Clem Curtis

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Clem Curtis , actually Curtis Clements (born November 28, 1940 in Trinidad , West Indies , † March 27, 2017 in Olney , Buckinghamshire , England ) was a British singer. From 1966 to 1968 he was the lead singer of the group The Foundations .

Life

Clem Curtis was born on the island of Trinidad in 1940 to a popular singer whom he said he inherited his ear for music from her. At the age of 15 he came to Great Britain and initially worked as a decorator and professional boxer. At the age of 25 he joined the group The Ramong Sound , later renamed The Foundations . After being in 1968 by Colin Young had been replaced, he started with the support of his friend Sammy Davis, Jr. on a solo career in the United States . In America he worked, encouraged by Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave , in the club scene of the time. In Las Vegas he performed with the Righteous Brothers, among others . In the 1970s he returned to England and reformed the Foundations , which had performances at the London Palladium , the Royal Albert Hall , as well as in clubs, hotels and concerts around the world. At the end of the 1980s he belonged to the four other stars of the then beat music era Reg Presley , Brian Poole , Mike Pender and Tony Crane of the supergroup The Corporation , which only existed for a short time. In 2016, he starred in the movie Flashback: The History of UK Black Music .

Clem Curtis died on March 27, 2017 at the age of 76 of complications from lung cancer .

Discography (selection)

  • 1967: From the Foundations
  • 1968: Rockin 'the Foundations (live)
  • 1969: Digging the Foundations
  • 1971: Mountain over the Hill
  • 1972: I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) / Point of No Return 1972
  • 1974: I Don't Care What People Say
  • 1979: Unchained Melody / Need Your Love
  • 1983: Dancing in the Street

literature

  • Colin Larkin: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press 2011, ISBN 0-85712-595-8 , p. 2158.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The Foundations singer Clem Curtis has died, age 76. In: The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group Limited, March 27, 2017, accessed March 30, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Roger Dopson: Baby Now That I've Found You . 1st edition. Sequel Records NEECD 300, United Kingdom 1998 (English, text on the inlay of the CD edition).
  3. ↑ a b Official website of Clem Curtis - Biography. (No longer available online.) In: clemcurtis.com. September 25, 2008, archived from the original on September 25, 2008 ; accessed on March 30, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ "Wild Thing": Troggs singer Reg Presley is dead. In: Spiegel Online . Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein, February 5, 2013, accessed on March 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Curtis, Clem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clements, Curtis (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Trinidad , West Indies , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2017
Place of death Olney , Buckinghamshire , England , United Kingdom