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P122-139_Discography5-JUN14_Lr2_qxd_P122-139 6/22/14 10:02 PM Page 122 {}MIKE CURB : 50 Years DISCOGRAPHY “TINY LITTLE HEART ATTACK” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ) ARTIST: MONEY TALKS 1W7RITE6 R: HAROLD WIIK/SVERRE WIIK PUBLISHER: BEEBLEBROX MUSIC (BMI)/MIKE CURB MUSIC (BMI) “ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT” ARTIST: 1H7ANK3 WILLIAMS JR. WRITER: HANK WILLIAMS JR. PUBLISHER: BOCEPHUS MUSIC, “Tiny Little Heart Attack” comes from the well that ends well, and this story ends with recovered INC. (BMI) TIME: 2:56 PRODUCER: JIMMY BOWEN AND HANK WILLIAMS JR. FOR LYNWOOD action/comedy film Career Opportunities . The movie diamonds and a romantic wedding. PRODUCTIONS WARNER/CURB 7-29184, 1984 involves a jail break, stolen diamonds, and a newsman The recording group, Money Talks, was brought to who has been fired from his job but has a chance to get it Curb by their managers and producers, Paul Palmer and “BORN TO BOOGIE” ARTIST: HANK WILLIAMS JR. WRITER: HANK WILLIAMS JR. back because he’s a part of this big story. In the end, all’s Jeffrey Shucraft. 1P7UBLI3SHERA : BOCEPHUS MUSIC, INC. (BMI) PRODUCER: JIM ED NORMAN TIME: 2:43 “All My Rowdy Friends” was the 49th Football theme song. single released during Hank Jr.’s relation - “There are records that cross genres ship with Mike Curb; the first number- without ever crossing charts,” Curb said. one single – which Curb co-wrote – came “This never crossed on to any rock or pop in 1970 when Mike was president of chart, but it crossed into the rock audi - “FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY” ARTIST: AL GREEN AND LYLE LOVETT WRITER: WILLIE NELSON MGM. Singles followed on Warner/Curb ence. Not all country people are rock fans, 1P7UBLI7 SHER: SONY/ATV TREE PUBLISHING (BMI) and Elektra/Curb. but they all love Hank.” “If ever there was a country record that This record reached number 10 on the “Funny How Time Slips Away” by Al Green and Lyle In country, it has been a chart record for Billy Walker was really a rock n’ roll record, it was this Country, number eight on the Country Lovett won a Grammy by bringing together two of the (1961), Narvel Felts (1975) and Danny Davis & Willie one,” said Curb. “It was also the first video Sales, and number 14 on the Country most uniquely gifted artists in the music business. The Nelson (1980); in R&B, it made the charts for Joe Hinton of ours to win the CMA Video Award.” Airplay charts. Hank Williams Jr. has had song – originally recorded by Willie Nelson – was perfect (1964), Dorothy Moore (1976) and The Spinners (1983). That video included a number of coun - 46 chart albums and 86 chart singles with because of its history as both a country and an R&B song. try stars, from Waylon Jennings to Kris Curb; 38 of those have been Top Ten, and Kristofferson. “All My Rowdy Friends” 10 of those have been number one. went on to become the Monday Night “TWO OLD CATS LIKE US” ARTIST: RAY CHARLES AND HANK WILLIAMS JR. WRITER: TROY SEALS “SIX PACK TO GO” ARTIST: VINCE GILL AND HANK THOMPSON WRITER: HANK THOMPSON, JONNY LOWE, DICK 1P7UBLI4 SHER: WB MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP) SPECIAL THANKS:: MERLE KILGORE 1H7ART 8 PUBLISHER: SONGS OF UNIVERSAL-POLYGRAM INT’L, INC. (BMI) TIME: 2:11 PRODUCER: BILL MILLET CURB 77925 The duet recording of “Two Old Cats Like Us” is a them to record together, Hank Thompson’s first hit came in 1948; “Six Pack To featured the Country Music Hall of Famer in duets with very clear example of the legendary R&B artist Ray and a great moment in the Go” was Hank’s 41st chart record and 25th Top Ten. Lyle Lovett, George Jones, Kitty Wells, and – on “Six Charles’ interpretation of country music in a manner that history of the record Released in 1960, the record also reached the Pop chart. Pack to Go” – with Vince Gill, who is now himself a no other R&B artist has ever been able to achieve. business. Thompson served in the Navy during World War II, member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Likewise, Hank Williams Jr., as a country artist, has where he began his career as a performer. In 1997, Curb Hank Thompson has released five albums for Curb successfully merged rock n’ roll and R&B throughout his Mike Curb and Records released Hank Thompson And Friends , which including all of his hits. legendary career. It was a natural thing for the two of Hank Williams Jr. “IT’S COLD OUT TONIGHT” ARTIST: LITTLE RIVER BAND WRITER: GRAHAM GOBLE PUBLISHER: SONGS OF “TILL I’M TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG” ARTIST: MOE BANDY WRITER: JOHN HADLEY, SCOTT DOOLEY, KEVIN 1U7NIVE5 RSAL, INC. TIME: 4:37 PRODUCER: