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404 Songs Written by Mike Curb

130 Songs Written for Films/Television by Mike Curb

50 Songs (including Title Songs) Written for Films/Television/Commercials by Mike Curb

  • "All For The Love Of Sunshine" by Hank Williams Jr. - First #1 Single
  • Born Losers (Billy Jack's Theme) - "Alone Never To Love Again"
  • "Butterfly" by Eddy Arnold
  • Cattanooga Cats (ABC-TV) - "Cattanooga Cats Theme"
  • Chevrolet Commercial - "Get On The Move With Chevrolet "
  • Coyote Ugly Soundtrack - "We Can Get There" by Mary Griffin
  • Family Tree (Naomi Judd/Cliff Robertson) - "We Can Get There"
  • Golden Breed Soundtrack - "Hawaiian Circus" by Riptides
  • Gotcha Soundtrack - "Gotcha" by Anne Murray
  • Honda Commercial (Go Little Honda) - "You Meet The Nicest People On A Honda" recorded by The Hondells
  • Hot Wheels (ABC-TV) - "Hot Wheels Theme"
  • "I Got You" - by Solomon Burke
  • Song from Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino, Director - "Devil's Rumble" (Arrows)
  • "It Was A Good Time" - Liza Minelli (from the Emmy award-winning Liza With A Z)
  • Jerry Dunphy's Theme "From The Desert To The Sea" by T.G. Sheppard
  • Moonshine Wars Soundtrack - "It Takes All Kinds of People" by Roy Orbison and The Mike Curb Congregation
  • Pretty Maids All In A Row - "Chilly Winds" by The Osmonds
  • Revenge - "There's Nothing Greater Than Our Love" by Al Martino
  • Ronald Reagan's Theme (1980 Republican National Convention) - "Together A New Beginning"
  • "Saturday Night Special" by Wayne Newton and Ronnie McDowell
  • Shaft's Big Score (Richard Roundtree) - "First Meeting"
  • Skaterdater - "Skaterdater Theme"
  • The Mae West Story - "Seven Nights A Week" by Mae West
  • The Wild Angels (Peter Fonda/Nancy Sinatra) - "Blues Theme" - by the Arrrows
  • The Wild Angels Theme - The Ventures
  • Theme from All Dogs Go To Heaven (Dom DeLuise/Burt Reynolds) - "Love Survives" recorded by Freddie Jackson & Irene Cara
  • Theme from American Bandstand (Dick Clark) - "American Bandstand Theme"
  • Theme from Angel Eyes (Jennifer Lopez) - "Angel Eyes"
  • Theme from (The) Big Bounce - (Ryan O'Neal/Leigh Taylor Young ) - "When Somebody Cares For You" - Recorded by Donnie & Marie Osmond
  • Theme from Bunny O'Hare (Bette Davis/Ernest Borgnine) - "Right Or Wrong"
  • Theme from Camille (Sienna Miller) - "Let the Fire Burn Hot" by Kimberley Locke
  • Theme from City Slickers (Billy Crystal) - "Just One Thing" by Mike Curb Congregation
  • Theme from Devil's 8 Soundtrack - "8 Young Men" (Christopher George)
  • Theme from Devil's Angels (John Cassavetes) - by Davie Allan and The Arrows
  • Theme from Dirty Dingus Magee (Frank Sinatra) - "Dirty Dingus Magee"
  • Theme from Glory Stompers (Dennis Hopper) - "Casey Kasem's Theme"
  • Theme from Kelly's Heroes (Clint Eastwood) - "Burning Bridges"
  • Theme from (The) Last of the Red Hot Lovers - by Donny Osmond and The Mike Curb Congregation
  • Theme from (The) Last Run (George C. Scott) - "The Last Run" by Steve Lawrence
  • Theme from Mac and Me - "You're Not A Stranger Anymore" by Jara Lane
  • Theme from Mondo Hollywood Soundtrack - "The Magic Night" by Mike Clifford
  • Theme from No Blade Of Grass - "No Blade of Grass" by Roger Whitaker
  • Theme from Ryan's Daughter - "It Was A Good Time" by Edyie Gorme and The Mike Curb Congregation
  • Theme from Thunder Alley (Annette Funicello and Fabian) - "Calahan's Theme"
  • Theme from (The) Wild Racer's (Fabian)
  • Theme from Zabriskie Point - "So Young" by Roy Orbison
  • Theme frm Zig Zag (George Kennedy) - "Zig Zag" by Roy Orbison
  • "Time To Ride" - by Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • View From The Top (Gwyneth Paltrow/Mike Myers) - "Everywhere I Look There's You"
  • Where The Red Fern Grows - "If I Could Only Go Back Again" by Andy Williams
  • Where The Red Fern Grows II - "If I Could Only Go Back Again" (Dave Matthews)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeah - by Fat Joe and Terror Squad

