Clifford Curry
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Biography
Clifford Curry Jr. was born on Novemberâ¯3â¯1936 in the Bearden neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee, and became an American soul and R&B singer. He started in highâschool groups such as The Echoes, then joined The Five Pennies, Hollyhocks, and the Bubbaâ¯Suggs Band, developing his vocal style. His breakthrough came in 1967 with the single "She Shot A Hole In My Soul" under Sweet Clifford, which entered the U.S. R&B chart. The next year, "I Can't Get A Hold Of Yourself" gained traction in the Northern soul scene, played at venues like the Twisted Wheel Club and Wigan Casino. In the 1970s and 1980s, Curry remained a staple of Southern Carolina beach music, earning the title âThe King Of Beach Musicâ and a 1995 induction into the Beach Music Hall of Fame with Maurice Williams and Bill Pinkney. He recorded Tennessee R&B Live with Earl Gaines and Roscoe Shelton in 1997 and collaborated with Faye Adams on "Shake a Hand." His later releases include Blues I Can't Lose (2009). Clifford Curry died on Septemberâ¯6â¯2016 in Knoxville after a prolonged illness, leaving a lasting legacy in beach and soul music.
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- She Stop Till She Drop
- Four O'clock in the Morning by Clifford Curry
- You're What's Happening
- Blues I Can't Lose
- My Grandmomma
- Slow Dance To The Blues
- Set Me Free
- Stacked In The Back
- Down The Road I'll Go
- I Don't Need You
- Pure Grain Alcohol
- The Divorce
- Galloping Dominoes
- Christmas Ain't No Time for the Blues featuring Ashley Townsend
- Tall Oak Tree
- Soldier In the Army of Love
- Commit a Crime
- Good Lovin' Woman
- The Provider
- Love Recession
- Beulah
- Helpless and Homeless
- Welfare Blues
- Clifford's Blues
