P064-085_Discography2-JUL16_Lr1_qxd_P64-85 7/7/16 12:42 PM Page 64 {}MIKE CURB : 50 Years DISCOGRAPHY “SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE WILD IN THE STREETS ) ARTIST: MAX FROST AND “STORE STEALING” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE MARYJANE , STARRING FABIAN) 3T3 HE TROOPERS WRITER: BARRY MANN, CYNTHIA WEIL PUBLISHER: SCREEN GEMS EMI MUSIC INC. TIME: 1:57 3A5 RTIST: THE SIDEWALK SOUNDS WRITERS: MIKE CURB, LAWRENCE BROWN PUBLISH - PRODUCER: MIKE CURB WITH HARLEY HATCHER SPECIAL THANKS: JIM NICHOLSON TOWER 419, 1968 ER: DONNA DIJON MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (BMI) TIME: 1:53 PRODUCERS: MIKE CURB AND LAWRENCE BROWN SIDEWALK DT 5911, 1967 The biggest film ever released by American as a producer and as an engineer of this soundtrack; International Pictures was Wild In The Streets (1968); Jim Hatcher has remained with Curb’s companies since then. “HELLCATS THEME” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE HELLCATS ) ARTIST: THE Nicholson, president of the company, asked Curb to pro - Max Frost was the name of the lead character in the 3A5RROA WS WRITER: HEMRIC, STYNER PUBLISHER: MIKE CURB MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 2:18 duce the soundtrack. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil film; The song “Nothing Can Change The Shape Of PRODUCER: MIKE CURB TOWER 5124 ,1967 wrote the songs and Curb produced them. Things To Come” reached number 22 on the Billboard Curb signed Harley Hatcher, just out of the Armed Hot 100 in the fall of 1968. 3“5THEB ME FROM THE HARD RIDE/SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT ” Forces, to a songwriting contract, then worked with him ARTIST: SOUNDS OF HARLEY/BILL MEDLEY WRITER: HARLEY HATCHER PUBLISHER: HOME GROWN MUSIC, INC. (BMI)/TOP HAT MUSIC (BMI) “KILLERS THREE THEME” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE KILLERS THREE ) ARTIST: MERLE HAGGARD WRITER: “THEME FROM THE CYCLE SAVAGES ” (STARRING BRUCE DERN) ARTIST: 3T5HE AC RROWS WRITER: JERRY STYNER PUBLISHER: MIRBY MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 2:16 3M4 ERLE HAGGARD PUBLISHER: SONY/ATV TREE PUBLISHING TIME: 4:58 PRODUCER: MIKE CURB, HARLEY HATCHER AND JERRY STYNER SPECIAL THANKS: DICK CLARK TOWER 5141, 1968 PRODUCER: MIKE CURB AND JERRY STYNER AIR 1033, 1969 “GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME” ARTIST: KAY ADAMS WRITER: HARLEY HATCHER PUBLISHER: MIKE CURB “HIDIN’ FROM MYSELF” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL 3B5OMBS D ) ARTIST: PAUL AND THE PACK WRITER: HEMRIC, STYNER PUBLISHER: MIRBY 3M4USICA (BMI) TIME: 1:40 PRODUCER: HARLEY HATCHER FOR SIDEWALK PRODUCTIONS SPECIAL THANKS: CLIFFIE STONE AND EDDIE RAY TOWER 445 MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 2:02 PRODUCER: SIDEWALK PRODUCTIONS “ALL I NEED IS YOU” (LOVE THEME FROM KILLER’S THREE ) ARTIST: DICK CURLESS WRITER: HARLEY HATCHER “IT’S A BIKINI WORLD” ARTISTS: THE ANIMALS, THE GENTRYS, THE TOYS 3W5RITER: MIKE CURB, BOB SUMMERS PUBLISHER: SONY/ATV SONGS LLC O/B/O DONNA 3P4UBLIB SHER: MIKE CURB MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 2:50 PRODUCER: HARLEY HATCHER FOR SIDEWALK PRODUCTIONS SPECIAL THANKS: EDDIE RAY TOWER 45-62295 DIJON MUSIC PUBLISHING (BMI) Killers Three was released in 1968, produced by Dick track album with Jerry Styner and Hatcher. The artists In the film Maryjane , teen idol Fabian also supervise films. “The Theme From Clark and featuring a soundtrack full of country songs featured on the soundtrack were part of Curb’s early rela - starred as a high school teacher and foot - The Hard Ride” was composed and super - including “Mama Tried,” which was written for the film tionship with West Coast country artists like Kay Adams, ball coach framed by the principal and vised by Harley Hatcher. “Hell’s Belles” by Merle Haggard. Dick Curless and Don Epperson. Eddie Ray introduced police chief for possession of marijuana. was one of the early Les Baxter - Curb asked Harley Hatcher to work with Haggard on Mike Curb to Cliffie Stone, who was instrumental in The romance involved Fabian pursuing Sidewalk soundtracks. a song that could be used as a theme for the movie, and guiding him as he recorded his early country artists. Diane McBain, with Kevin Coughlin fea - The 1969 film Cycle Savages starred the two wrote “Killers Three.” Mike produced the sound - tured as the star football player. Directed Bruce Dern as “Keeg.” Also in the movie by Maury Dexter, the film’s soundtrack were Chris Robinson (who later starred in includes “Store Stealing,” co-written by the TV soap opera The Bold and the Mike Curb and Lawrence Brown, who Beautiful ), Melody Patterson (who was on also produced the soundtrack. F-Troop ) and Casey Kasem, who co-pro - “The Hellcats Theme,” also known as duced and played Keeg’s brother. Dern “Biker Babes,” starred Ross Hagen and Dee plays the leader of a biker gang who { 1967 { Duffy and was directed by Robert Slatzer. threatens to crush the hands of an artist Released in 1967, the film was about a sol - trying to sketch him. Dern later became a “The Killers Three theme was such a great example of the way movies and dier coming home from war to avenge his major Hollywood actor. The theme from music worked together – Merle Haggard was starring with Dick Clark, brother’s murder. The movie included sev - the movie was written by Jerry Styner, and eral biker scenes, and the theme, written by the soundtrack was produced by Styner and the soundtrack featured Merle’s hit ‘Mama Tried.’ We also worked with the team of Jerry Styner and Guy Hemric, and Mike Curb. Merle on the theme song, along with a host of other leading artists on the was produced by Mike Curb. Curb’s group, The film It’s a Bikini World starred soundtrack. It created cross-promotion between the music and the soundtrack The Arrows, led by Davie Allan, was the Tommy Kirk, Deborah Waller, and Bobby artist on the soundtrack. Boris-Pickett; Pickett was known for his that turned out to be a very successful formula for future projects.” The ‘60s and ‘70s saw Mike Curb com - recording of “The Monster Mash,” a num - posing and producing several movies. He ber-one pop hit in 1962. The film featured —MIKE CURB was fortunate to have business relation - music by The Gentrys, The Animals and ships with Jerry Styner, Harley Hatcher The Toys; the songs were provided by and other talented composers who could Mike Curb and Bob Summers. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] P064-085_Discography2-JUL16_Lr1_qxd_P64-85 7/7/16 12:43 PM Page 66 {}MIKE CURB : 50 Years DISCOGRAPHY “WHY CAN’T HE BE YOU” ARTIST: MARY FORD WRITER: HANK COCHRAN PUBLISHER: SONY/ATV TREE “EIGHT YOUNG MEN” (FROM THE DEVIL’S 8 SOUNDTRACK) ARTIST: SIDEWALK SOUNDS (STARRING 3P6 UBLISHING TIME: 2:42 PRODUCER: BOB SUMMERS AND MIKE CURB SPECIAL THANKS: MEL SHAUER TOWER 279, 1965 3C9 HRISTOPHER GEORGE) WRITER: MIKE CURB, GUY HEMRIC PUBLISHER: DONNA DIJON MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 2:34 PRODUCER: JERRY STYNER MUSIC DIRECTION: MIKE CURB SIDEWALK 5160, 1969 Les Paul and Mary Ford were a pop duo in the late Cochran and recorded by Patsy Cline on an album. The 1940s and early 1950s whose string of hits include song was a well-known one of Cline’s, but not a hit single In Devil’s 8 , also known as 8 Young Men , an FBI agent starred Christopher George, Fabian, Ron Rifkin and “Lover,” “How High The Moon,” and “Mocking Bird.” at that time; Curb decided to make a version of the song helps eight men escape from prison in exchange for help Leslie Parrish. The theme song for the movie was written Ford’s real name was Colleen Summers and she was well that would appeal to the adult contemporary market. bringing a moonshiner and murderer to justice. The plot by Mike Curb and Guy Hemric, with Jerry Styner pro - known on the West Coast as a singer in groups like The Working with Mike on this project was Bob Summers – is similar to the storyline from the movie The Dirty ducing the recording for Curb’s studio group, The Sunshine Girls before she met Paul, who encouraged her the younger brother of Mary Ford – who was also a mem - Dozen . The movie was directed by Burt Topper and Sidewalk Sounds. to make the name change. ber of The Mike Curb Congregation. Summers was a tal - “Why Can’t He Be You” was written by Hank ented guitarist who had been taught to play by Les Paul. “HAWAIIAN CIRCUS” (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE GOLDEN BREED ) ARTIST: THE RIPTIDES WRITER: MIKE CURB “THE DEVIL AIN’T A LONELY WOMAN’S FRIEND” ARTIST: TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD WRITER: 3P7 UBLISHER: MIKE CURB MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 1:40 CAPITOL 2886, 1968 4D0 ALLAS FRAZIER AND S. SHAFER PUBLISHER: SONY ACUFF ROSE MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 2:43 PRODUCER: STEVE STONE FOR CURBSTONE PRODUCTIONS SPECIAL THANKS: CLIFFIE STONE CAPITOL P-4160, 1975 The 1968 film Golden Breed was a documentary on duced by Dale Davis and featured Mickey Munoz, Nat surfers in search of “the perfect wave.” Filmed in Young, Davis and other young surfers. Mike Curb met Cliffie Stone in the Capitol Tower ested in.” That’s how Curb came to work with Dick California, Peru, Hawaii and Mexico, the movie was pro - through their mutual friend, Eddie Ray. Stone had at one Curless, Kay Adams and Tennessee Ernie Ford. time been head of Country A&R at Capitol, but by the “Cliffie originally signed Tennessee Ernie Ford to 1960s, he had been replaced by Ken Nelson. His office Capitol,” Mike said, “but he arranged for his son, Steve, was close to Capitol and he was primarily a publisher by and Curb Productions to produce Ford.” This was partic - 1975. “Stone was frustrated because Capitol was passing ularly meaningful to Curb, because Tennessee Ernie Ford on some of his really good artists,” said Curb.