61 Billboard Charted Records Written by Mike Curb

117 Songs Recorded by the Mike Curb Congregation

36 Duets Recorded by the Mike Curb Congregation

41 Songs Charted by the Mike Curb Congregation

25 RIAA Gold or Platinum LPs Produced by Mike Curb

42 Charted Albums Produced by Mike Curb

80 Charted Singles Produced by Mike Curb

20 #1 Singles/Albums Produced by Mike Curb

  • "Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr. & the Mike Curb Congregation
  • "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond
  • "Love Me For A Reason" by The Osmonds
  • "I'm Leavin' It All Up To You" by Donny & Marie Osmond
  • "All For The Love Of Sunshine" by Hank Williams, Jr. and the Mike Curb Congregation
  • "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes
  • "Young Love" by Donny Osmond
  • "You Light Up My Life" by LeAnn Rimes
  • "Coyote Ugly" Soundtrack
  • "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool " by Jimmy Osmond and the Mike Curb Congregation
  • "Proud One" by The Osmonds
  • "Twelfth Of Never" by Donny Osmond
  • "Morning Side Of The Mountain" by Donny & Marie Osmond
  • "Burning Bridges" by the Mike Curb Congregation
  • "Frosty The Snowman"/"Jingle Bells" by Kimberley Locke
  • "Band Of Gold" by Kimberley Locke
  • "Up On The Housetop" by Kimberley Locke
  • "Fall" by Kimberley Locke

