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I Ain't Got Nobody by Dick Curless
Dick Curless
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Richard William Curless March 17 1932 – May 25 1995 Was An American Country-Music Singer A Pioneer Of The Trucking Music Genre Commonly Known As The "Baron Of Country Music." He Was Easily Distinguished Because Of The Patch He Usually Wore Over His Right Eye. Curless Was Born In Fort Fairfield Maine In 1932 And Moved With His Family To Massachusetts At The Age Of Eight. In 1948 Curless Began His Music Career In Ware Massachusetts Where He Hosted A Radio Show And Toured With A Local Band Called The "Trail Blazers." He Married His Wife Pauline In 1951 And Only Six Months After The Wedding He Was Drafted Into The Army. He Served In The Korean War From 1952 To 1954 First As A Truck Driver And Later As A Radio Host With The Stage Name "Rice Paddy Ranger." He Returned Home To Maine In 1954 And Continued Performing On Radio Shows But He Spent Much Of The Following Year 1955 In The Privacy Of His Home Due To A Chronic Illness. In 1956 Curless Returned To The Public Spotlight And Appeared On The CBS Television Show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. He Spent Much Of The Late 1950s Performing In Clubs In California And Las Vegas But Occasionally Returned Home To Maine To Recover From Periods Of Illness And Fatigue. In 1965 Curless Recorded One Of The Biggest Hits Of His Career "A Tombstone Every Mile " Which Cracked The Top-5 On The Billboard Country Charts And Propelled Him To National Fame. From 1966 To 1968 He Toured The Nation With The Buck Owens All American Show. The Pinnacle Of His Career Came In The Late 1960s With Eleven Top-40 Hits Including "Six Times A Day The Trains Came Down ." Altogether He Recorded Twenty-Two Billboard Top-40 Hits Throughout His Career. After His Success In 1970 With The Hits "Big Wheel Cannonball" And "Hard Hard Traveling Man " He Recorded Infrequently Until He Released The Albums Welcome To My World And It Just A Matter Of Time In Norway In 1987. The Albums Were Successful In Europe Especially In Norway And Germany. Curless Recorded An Album With German Country Musician Tom Astor In 1991. During The Later Part Of His Life He Performed Often At The Cristy Lane Theater In Branson Missouri. He Died Of Stomach Cancer In 1995.
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Biography - Dick Curless
Richard William Curless March 17 1932 – May 25 1995 Was An American Country-Music Singer A Pioneer Of The Trucking Music Genre Commonly Known As The "Baron Of Country Music." He Was Easily Distinguished Because Of The Patch He Usually Wore Over His Right Eye. Curless Was Born In Fort Fairfield Maine In 1932 And Moved With His Family To Massachusetts At The Age Of Eight. In 1948 Curless Began His Music Career In Ware Massachusetts Where He Hosted A Radio Show And Toured With A Local Band Called The "Trail Blazers." He Married His Wife Pauline In 1951 And Only Six Months After The Wedding He Was Drafted Into The Army. He Served In The Korean War From 1952 To 1954 First As A Truck Driver And Later As A Radio Host With The Stage Name "Rice Paddy Ranger." He Returned Home To Maine In 1954 And Continued Performing On Radio Shows But He Spent Much Of The Following Year 1955 In The Privacy Of His Home Due To A Chronic Illness. In 1956 Curless Returned To The Public Spotlight And Appeared On The CBS Television Show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. He Spent Much Of The Late 1950s Performing In Clubs In California And Las Vegas But Occasionally Returned Home To Maine To Recover From Periods Of Illness And Fatigue. In 1965 Curless Recorded One Of The Biggest Hits Of His Career "A Tombstone Every Mile " Which Cracked The Top-5 On The Billboard Country Charts And Propelled Him To National Fame. From 1966 To 1968 He Toured The Nation With The Buck Owens All American Show. The Pinnacle Of His Career Came In The Late 1960s With Eleven Top-40 Hits Including "Six Times A Day The Trains Came Down ." Altogether He Recorded Twenty-Two Billboard Top-40 Hits Throughout His Career. After His Success In 1970 With The Hits "Big Wheel Cannonball" And "Hard Hard Traveling Man " He Recorded Infrequently Until He Released The Albums Welcome To My World And It Just A Matter Of Time In Norway In 1987. The Albums Were Successful In Europe Especially In Norway And Germany. Curless Recorded An Album With German Country Musician Tom Astor In 1991. During The Later Part Of His Life He Performed Often At The Cristy Lane Theater In Branson Missouri. He Died Of Stomach Cancer In 1995.
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