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Curtis Hairston
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Curtis Hairston was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.\nHe began singing at the early age of 3 and was actively involved in the Tot's Choir, Children's Choir, and was an active member of the Spiritual Choir.\nIn Winston Salem, Curtis became known locally for his rendition of 'We Are All God's Children'.\nCurtis sang the song at his grandfather's church.\nBy the age of 13 he had made up his mind to sing professionally.\nHis early public education was in the Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Schools.\nCurtis then furthered his education at Winston-Salem State University.\nHe continued his musical training at Juliard School of Music in New York.\nThe basketball player, Earl Monroe, set up a record label and on a visit to Winston-Salem, Curtis got in touch.\nThe pair had both attended the same school and the pair struck up a relationship that led, via a demo tape recording, to Curtis signing to Earl's Pretty Pearl label.\nThe debut single was 'I Want You (All Tonight)', licensed to RCA in the U.K., became a Top 50 hit in 1983.\nThe follow-up 'I Want Your Lovin' (Just A Little Bit)' was released in the UK for the London imprint in 1985, reaching the Top 15 slot later that year.\nIn the States he had an R & B hit with his version of 'We All Are One'.\nJimmy Cliff's acheived some success with the song at the same time.\nCurtis then signed to Atlantic, he collaborated with Nona Hendryx for his debut album.\nHis first Atlantic single was 'Chillin'Out', which reached the U.K. charts reaching the Top 60 in 1986.\nCurtis also fronted an album of songs for B.B.& Q., (something that he remained uncredited for).\nThe group's Kae Williams Jnr. (also once part of the group Breakwater) collaborated with him on 1987's debut album 'Curtis Hairston'.\nThat album contained the song 'The Morning After', popular in the U.K.\nContibutions to the set came via the musical skills of Alyson Williams, Jocelyn Brown, Barbara Pennington and Nona Hendryx.\nLuther Vandross had sung background vocals for Curtis Hairston during his career, additionally.\nCurtis recorded with the jazz group Ready For Reality on their 1990 Next Plateau release 'Ready For Reality'.\nAll told, Greg Radford was the writer and producer of 90% of Curtis' songs.\nThroughout his career, Curtis was plagued with diabetes, relocating from his base in New York back to Winston-Salem as his health weakened.\nThere he received treatment for his illness, however, diabetes got the better of the singer and he suffered kidney failure as a result.\nTwo weeks before his death he stood before the congregation at his local church to sing.\nCurtis passed away in January 1996, at the N.C. Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\nHe was just 34 years old.
Curtis Hairston was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.\nHe began singing at the early age of 3 and was actively involved in the Tot's Choir, Children's Choir, and was an active member of the Spiritual Choir.\nIn Winston Salem, Curtis became known locally for his rendition of 'We Are All God's Children'.\nCurtis sang the song at his grandfather's church.\nBy the age of 13 he had made up his mind to sing professionally.\nHis early public education was in the Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Schools.\nCurtis then furthered his education at Winston-Salem State University.\nHe continued his musical training at Juliard School of Music in New York.\nThe basketball player, Earl Monroe, set up a record label and on a visit to Winston-Salem, Curtis got in touch.\nThe pair had both attended the same school and the pair struck up a relationship that led, via a demo tape recording, to Curtis signing to Earl's Pretty Pearl label.\nThe debut single was 'I Want You (All Tonight)', licensed to RCA in the U.K., became a Top 50 hit in 1983.\nThe follow-up 'I Want Your Lovin' (Just A Little Bit)' was released in the UK for the London imprint in 1985, reaching the Top 15 slot later that year.\nIn the States he had an R & B hit with his version of 'We All Are One'.\nJimmy Cliff's acheived some success with the song at the same time.\nCurtis then signed to Atlantic, he collaborated with Nona Hendryx for his debut album.\nHis first Atlantic single was 'Chillin'Out', which reached the U.K. charts reaching the Top 60 in 1986.\nCurtis also fronted an album of songs for B.B.& Q., (something that he remained uncredited for).\nThe group's Kae Williams Jnr. (also once part of the group Breakwater) collaborated with him on 1987's debut album 'Curtis Hairston'.\nThat album contained the song 'The Morning After', popular in the U.K.\nContibutions to the set came via the musical skills of Alyson Williams, Jocelyn Brown, Barbara Pennington and Nona Hendryx.\nLuther Vandross had sung background vocals for Curtis Hairston during his career, additionally.\nCurtis recorded with the jazz group Ready For Reality on their 1990 Next Plateau release 'Ready For Reality'.\nAll told, Greg Radford was the writer and producer of 90% of Curtis' songs.\nThroughout his career, Curtis was plagued with diabetes, relocating from his base in New York back to Winston-Salem as his health weakened.\nThere he received treatment for his illness, however, diabetes got the better of the singer and he suffered kidney failure as a result.\nTwo weeks before his death he stood before the congregation at his local church to sing.\nCurtis passed away in January 1996, at the N.C. Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\nHe was just 34 years old.
