1962
- Mike Curb graduated from high school
- "Speedway" by the Heyburners was released on Titanic Records and "Pow Wow" by the Sudells was released on American Artists Records. Both songs were written by Curb and performed by his high school band.
1963
- Mike Curb - 17 years old
- Signed by Bobby Darin to a songwriter contract
- "Warpath" was released on Cude Records (later released on Marc Records)
- Composed "All The Winds" by Four Lads - released by United Artist Records
The song was also recorded by the Baytowners on Mercury/Smash Records
- Composed song "Always Waitin'" recorded by three artists and released by RCA Parlofone/Mercury Records (by Paris Sisters - produced by Curb)
- Composed "Thoughtless", recorded by the Crickets on Brunswick Records
- Composed and produced records for Columbia Records, Dore Records, Deltone Records, Smash Records, Mercury Records, Capitol Records and Dot Records, United Artist Records, Brunswick Records, Warner/Reprise Records
- Curb signed as artist to Reprise/Warner Records at age 18
- First single released on Reprise/Warner - "Hot Dawg" - released under the name Mike Curb and the Curbstones
1964
- Curb signed as artist by Mercury/Smash Records - released "Rebel (Without A Cause)"
- Hired by Mercury Records to West Coast A&R job
- First Mercury album - "The Buddies And The Compacts" (Curb version - "Little Honda" on that album)
- Composed and produced "You Meet The Nicest People On A Honda" ("Go Little Honda") - Hondells. Honda's national commercial - Composed and produced 10 songs
for Hondells albums and singles.
- Curb formed Sidewalk Records - later became Curb Records
1965
- First Curb/Sidewalk record hits Billboard top 100 pop chart - Curb produced Apache 65 by The Arrows (The Arrows was Curb's high school band which included Davie Allan and Larry Brown). Curb also wrote 7 songs on that album
- Curb signed as artist to Capitol/Tower label - released first single - "Suzie Darling"
- Composed and produced the song "Life" by Joe Leahy - hits top 40 on Billboard AC chart
- Released and produced albums by Joe Leahy and composed 5 songs for those albums that were released by Capitol/Tower
- Co-produced Timi Yuro's records "The Big Mistake", "Teardrops Till Dawn"
- Curb produced first single by Linda Rondstadt and The Stone Ponies for release on Sidewalk Records
- Curb composed music score for Cannes award-winning film "Skater Dater"
1966
- Curb composed and produced music for "Wild Angels" (film starring Peter Fonda/Nancy Sinatra)
- Theme from "Wild Angels" hits Billboard top 100 pop singles chart
- Wild Angels soundtrack album hits top 20 on Billboard pop album chart - Top 10 Record World chart (Curb produced and wrote or co-wrote 11 of the songs on album)
- Top 40 Billboard Chart hit single "Blues Theme" recorded by Davie Allan and The Arrows (produced and co-written by Curb)
- Ventures recorded Curb's "Wild Angels" theme on their Billboard chart album Guitar Freakout
1967
- Wild Angels Vol. II - Billboard album chart (Curb composed 8 songs on the album)
- Curb composed and produced album Devils Angels starring John Cassavetes - album and single hit Billboard charts
- Co-scored soundtrack Golden Breed released by Capitol Records
- Curb produced soundtrack for motion picture "Thunder Alley" (Curb composed 6 of the songs for the film)
- Curb composed music to Billy Jack film (The Born Losers starring Tom Laughlin)
- Terry Stafford performed Curb-written Billy Jack theme "Alone Never To Love Again"
1968
- Curb composed and produced theme for Dick Clark's show American Bandstand
- Curb produced soundtrack Wild In The Streets - #12 Billboard album chart with single "Nothing Can Change The Shape Of Things To Come" - top 25 on Billboard album chart
- Curb co-composed 6 songs for the motion picture "Mondo Hollywood" including theme song "Magic Night" by Mike Clifford
- Curb composed and produced the soundtrack The Wild Racers
- Curb/Sidewalk label released soundtrack album The Trip - single by Electric Flag (featuring Mike Bloomfield and Buddy Miles) - "Green and Gold"
- Curb produced and directed soundtrack for Savage Seven motion picture - released by Atlantic Records featuring Cream and Iron Butterfly
- Curb forms partnership with Jim Guercio (Poseidon Productions) and signs Chicago
1969
- Mike Curb Congregation became regular on Glen Campbell's CBS National television show
- Curb co-composed and produced title song for motion picture entitled "Bunny O'Hare", starring Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine
- Curb executive-produced album featuring Mae West with the Mike Curb Congregation
- "Big In Vegas" by Buck Owens becomes a top Top 5 Billboard Record and becomes the first Curb published BMI Award
- Curb/Sidewalk released soundtrack album Psych-Out, starring Jack Nicholson, in association with Dick Clark Productions, featuring Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Seeds
- Soundtrack Devils Eight produced and co-composed by Curb, starring Christopher George and Fabian
- Curb released album entitled Pre-Flight by The Byrds which hit Billboard top 100 pop album chart