358 Billboard #1 Records

  • 261 singles
  • 97 albums

1,157 Billboard Top Ten Records

  • 802 singles
  • 355 albums

3,923 Billboard Charted Records

  • 2,782 singles
  • 1,141 albums

Billboard Awards

  • 1972 - Producer Of The Year - Mike Curb
  • 1977 - First 10-Week #1 Billboard Hot 100 Record Of The Year -"You Light Up My
              Life" by Debby Boone
  • 1986 - #1 Top Country Album Of The Year - "Rockin' With the Rhythm" by
              The Judds
  • 1990 - #1 Billboard Catalog Album Of The Year - "Unchained Melody" by the
              Righteous Bros.
  • 1993 - #1 Top Country Single Of The Year - "I Saw The Light" by Wynonna
              (Top Country Artist - Wynonna)
              #1 Video Of The Year - "Comedy Video Classics" by Ray Stevens
  • 1994 - #1 Top Country Album Of The Year - "Not A Moment Too Soon" by Tim
               McGraw
  • 1996 - #1 Top Country Single Sales Record Of The Year- "Blue" by LeAnn Rimes
              (Top Country Single Sales Artist - LeAnn Rimes)
              #1 Top Country Single Sales Label And Imprint Of The Year
  • 1997 - Curb Records - #1 Top Country Album Imprint Of The Year, Label Of The
              Year, Single Sales Imprint Of The Year, Single Sales Label Of The Year
              (Top Pop Artist, Top 200 Album Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Country
              Female Artist, Top Country Album Artist, Top Country Sales Artist - LeAnn
              Rimes)
              #1 Top Country Album Of The Year - "Blue" by LeAnn Rimes
              (#3 Top Country Album Of The Year - "Unchained Melody" by The
              Righteous Bros., #5 Top Country Album Of The Year - "Everywhere" by Tim
              McGraw, #6 Top Country Album Of The Year - "You Light Up My Life" by
              LeAnn Rimes)
              #1 Top Contemporary Christian Album Of The Year - "You Light Up My Life"
               by LeAnn Rimes
              #1 Single Sales Record Of The Year - "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes
              #2 Single Sales Record Of The Year - "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw/Faith
              Hill)
              #1 Top Singles and Tracks Record Of The Year - "It's Your Love" by Tim
              McGraw/Faith Hill
  • 1998 - #1 Top Country Imprint Of The Year (albums and singles combined)
              #1 Top Contemporary Christian Imprint Of The Year (albums and singles
              combined)
              #1 Top Country Single Sales Label and Imprint Of The Year
              #1 Top Singles and Tracks Record Of The Year - "Just To See You Smile"
              Tim McGraw
              (#2 Top Singles and Tracks Record Of The Year - "Bye Bye" by Jo Dee
              Messina, # 4 Top Singles and Tracks Record Of The Year - "I'm Alright" by
              Jo Dee Messina, #5 Top Singles and Tracks Record Of The Year - "There's
              Your Trouble" by the Dixie Chicks [published by Curb/Magnatone])
  • 1999 - #1 Top Country Single Sales Label And Imprint Of The Year
              (#2 overall Country Label and Imprint Of The Year)
              (#1 Hot Singles and Tracks Artist and Top Male Artist - Tim McGraw)
  • 2000 - (#2 overall Country Label and Imprint Of The Year, #2 Country Singles and
              Tracks Label and Imprint Of The Year, #2 Single Sales Imprint Of The Year)
              (#1 Hot Singles and Tracks Artist and Top Male Artist - Tim McGraw)
  • 2001 - Billboard Country Label Of The Year
              #1 Top Country Album Label and Imprint Of The Year
              #1 Top Country Singles Sales Imprint Of The Year
              #1 Top Country Album Of The Year - Greatest Hits by Tim McGraw
              (Top Country Artist overall, Top Country Male Artist, Top Country Album
               Artist - Tim McGraw)
              #1 Top Country Singles Sales Record Of The Year - "But I Do Love
               You/Can't Fight The Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes
              (#1 Top Country Singles Sales Artist - LeAnn Rimes)
  • 2002 - Country Single Sales Label and Imprint Of The Year (4 of the top 10
               singles)
              #1 "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes
              #2 "God Bless The USA " by Lee Greenwood
              #5 "Osama Yo Mama" by Ray Stevens
              #10 "God Bless America " by LeAnn Rimes
              #1 Christian Single Of The Year - "God Bless The USA " by Lee Greenwood
              (SoundScan)
  • 2003 - Word/Curb - #2 Christian Label Of The Year (6 of the top 10 Billboard
               Christian albums )
               "I Can Only Imagine" by MercyMe (INO/Curb)
               #1 Christian Single Of The Year (SoundScan)
               #1 on the Billboard Pop Single Sales Chart
  • 2004 - Tim McGraw - "Live Like You Were Dying" - #1 Billboard Country Record of
              the Year
              Tim McGraw -  "Live Like You Were Dying" - #1 Nielsen SoundScan Billboard
              Audience Chart (10 weeks - ties all time record)
              Nelly - "Over & Over" - (featuring Tim McGraw) - #1 BB, R&R, & CHR Top 40.           11 weeks #1 Billboard Mainstream Top 40. Tied Billboard record as fastest
              record to hit #1 on Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Chart.
              Tim McGraw - Live Like Your Were Dying - Debuts #1 on Billboard Hot 100
              Album Chart & Country Album Chart
              Selah - Hiding Place - #1 SoundScan Top Christian Album Chart
              "You Raise Me Up" - #1 Billboard, #1 R&R
              Kimberley Locke - "8th World Wonder" - #1 Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales
              Chart (co-published by Curb)
              Randy Travis - "Three Wooden Crosses" (co-written by Doug Johnson and
              Kim Williams) - CMA Song of the Year, ACM Song of the Year, CCMA Song of           the Year, GMA Recorded Song of the Year, NSAI Song of the Year (co-
              published by Mike Curb Music)
              Curb Records Top 5 Country album label (Billboard)
              Tim McGraw - "Live Like You Were Dying" - #1 Billboard; #1 R&R (10 weeks)           All-Time Record in the History of R&R Chart; #1 Nielsen Soundscan Billboard
              Audience Chart (10 Weeks) Ties All Time Record, CMA Single and Song of
              the Year
              Curb Records achieves #1 Market share position for all genres of music
              according to Nielsen SoundScan (7.14% - August 29, 2004) albums
              Nielsen SoundScan Country label of the year
  • 2005 - Jo Dee Messina - "Delicious Surprise" Certified Gold, "My Give A Damn's
              Busted" Billboard #1 Single and #1 Album (Same Week)
              Curb Records #3 Billboard Pop Label of the Year, Curb #5 Billboard Country
              Label of the Year, Word/Curb #3 Christian Label of the Year, Word/Curb #5
              Gospel Label of the Year
              Kimberley Locke - "Up On The Housetop" #1 - Tied for the fastest record
              to reach #1 on the Billboard chart         
              deSoL - "Little Drummer Boy" - Highest debut for Billboard Pop A/C Chart
              Wynonna Judd - DVD Certified Gold
              LeAnn Rimes - "This Woman" Certified Gold (#1 in Canada, Three Top 5
              singles in the US)
  • 2006 - Natalie Grant - Dove Award/GMA Female Vocalist of the Year
              Selah "Bless The Broken Road - The Duets Album" #1 Billboard, #1 R&R
              Tim McGraw - "Greatest Hits Vol 2" - American Music Awards
              Album of the Year
              Rodney Atkins - "If You're Going Through Hell" - #1 Record Of The Year
              Billboard; #1 Record Of The Year R&R;
              First single to take the #1 spot on the Mediabase Country Chart
              in USA Today; Album Certified Platinum by the RIAA
              Word/Curb Records Billboard Overall Top Christian Imprint
              Curb Records achieves 20 #1 Records on 20 different Billboard charts
  • 2007 - Selah - "Glory" #1 R&R, #1 BB
              Rodney Atkins "Watching You" #1 Record Of The Year, #1 Billboard, #1 R&R
              #1 Mediabase, Curb/BMI Publishing Award
              Tim McGraw - Album "Let It Go" debuts #1 on the Billboard Hot 100,
               and on the Canadian chart during the same week.
              Tim McGraw - Single "Last Dollar" (Fly Away)
              #1 Billboard, #1 R&R, #1 Mediabase, #1 Canada
              Rodney Atkins - "These Are My People" #1 Billboard, #1 R&R,
              #1 Mediabase, #1 Canada; Three #1 Records in a row
              Word/Curb - #1 Christian Imprint Of The Year
              Kimberley Locke - "Frosty The Snowman" - #1 Billboard,
              First artist to have three #1 Christmas songs in three consecutive years
              Tim McGraw - #1 Billboard Male Artist Of The Year
  • 2008 - Natalie Grant - "In Better Hands" - #1 Billboard
              Rodney Atkins - "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" #1 Billboard,
              #1 R&R, (4th Consecutive #1), ACM Top New Male Artist
  •           Natalie Grant - Dove Awards Female Vocalist of the Year
              Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year - "Ready For A Miracle";
              Evan Almighty Soundtrack; LeAnn Rimes; Curb Records
  • 2009 - Heidi Newfield - Receives 5 nominations for her single "Johnny & June",
              a tribute to Johnny & June Carter Cash
              Rodney Atkins - "It's America" becomes his 5th #1 Billboard Single Charts
              Tim McGraw - "Southern Voice" becomes his 33rd #1 Record on the
              Billboard Charts
  • 2010 - Tim McGraw - "Something Like That" #1 Song of the Decade
              for all genres of music in Billboard

