“Sonny Curtis, The Singer and Guitarist Who Played with Buddy Holly, Froned the Cricets and Wrote and Performed “Love Is All Aound,” The Indelible Theme Song For. He Was 88. Curtis Died Friday After A “Sudden Illness,” HIS DAUGHTER, SARAH, Announced on Facebook. Curtis also wrote the rebellious”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Curtis Died Friday After A “Sudden Illness,” his daughter, Sarah, Announced on Facebook.
Curtis Also Wrote the Rebellios “I Fough The Law” in 1958 and Recorded It with the Cricets Following the Death of Holly, Ritchie Valens, JP Richardson (“The Big Bopper”), and Pelto). 3, 1959.
The Bobby Fuller Four Took The Song to NO. 9 On the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, and It Also Was Memorably Covered by the Clash, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Green Day, The Dead Kennedys and DOZENSS.
His songwriting credits also included “Walk Right Back” and “More Than I Can Say,” Top 10 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 For the Everly Brothers and Leo Sayer in 1961 and 1980, reSPECTIVELY.
To rectify an oversight, curtis was inducted by the specialized in the 2012 alongside fellow crickets: Drummer Jerry Jerry Allison, Bassist Jell, Bassist Joer, Bassist Jell, Bassist Joerry, Bassist Joerry, Bassist Jerry, Bassist Jerry Jerry, Bassist Jerry Jerry, Jerry Jerry Jerry. Sullivan. (They Were Not Including Who Holly Was Inducified in 1986.)
In 1970, Curtis Wrote and performed “Love Is All Around” – Known for Such Lyrics As “Who Can Turn The World On with Her Smile?” -WHICH ACCOMPANIED Footage of Moore tossing Her Hat Into the Air in the Middle of a Busy Minneapolis InterstSection for Her Fable CBS Sitcom that Ran from 1970-77.
The Second Yongst of Six Children, Curtis Was Born on May 9, 1937, In Meadow, Texas. His parents, Artthur and Violet, Were Cotton Farmers. HE LEARNED TO PLAY The Guitar WHEN HE WAS 4, INSPIRED By His Uncles, Edd, Herb and Smokey, Who As The Mayfield Brothers Were One of the FIRST BLUEGRASS OUTFITS.
Curtis Was 15 WHEN HE FIRST MET HOLLY, AND they FORMED A Band with Holly’s High School Friend Bob MontGomery. They performs on bills with carl perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, and He Played Lead Guitar On Holly’s 1956 Song.
After High School, Curtis Left Holly to Torth with Slim Whitman, Ten Joined Buddy Holly & the Cricets in Late 1958. He Became The Frontman After Holly’s Death.
The Cricets Recorded “I Fough The Law” for Their First Post-Holly Album, 1960’s In style with the cricketsbut it was not a hit for them. The lp also included “more than and can say”; Written by curtis and allison, it was a hit for bobby vee in 1961 and for sayer, whoto took it to no. 2 in 1980.
Curtis Had been Drafted Into the Us Army in 1959, and During Basic Training in California, He Wrote “Walk Right Back” and perforated it for allison, then the Drummer for the one. They Singers Recorded It and Brough it to no. 7. (Anne Murray Also Had A Hit With It In 1978.
Curtis Moved to Los Angeles After the Service and Wrote Jingles for Commercials. He Also Had A Solo Career While Also Playing with The Crickets Until the Death of Mauldin in 2015.
Other Curtis Songs Were Recorded by the Likes of Glen Campbell and Bobby Goldsboro (“The Straight Life”), Keith Whitley Andy Williams (“A FOOL Never Learns”).
Curtis Lived Near Nashville Was Inducified Into The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame In 1991. Survivors Include His Wife of More than 50 Years, Louise.