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Artist
David Curtis
12+ albums
LITTLE STARtrebleunder 800 playsunder 90 listenersyoungstar
about
David Curtis stands out as being the youngest hit maker New Zealand has produced. He came to the attention of HMV record producer Alan Galbraith as a 13 year old school boy from Wellington. David auditioned for Alan at the HMV studios, and a few weeks later "Wheel Of Fortune"/"When The Stars Begin To Fall" was recorded and released on the New Zealand market in October 1970. The result was an instant hit and a gold record. The single reached number 5 on the national charts, selling over 17,000 copies. This made David the youngest artist ever to feature on the New Zealand Top Twenty. "Wheel Of Fortune" also made it to the finals of the 1970 Loxene Gold Disk Awards. Over the next year he released two albums, the first self titled and the second called "Album Two". From these albums, a number of singles were released, including "The Wedding", "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" and "Someone To Love Me". His next success came in 1971 with a song that David composed the music for, while his mother provided the lyrics, "Take Your Leave". The song won first prize in the song-writing section on TV's “Studio One” competition , reached number 3 in the national charts and was a finalist in the APRA Silver Scroll. David was selected to represent New Zealand in the Yamaha World Popular Song Contest in Tokyo, winning one of the major prizes. Following this success and at the request of EMI in Japan, "Take Your Leave" was specially recorded in Japanese. In 1974 EMI released an album as part of
