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Bobby Curtola

 
Artist: Bobby Curtola
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  • Formed: April 17, 1944, Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Hitchhiker & Other Hits

Biography

Bobby Curtola was born in 1944 in Ontario, Canada, and fronted his first professional band, Bobby and the Bobcats, when he was 15. He launched Tartan Records just one year later and released the first of more than 30 singles, most of which reached the Top Ten in Canada. His biggest hit was "Fortune Teller" in 1962. He hosted two variety shows for Canadian CBC-TV, After Four in 1965 and Shake, Rock, Roll in 1973. His albums include Hitch-Hiker (1961), Mr. Personality (1962), Truly Yours (1963), 12 Tickets to Cloud 9 (1964), Love Story in Stereo (1965), Twelve Golden Hits (1966), Changes (1971), Curtola (1972), Shake, Rock and Roll (1974), 15 Greatest Hits (1991) and Christmas Flashback Album (1992). ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Bobby Curtola, CM (April 17, 1943 –) is an early Canadian rock and roll singer and one-time teen idol.

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History

Born Robert Allen Curtola, in Port Arthur, Ontario, Curtola had several songs on the Canadian music charts beginning with "Hand In Hand With You"[1]. in 1960 and his biggest chart-topper came in 1962 with the song, "Fortune Teller" which was also successful internationally.[2] Between 1960 and 1968 he had continual single and album releases on the Tartan label in Canada. The managers and main songwriters were brothers Dyer and Basil Hurdon. The Del-Fi label released some of those singles in the US.

In 1966 he won a RPM Gold Leaf Award[3] for becoming the first Canadian to have an album go gold.[4] In the early 1970s, Curtola hosted a CTV musical series entitled, Shake, Rock and Roll and Curtola went on to a successful singing career at Las Vegas, Nevada casino venues and still performs at various clubs today. In the 1980s, in an attempt at updating his image, Curtola briefly adopted the billing Boby Curtola and released one album under this name before reverting to his original spelling.

In 1998, in recognition of his long service to the Canadian music industry as well as his humanitarian work around the world, he was made a member of the Order of Canada.[5] His pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.[6]

Besides his musical work, Curtola is also a business entrepreneur, marketing a successful brand of Caesar cocktail. He is also chief executive officer of Home Farms Technologies, a Canadian-based company which is attempting to develop an environmentally friendly waste management system for hog waste. It is a development stage company and has not found the financing for its first plant yet.[7]

Curtola's best-known singles include:

  • "Hand in Hand With You"
  • "Fortune Teller"
  • "Johnny Take Your Time"
  • "Don't Sweetheart Me"
  • "Aladdin"
  • "Three Rows Over"
  • "Hitchhiker"
  • "Makin' Love"

See also

References

  1. ^ "Canadian Charts from 1957 - 1986". 1050chum.com. http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx.  Retrieved November 26, 2006
  2. ^ "U.S Billboard chart rankings". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_index.jsp.  Retrieved November 26, 2006
  3. ^ "RPM Gold Leaf Award/Canadian Music Hall of Fame winner and nominations". juno-awards.ca. http://www.juno-awards.ca.  Retrieved November 26, 2006
  4. ^ "Gold & Platinum certification of albums at RIAA". www.riaa.com. http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp.  Retrieved November 26, 2006
  5. ^ "The Order of Canada member list". nndb.com. http://www.nndb.com/honors/490/000032394/.  November 26, 2006
  6. ^ "Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductees". rockabillyhall.com. http://www.rockabillyhall.com/home.html.  Retrieved November 26, 2006
  7. ^ Home Farms website.

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