Sonny Curtis

Sonny Curtis (born May 9, 1937 in Meadow , Texas ) is an American singer , guitarist and songwriter . He was a member of The Crickets and wrote, played and sang many famous songs, for example I Fought the Law , which has been covered by many bands .

Curtis released three studio albums in the 1960s. Four uncoupling climbed into the Billboard Hot Country Charts , where Atlanta Georgia Stray in 1968 reached 36th place, initially the highest ranking. It was not until the 1980s that more single hits followed in the country charts, including the best-placed track Curtis ', Good Ol' Girls from 1981.

In the early 1990s he wrote the theme song for the television show Evening Shade . Curtis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991, five of his songs having been played more than a million times on the radio , according to collecting society BMI . In 2012 Curtis was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame as a member of Crickets .

Discography

Albums

• 1964: Beatle hits Flamenco Guitar Style
• 1968: The 1st of Sonny Curtis
• 1969: The Sonny Curtis Style
• 1979: Sonny Curtis
• 1980: Love Is All Around
• 1981: Rollin '
• 1987: Spectrum

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Country
1966	My Way of Life The 1st of Sonny Curtis	Country49 (2 weeks) Country	First published: August 1966 Author: Sonny Curtis
1967	I Wanna Go Bummin 'Around The 1st of Sonny Curtis	Country50 (11 weeks) Country	First published: August 1967 Author: Sonny Curtis
1968	Atlanta Georgia Stray The Sonny Curtis Style	Country36 (11 weeks) Country	First published: January 1968 Author: Chris Gantry
	The Straight Life The Sonny Curtis Style	Country37 (10 weeks) Country	First published: June 1968 Author: Sonny Curtis
1980	The Real Buddy Holly Story Love Is All Around	Country38 (9 weeks) Country	First published: March 1980 Author: Sonny Curtis
	Love Is All Around Love Is All Around	Country29 (10 weeks) Country	First published: July 1980 Author: Sonny Curtis
1981	Good Ol 'Girls Rollin'	Country15 (16 weeks) Country	First published: April 1981 Author: Dan Wilson
	Married Women Rollin '	Country33 (10 weeks) Country	First published: August 1981 Author: Bob McDill
1986	Now I've Got a Heart of Gold Spectrum	Country69 (5 weeks) Country	First published: December 1985 Author: Sonny Curtis

More singles

• 1958: Wrong Again (released April)
• 1958: A Pretty Girl (released July)
• 1960: Red Headed Stranger (released May)
• 1963: Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing (Nashville) (released September)
• 1964: A Beatle I Want to Be (release: February)
• 1964: Bo-Diddley Bach (release: July)
• 1967: Destiny's Child (released February)
• 1969: Day Gig (release: January)
• 1969: Hung Up in Your Eyes (release: June)
• 1970: Love Is All Around (release: November 9th)
• 1971: Unsaintly Judy (released May 13)
• 1972: Sunny Mornin ' (release: June)
• 1973: Rock'n Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life) (release: November)
• 1975: Lovesick Blues (release: October)
• 1976: When It's Just You and Me (released January)
• 1976: Where's Patricia Now (release: March)
• 1979: The Cowboy Singer (release: August)
• 1979: Do You Remember Roll over Beethoven (Release: November)
• 1980: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover (release: September)
• 1981: The Christmas Song (release: October)
• 1982: Together Alone (released September)
• 1985: I Think I'm in Love
• 1989: Bad Case of Love (EP)
• 1990: I'm No Stranger to the Rain

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1. ↑ ^{a b} press release  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from countrymusichalloffame.org, accessed March 1, 2012  
2. ↑ Chart sources: Billboard Hot Country Songs

Web links

• sonnycurtis.com
• Sonny Curtis at Allmusic (English)
• Sonny Curtis at Discogs (English)
• Sonny Curtis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Discography at 45cat.com