King Curtis

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Genre: Blues Jazz
Hometown: Fort Worth

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With his beginnings as a sessionman in the '50s, King Curtis perfected his hard-playing tenor sax skills. After playing with Buddy Holly and on tracks like the Coasters' "Yakety Yak," he began cutting his own pop/soul/jazz records, ultimately scoring a hit with the swinging "Soul Twist" in 1962. His prolific output and session work continued -- Curtis offered a notable performance on John Lennon's Imagine, for instance -- until he was murdered outside his New York apartment in 1971.

- Jon Pruett

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		Fever (2:45)
		Memphis Soul Stew (Single/LP Version) (2:58)
		A Whiter Shade Of Pale (3:55)
		To Sir With Love (2:42)
		Soul Serenade (2:57)
		Soul Twist (2:42)
		Green Onions (2:22)
		Ode To Billie Joe (2:50)
		Whole Lotta Love (2:19)
		Sack O Woe Twist (2:32)
		For What It's Worth (2:37)
		When A Man Loves A Woman (2:56)
		What'd I Say (2:27)
		Watermelon Man (2:33)
		Hold On! I'm Coming (2:41)
		I've Been Loving You Too Long (2:26)
		Live For Life (Vivre Pour Vivre) (2:55)
		Knock On Wood (3:01)
		In The Midnight Hour (2:39)
		Spooky (2:48)

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		Soul Twist - Original (2:50)
		Soul Serenade (2:57)
		Memphis Soul Stew (Live @ Fillmore West) (5:04)
		Love For Sale (2:59)
		I'm Prison Bound (3:26)
		Slim's Shout (3:54)
		Something's Gone Wrong In My Life (2:55)
		For What It's Worth (2:37)
		Groove Me (LP Version) (3:44)
		Birth Of The Blues (2:34)
		Baby You Know It's True (2:58)
		Daddy Please Don't Cry (3:15)
		Ode To Billie Joe (3:24)
		Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go) (2:59)
		Whole Lotta Love (2:19)