Other Billboard and Guinness Records (including international)

  • First record to be on Billboard chart for over one year - "December 1963, Oh What A Night" by the Four Seasons, #1 Record Of The Year in Australia (1994)
  • #1 Billboard Record Of The Decade (1970s) - "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone (First 10-week #1 record on the Billboard Hot 100)
  • First album to debut #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, Billboard Top Country Album Chart, and the Billboard Contemporary Christian Chart - "You Light Up My Life" by LeAnn Rimes (co-produced by Mike Curb)
  • 402 weeks on the Billboard Country Catalog Chart before achieving #1 in March 2002 - Hank Williams, Jr. - Greatest Hits Volume 1
  • Curb Records sets Billboard record with 6 of the top 5 records the same week
    - "Good Morning Beautiful" by Steve Holy- #1
    - "Bring On The Rain" by Jo Dee Messina - #3
    - "Cowboy In Me" by Tim McGraw - #5 on Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart
    - "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes - #1
    - "Osama Yo Mama" by Ray Stevens - #2
    - "God Bless The USA" by Lee Greenwood - #4 on Billboard Top Country Singles Sales Chart
  • #1 Record Of The Year In Australia - "Can't Fight The Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes (2001)
  • #1 Record Of The Year in England - "Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool " by Jimmy Osmond and The Mike Curb Congregation (1972)
  • #1 Record Of The Year in South Africa - "Burning Bridges" - The Mike Curb Congregation (1972)
  • "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes (co-produced by Mike Curb) longest running record in history of Billboard charts, Billboard Top 100 Pop Chart (69 weeks) - Guinness World Records - 2002
  • "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes - Best selling single by a country artist in the United States with sales of over 3,500,000, 33 weeks in top 10 and on Billboard Country Singles Sales Chart for a record 309 weeks (32 weeks @ #1 - Billboard record for an individual single)
  • "But I Do Love You"/"Can't Fight The Moonlight" 37 weeks @ #1 - Billboard record for a double-sided single
  • Mike Curb - Top 25 Producers Of The 20 th Century in UK - Guinness World Records - British 15 th Edition - 50 th Anniversary
  • Nelly - "Over & Over" - (featuring Tim McGraw) - #1 BB, R&R, & CHR Top 40. 10 weeks #1 Billboard Mainstream Top 40. Tied Billboard record as fastest record to hit #1 on Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Chart.
  • Tim McGraw - "Live Like You Were Dying" - #1 Billboard; #1 R&R (10 weeks) All-Time Record in the History of R&R Chart; #1 Nielsen Soundscan Billboard Audience Chart (10 Weeks) Ties All Time Record, CMA Single and Song of the Year
  • Curb Records achieves #1 Market share position for all genres of music according to Nielsen SoundScan (7.14% - August 29, 2004) albums
  • Nielsen SoundScan Country label of the year - 2004
  • Curb Records achieves Trifecta with 3 #1 records at Christian Radio Weekly "Held" by Natalie Grant, "I Can't Do This" by Plumb, "Resurrection" by Nicol Sponberg
  •  Curb/Word Label of the Year - Selah (over 1 Million albums)

