Clifford Curry's Christmas single "Christmas Ain't No Time For The Blues" Spins Up

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. - July 18, 2015 - PRLog -- Clifford Curry's new Christmas single "Christmas Ain't No Time For The Blues" is showing up strong on US radio, now shooting for international airplay.

Curry's career began in high school and was a member of several groups, including The Echoes, The Five Pennies (for whom he wrote a 1956 release, "Mr. Moon"), Hollyhocks (1957), and the Bubba Suggs Band (1957–1964). As Sweet Clifford he recorded for the Nashville-based Excello Records label, before beginning work with the Fabulous Six and the Contenders. In 1967, he had a hit on the US R&B chart with "She Shot A Hole In My Soul", which was produced by Buzz Cason (a long time producer of Curry's). Known as "The King Of Beach Music," Curry continues to play in the Southeastern United States with his brand of Carolina Beach Music, and was inducted into the Beach Music Hall of Fame in 1995, along with his peers Maurice Williams and Bill Pinkney.

In 1997, Curry recorded an album titled Tennessee R&B Live with Earl Gaines and Roscoe Shelton.

What Billboard says about Clifford Curry:

"Curry joined and backed Faye Adams on her number one R&B smash "Shake a Hand."
"Clifford Curry is a true soul survivor"
"Galbraith hookup with Buzz Cason enabled Curry to cut a song Cason held the rights to, entitled 'She Shot a Hole in My Soul.'"
"Cason produced and issued the record on Elf Records, which was distributed by Bell Records. Curry's biggest hit"
"Curry's success as an entertainer spread to the Carolina Beaches, where the baritone became a prime showman for their musical events and a solid purveyor of Beach music, which is anything you can shag to and look cool doing it."

What the 18th Annual Blues Festival Announcement says about Clifford Curry

"One of the Southeast’s storybook singers, Clifford Curry has deep history in R&B, blues, gospel, shag and beach music. Born in Knoxville, TN, he first cut for Savoy Records, while still in high school, with his group The Five Pennies – spectacular recordings prized by collectors to this day. He later waxed for Elf, Excello and other labels, getting airplay on some of Music City’s most powerful radio stations, pushing his music to the Atlantic coast where “beach music” was exploding – he had a whole new audience.
In 1967 Clifford had his biggest hit, “She Shot a Hole in My Soul,” a beach music classic still packing dance floors. Now more than ever, this beloved artist is a force to be reckoned with, having won numerous CAMMY Awards ( Beach Music’s "Grammys" ) and still on the charts .

What radio says about Christmas single is “Christmas Ain’t No Time for the Blues”

"Thank you for sending me Mr. Curry's Christmas Ain't No Time For The Blues single. I think it is excellent, as is Mr. Johnson's harp playing. I will be adding to our playlist within the next 24 hours" Art Polimeno ( ChristmasRadio )

Stubby's House of Christmas review says: "Clifford's new Christmas single "Christmas Ain't No Time For The Blues" is a straight ahead Blues tune and well worth the price of admission"

"I put it (in) rotation" - Johnny Draper (The Great 98 - 97.9 WTRG)


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