Sonny Curtis

Sonny Curtis (born May 9, 1937, in Meadow, Texas) is an American singer and songwriter. Most of his work falls into the Pop and Country genres. He was a teenage pal and band member with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas. Sonny is his actual first name, not a nickname. His song "The Real Buddy Holly Story" was written in response to the inaccuracies in the movie "The Buddy Holly Story."

His most famous song is probably the theme from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Love is All Around," which he wrote as well as recorded. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193510] He also wrote "Walk Right Back", which was a hit for the Everly Brothers and later for Anne Murray, "More Than I Can Say", first done by Bobby Vee, then Leo Sayer, and "I Fought the Law", which was most famously covered by fellow Texan Bobby Fuller, and was also later recorded by The Clash as well as a version with different lyrics recorded by The Dead Kennedys. Cover versions of "I Fought the Law" have also been performed and/or recorded by Bryan Adams, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Social Distortion, Mike Ness, Hank Williams Jr, Waylon Jennings, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Green Day, The Ramones, Grateful Dead, Stray Cats, Mary's Danish, Mano Negra, the Big Dirty Band, Nonstop Body/Lolita No. 18, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Sex Pistols, Attaque 77, Die Toten Hosen, Status Quo, Nanci Griffith and numerous other artists. For the 2003 film, "Intermission", Colin Farrell recorded a version of the song, singing it in the guise of his character in the film.

Discography

*1968 First of Sonny Curtis Viva
*1969 The Sonny Curtis Style Elektra
*1980 Love Is All Around Elektra
*1981 Rollin Elektra
*1987 Spectrum Nightlite

External links

*http://www.sonnycurtis.com
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* [http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/curtis.html A page with Sonny Curtis' career summary]
*http://www.geocities.com/shakin_stacks/sonnycurtis.txt
* [http://www.songwriter.co.uk/page55.html Interview with Sonny Curtis in International Songwriters Association's "Songwriter Magazine", outlining his career up to 1995]