / Walk Right Back / Beggar's Blues / I Fought The Law |
| 1969 | LP 12" VIVA V-36021 (US) |
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THE SONNY CURTIS STYLE - The Straight Life / Sould Fever, How Little Men Care / Girl Of The Night / This Is The Last Song I’m Ever Gonna Sing / Atlanta Georgia Stray / Day Gig, This Time Tomrorrow / I Hate To See Me Go / Today My Sleepless Nights Came Back To Town / The Collector / (You’ve Got) Nothin‘ To Be Ashamed Of |
| 1979 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 6E 227 (US) |
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SONNY CURTIS - The Cowboy Singer / Walk Right Back / So Used To Loving You / Tennesse / Do You Remember Roll Over Beethoven / It's Not Easy Being Fifteen / I Fought The Law / I'll Stay With You / Cheatin' Clouds / Ain't Nobody Honest. |
| 09/1980 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 6E 283 (US) |
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LOVE IS ALL AROUND - Love Is All Around / You Made My Life A Song / Eager For The Edge / The Real Buddy Holly Story / Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover / Wild Side Of Life / Cowboy Singer / I Fought The Law / Walk Right Back / The Clone Song |
| 06/1981 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 6E 349 (US) |
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SONNY CURTIS ROLLIN' - Good Ol Girls / There I Go Dreamin' Again / Wild Oats / Married Women / Rollin' / More Than I CAn Say / Sweet Misery / Old Fashioned Love / Star Studded Nights / I Like Your Music |
| 08/1987 | LP 12" COLT 2003 (UK) |
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SPECTRUM - He Was On To Something (So He Made You) / It's All In Your Mind / Real Old Fashioned Broken Heart / An Old Rainbow Jukebox And You / I'm No Stranger To The Rain / True Love Ways/ I Think I'm In Love / Now I've Got A Heart Of Gold / Why Did You Say "I Do" To Me / Pleasure Island / Less To Me Than Meets The Eye / Raoul |
| 09/1990 | CD RITZ RITZCD-0055 (UK) |
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NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN - I'm No Stranger To The Rain / Hello Mary Lou / You're The Lesson I Never Learned / When Amarillo Blows / Back When Has Been Lover / I Saved My Last Name For You / Bad Case Of Love / Think It Over / That'll Be The Day / More Than I Can Say / Well, Alright / Rock Around With Ollie Vee / Midnight Shift |
| 1994 | CD ROLLERCOASTER ROLL 3041 5UK) |
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THE ELEKTRA YEARS VOL. 1 - I Fought The Law / WalkRight Back / Real Budy Holly Story / I Like Your Music / You Made My Lif A Song / Eager For The Edge / I'll Stay With You / There Go My Dreams / Cowboy Singer / So Ued To Loving You / Tennessee I Love You / Star Studded Nights / Fty Ways To Leave Your Lover / Rollin' |
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