CLIFFORD CURRY & ASHLEY TOWNSEND

Clifford Curry with Ashley Townsend

"Christmas Ain't No Time For The Blues", NITE*SKY International 2018-11
ARTIST NAME  Clifford Curry with Ashley Townsend
SONG TITLE     Christmas Ain't  No Time For The Blues
SONGWRITER   Fran MacLeran
AFFILIATION      SESAC
PUBLISHER      The Pub Music

We thank you in advance for giving this new single heavy airplay!
This is an amazing Christmas song.

About Clifford Curry
What the 18th Annual Blues Festival Announcement says about Clifford Curry:
"One of the Southeast’s storybook singers, Clifford Curry has a 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 (his latest smash is “Beach Music & BBQ”)."


Contact Information:

Mailing Address  P.O. Box 128171, Nashville, TN  37212  
Email       Fran@GroundQuake.com   
Website  http://www.ChristmasBluesMusic.com 
Telephone  (615) 772-3290

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Ashley Townsend joins Hall of Fame inductee Clifford Curry on this positive, Christmas tempo single.  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 Whole 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 (his latest smash is "Beach Music & BBQ")." ______________________________________________ "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 )   "I put it (in) rotation" – Johnny Draper (The Great 98 – 97.9 WTRG)   "will definitely add this to my playlist for the Christmas season." – Willie C (Beach Music Cafe Show)   "I was happy to download Clifford Curry's song and share it with listeners to my Catfish Blues shows." – Edoardo Fassio (Radio Flash 97.6 FM) ______________________________________________ Clifford Curry is a true soul survivor, a veteran of more than 45 years in music and still kicking. The Knoxville, TN, native joined the Echos while he still attended Austin High School in Knoxville; they had been around for four years before Curry joined and backed Faye Adams on her number one R&B smash "Shake a Hand." The revamped group cut two records with Savoy Records as the renamed Five Pennies ("Mr. Moon" and "My Heart Trembles" in 1955 and 1956 respectively) and also waxed unreleased sides for Herald Records. The lack of royalties and money caused the group to splinter in different directions. Curry and some other Knoxville cronies formed the Bingos, who cut a deal with Ernie Young's Excello Records. Excello issued the single on its Nasco subsidiary and renamed them the Hollyhocks. Returning to Knoxville Curry went solo as Sweet Clifford. Revisiting Excello Records, Young recorded four sides on Curry, messing up the first single by crediting "Things Got to Get Better" as Clifford Sweet. He hooked up with some more Knoxville crooners — Luey & Duey Guy, Bob Adams, Jerry Johnson, and Wayne Cronin — to form the Fabulous Six. Curry tried his hand at songwriting (with Knoxville DJ Rob Galbraith) for other. The association with Galbraith bared fruit in 1967, not with one of their songs, but the Galbraith hookup with Buzz Carson enabled Curry to cut a song Carson held the rights to, entitled "She Shot a Whole in My Soul." Carson produced and issued the record on Elf Records, which was distributed by Bell Records. Seven more Elf singles followed (from 1967 to 1969), along with three each on SSS, Caprice, and Abbott Records spanning 1970 to 1973. 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. The popular Beach entertainer then recorded with Buddah Records in 1977 that resulted in two singles: "Body Shop" and "Moving in Circles." In 1980, he cut his first tune with the word "shag" in it; "Shag With Me" trailed by "Let’s Have a Party" came out on Woodshed Records, the last title dropping in 1982. Two DJ-only singles for CC Records followed and then singles on Ripete and Compleat took him through 1985. Clifford's recordings got played in regions where he reigned as an entertainer of note and kept him busy. He never stopped recording; releasing music, contributing backing vocals on others albums, and doing commercials into the millennium. Collectables Records outdid themselves in 1995 by releasing a 20-song compilation CD of Curry's recordings, many from the numerous one-off labels he recorded for; Alpaloosa Records issued Clifford's Blues: The Provider in 1996. Contact Information: Fran MacLeran Ground Quake ****@***********.***