US EditionSonny Curtis, Member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets and Creator of ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Theme Song, Dies at 88
Sonny Curtis, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Crickets in 2012, was also honored by Nashville's Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991.
- Sonny Curtis, a member of Buddy Holly's Crickets and creator of the 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' theme song, died at the age of 88.
- Curtis wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs, including 'I Fought the Law' and 'Love is All Around,' the theme for The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
- Born in 1937 to cotton farmers in Texas, Curtis was a childhood friend of Buddy Holly and played a crucial role in rock music's early development.
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At the side of Buddy Holly he became famous, known worldwide with "I Fought the Law". Now the US songwriter Sonny Curtis died at the age of 88 years.
On the side of Buddy Holly Sonny Curtis becomes famous in the 1950s. Also in this country you know the music of the American, for example the much covered song "I Fought the Law". Now he is dead.
Buddy Holly collaborator, music legend behind rock hits, TV theme dies at 88
Sonny Curtis, the acclaimed songwriter behind classics like “I Fought the Law” and the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song, died Friday, September 20, after a sudden illness, Parade reports. He was 88.
Member of legendary rock band and writer of iconic TV theme song dies
Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song to “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died at 88.
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