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Artist
Curtis Potter
12+ albums
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about
Curtis Potter has become a legend in Country Music focusing his career on the great Texas Dance Hall music featuring Honky Tonk standards and Western Swing favorites. Curtis was born in Cross Plains, Texas. His talent was discovered early in his life and he became a regular featured act on local television in Abilene, Texas. “The Bill Fox Show” featured local and regional talent and Curtis became one of the most popular entertainers on that program. At the age of 16, Curtis was given his own television show and was also a regular feature on the “Slim Willet Show.” Slim had garnered a hit with “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes.” Slim also took Curtis on several personal appearances helping to get his foot in the door on the Texas Dance Hall circuit. In 1959, Curtis joined the Hank Thompson show. Hank was impressed with the young vocalist and invited him to front the Brazos Valley Band and play bass guitar for him. In the 13 years that Curtis was with Hank, he traveled all over the United States, Europe, the Far East and even a much sought after Carnegie Hall appearance. Curtis’s first major hit was “You Comb Her Hair Every Morning.” That song would gather enough attention to become the catalyst of a forty year recording career. In 1973, a shuffle beat record titled “Walkin’ Talkin’ Breathin’ Case of Sorrow” was released by Curtis to great reviews. It was followed by a Texas Dance Hall album with Darrell McCall and Ray Sanders. In 1978, Dave Franer signed