JOHN BOYLAN MCA/CURB, 1991 1W7ELCH9 PUBLISHER: SONY/ATV TREE PUBLISHING (BMI)/ SONY/ATV CROSS KEYS PUBLISHING CO., INC. (ASCAP) TIME: 3:09 PRODUCER: JERRY KENNEDY FOR JK PRODUCTIONS, INC. SPECIAL THANKS: WOODY BOWLES AND DICK WHITEHOUSE The Little River Band was formed in 1979 in There were a number of personnel changes through CURB 77259 Melbourne, Australia, an outgrowth of the group the years, including the addition of John Farnham as Mississippi that featured Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble and vocalist before he left for a solo career. Over the period of Moe Bandy had more than a decade’s worth of hits, Young,” which went to number six on the Country chart Derek Pellicci as members. Those three – along with a dozen years, The Little River Band had 16 chart singles beginning with his “I Just Started Hatin’ Cheatin’ Songs in Billboard . Glenn Shorrock, Roger McLachlan and Rick Formosa – on the Hot 100. Today.” He joined Curb Records in 1986 when his Jerry Kennedy produced this record for Bandy, as well formed the country/pop vocal harmony group. manager, Woody Bowles, brought the singer to the label. as “Americana,” which reached number eight on the His second release was “Till I’m Too Old To Die Country charts in 1988. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] P122-139_Discography5-JUN14_Lr2_qxd_P122-139 6/22/14 10:02 PM Page 124 {}MIKE CURB : 50 Years DISCOGRAPHY “IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE” ARTIST: RONNIE MCDOWELL WITH CONWAY The film Dirty Dancing was a Bill Medley’s daughter was to 1T8WIT0 TY WRITER: CONWAY TWITTY, JACK NANCE PUBLISHER: SONY TREE PUB. CO., INC. period piece set in the mid-1960s, be born the week the song was (BMI) TIME: 2:21 PRODUCER: RONNIE MCDOWELL SPECIAL THANKS: BUDDY KILLEN with a soundtrack of songs like scheduled to be recorded, and he CURB CRB-10501, 1987 “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Stay.” wanted to postpone the studio “(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE DIRTY The music director wanted “You’ve session. While the budget was 1D8ANCI2NG ) ARTIST: BILL MEDLEY WITH JENNIFER WARNES WRITER: DONALD Conway Twitty had a number-one rock Only Make Believe” reached number eight Lost That Loving Feeling” by the modest and the schedule was MARKOWITZ, JOHN DE NICOLA, FRANKIE PREVITE PUBLISHER: EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. hit with “It’s Only Make Believe” on on the Country chart. Righteous Brothers, but that song tight, he agreed to record the O/B/O DONALD JAY MUSIC LTD. AND DAMUSIC CO., INC./SONY/ATV TUNES LLC / R U CYRIUS MGM in 1958; in 1966, he moved over to “Buddy Killen introduced me to had been committed to . song. The label had to find / KNOCKOUT MUSIC (ASCAP) TIME: 4:47 PRODUCER: MICHAEL LLOYD/MIKE CURB Top Gun country music and had a string of hits, but Ronnie McDowell,” said Curb. “It was a “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My someone to sing it with him, and PRODUCTIONS SPECIAL THANKS: MICHAEL LLOYD RCA PB 49625, 1987 “It’s Only Make Believe” was always a special event when he recorded an up Life” was written by three basically everyone settled on Jennifer standard part of his show. tempo version of ‘It’s Only Make Believe’ unknown writers, and Michael Warnes as the artist. Ronnie McDowell’s first hit was “The with Conway Twitty. These are the records Lloyd figured out a way to cut it Dirty Dancing , starring Patrick King Is Gone,” a tribute to Elvis Presley that really mean a lot to me, because they so that it captured the sound and Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was released shortly after Elvis died in 1977. connect us to our past. Curb Records is 50 feel of “You’ve Lost That released in 1987; “(I’ve Had) The He got his start as a recording artist years of rock n’ roll, and this song takes us Lovin’ Feeling.” Time Of My Life” went to number because his voice sounded so much like back to our roots. To have Conway Twitty one on the Adult Contemporary Elvis’s, but McDowell carved out his own sing on someone else’s version of his big chart, where it remained for four career on Epic and Curb Records. rock hit – well, it had to be darn good. weeks; it also went number one on McDowell joined Curb Records in This is a very special record.” the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. 1986, and in 1988, his recording of “It’s The song became the biggest hit of Bill Medley’s solo career, and the soundtrack sold 25 million records worldwide. “WHILE THE FEELING’S GOOD” ARTIST: WAYNE NEWTON AND TAMMY 1W8YNE1 TTE (TAMMY WYNETTE APPEARS COURTESY OF EPIC RECORDS) WRITER: ROGER BOWLING, FREDDIE HART PUBLISHER: SONY/ATV SONGS LLC/HARTLINE MUSIC, INC.