- Curb co-produced soundtrack to Killers Three , featuring Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, Dick Curless and Kay Adams
- Curb supervised music for Carlo Ponti/Michelangelo Antonioni for MGM picture "Zabriskie Point" featuring Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd
- Curb and Roy Orbison composed the title song "So Young" for the film "Zabriskie Point" which Roy Orbison performed and which Curb produced -- released as a single by MGM Records
- Curb composed music for Warner Bros. film "The Big Bounce" starring Leigh Taylor Young/Ryan O'Neal (Curb wrote or co-wrote 13 songs for the film)
- Supervised music for the MGM film titled "Tick, Tick, Tick" starring George Kennedy - performed by Tompall and the Glaser Brothers - "California Girl" was the only Billboard top 100 pop chart by Tompall and the Glaser Brothers and "All That Keeps You Going" hit the Billboard top 100 singles chart
- Curb merged his company with MGM and became President of MGM Records and Vice-President of the MGM parent company in charge of music publishing, records, and music for MGM films
- Curb releases "Venus" by Shocking Blue through distribution agreement with Colossus, which goes to #1 on the Billboard chart
1970
- Two Mike Curb Congregation albums hit the Billboard pop album chart (Come Together and Sweet Gingerbread Man)
- Curb composed theme from Clint Eastwood's "Kelly's Heroes" movie
Title song "Burning Bridges" from the movie became major hit for Mike Curb Congregation Composed by Mike Curb/Lalo Schiffrin (top 40 Billboard pop chart - top 20 Billboard AC chart (*1 record of the year in South Africa)
- Curb signed Eric Burden and War and released their #1 record on Cashbox chart "Spill The Wine" Signed Bobby Bloom - top 10 record on Billboard pop singles chart " Montego Bay"
- Curb co-produced and co-wrote Hank Williams, Jr.'s first #1 hit - "All For The Love Of Sunshine" - duet with Mike Curb Congregation - started Curb's relationship with country music in Nashville
- Signed the Five Man Electrical Band - top 3 record on Billboard pop singles chart - "Signs" Hank Williams, Jr. with Mike Curb Congregation - top 5 on Billboard country singles chart with "Raining In My Heart"
1971
- Curb signed The Osmond Brothers - first #1 hit - "One Bad Apple" - 5 weeks @ #1 on Billboard chart
- Osmonds LP hits top 15 of Billboard pop chart (certified gold)
- Donny Osmond - The Donny Osmond Album (certified gold)
- Curb co-wrote the theme for motion picture "Ryan's Daughter" with Maurice Jarre and Mack David
"It Was A Good Time" became Billboard top 25 AC chart hit for Eydie Gorme
- Liza Minelli recorded "It Was A Good Time" - song became a major part of her live performance
Liza Minelli featured the song on her Emmy award-winning album Liza With A Z and released the song as a single on Columbia Records
- Curb co-wrote the song "Chilly Winds" for the movie "Pretty Maids All In A Row" - recorded by the Osmond Brothers
- Curb signed country artist Billy Walker who went on to have 15 Billboard chart records - "Gone" duet w/Mike Curb Congregation - top 25 on the Billboard country singles chart
- The Five Man Electrical Band album Goodbyes and Butterflies hit the Billboard album chart
- Top 10 Billboard country chart single by Tompall and the Glaser Brothers - "Rings"
- Curb signed Lou Rawls - "Natural Man" hit Billboard Pop/R&B/AC charts - vocal background -Mike Curb Congregation - won Grammy for R&B Single of the Year
- Curb received BMI Pop songwriter award for "Burning Bridges"
The album Burning Bridges hit the Billboard top 100 album chart
- Curb received BMI Country songwriter award for "All For The Love Of Sunshine"
1972
- Curb supervised music and composed theme song for
Frank Sinatra's motion picture "Dirty Dingus McGee"
- Curb produced "Candy Man" which went #1 on the
Billboard pop singles chart as a duet with Sammy Davis,
Jr. and the Mike Curb Congregation
- Curb produced two chart LPs with Sammy Davis, Jr.
- "Now" which went to #11 and "Portrait of Sammy"
which also hit the Billboard chart
- Curb co-wrote and produced the theme from the MGM
film "No Blade of Grass" and produced the single which
was released by Roger Whitaker
- Mike Curb Congregation had a top 20 Billboard AC
single "See You In September" and two albums entitled
Softly Whispering I Love You and The Congregation
Songs from the Glen Campbell Television Show
- Curb co-produced Donny Osmond's biggest selling
album Portrait Of Donny (#6 on the Billboard
pop chart) that included the smash hit "Puppy Love"
(produced by Mike Curb/Don Costa) (certified gold)
"Puppy Love" reached #1 on the British charts
- Curb co-produced Donny Osmond's second biggest
selling album Too Young (#11 on the Billboard
pop chart)
My Best To You (certified gold)
To You With Love (certified gold)
- The Osmonds - Homemade (certified gold)
Phase III (certified gold)
The Osmonds Live (certified gold)
- Curb signed Mel Tillis in Nashville - 20 chart
records - #1 Billboard country chart single
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