18 ASCAP Awards

80 BMI Awards

  • 2007 - "More Than A Memory" by Garth Brooks (Written by 3 Curb Writers - Brice, Montana, Jacobs)
  • 2003 - "Three Wooden Crosses" (Johnson/Williams) - BMI Special Award
  • 1995 - BMI Song Of The Year "Wink" - Neil McCoy
  • Burning Bridges (written by Mike Curb and L. Schifrin)
  • All For The Love Of Sunshine (written by Mike Curb, Schifrin, Hatcher)

13 SESAC Awards

  • 1998 - Publisher Of The Year

137 RIAA Gold albums

40 RIAA Gold singles

125 R&R #1 Records

12 R&R Awards

  • 1991 - R&R Record Of The Year - "Small Town Saturday Night" by Hal Ketchum
  • 1997 - R&R Record Of The Year - "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
  • 1999 - Industry Achievement Award - Country Label Of The Year (Gold)
  • 2000 - Industry Achievement Award - Country Label Of The Year (Gold)
  • 2001 - Industry Achievement Award - Country Label Of The Year (Gold)
  • 2003 - Industry Achievement Award - AC Label Of The Year (Gold)
  • 2003 - Industry Achievement Award - Hot AC Label Of The Year (Gold)
  • 2004 - Tim McGraw - "Live Like You Were Dying" - #1 R&R, 10 Weeks - All time
               record in the History of the R&R Chart
  • 2005 - R&R Overall Gold Label of the Year
  • 2006 - Country Label of the Year (Gold)
  • 2006 - R&R Record of the Year - "If You're Going Through Hell" by Rodney Atkins

11 ACM Awards

  • 1984 - Video Of The Year - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" by
              Hank Williams, Jr.
  • 1984 - Song Of The Year - "Why Not Me" by The Judds
  • 1988 - Video Of The Year - "Young Country" by Hank Williams, Jr.
  • 1989 - Video Of The Year - "There's A Tear In My Beer" by Hank Williams, Jr. with
              Hank Williams, Sr.
  • 1994 - Album Of The Year - "Not A Moment Too Soon" by Tim McGraw
  • 1995 - Video Of The Year - "The Car" by Jeff Carson
  • 1996 - Single Of The Year - "Blue" by LeAnn Rimes
  • 1997 - Single Of The Year - "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
              Song Of The Year - "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
              Video Of The Year - "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
  • 2003 - Song Of The Year - "Three Wooden Crosses" by Randy Travis
  • 2005 - ACM Single Of The Year - Tim McGraw - "Live Like You Were Dying"
  • 2007 - Rodney Atkins won "Best New Male Vocalist"

6 AMA Awards and Nominations

  • 1975 - Top Country Duet - Donny & Marie Osmond
  • 1996 - Top Country - LeAnn Rimes
  • 2000 - Top Soundtrack - Coyote Ugly (nominated)
  • 2005 - Top Country Artist - Tim McGraw
  • 2006 - Top Country Album - Tim McGraw
  • 2007 - Top Country Artist - Tim McGraw

11 CMA Awards

  • 1985 - Single Of The Year - "Why Not Me" by The Judds
  • 1985 - Music Video Of The Year - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
              by Hank Williams, Jr.
  • 1986 - Vocal Due Of The Year - Marie Osmond and Dan Seals
  • 1987 - Music Video Of The Year - "My Name Is Bocephus" by Hank Williams, Jr.
  • 1988 - Album Of The Year - "Born To Boogie" by Hank Williams, Jr.
  • 1989 - Music Video Of The Year - "There's A Tear In My Beer" by Hank Williams, Jr.           with Hank Williams, Sr.
              Vocal Event Of The Year - "There's A Tear In My Beer" by Hank Williams, Jr.
              with Hank Williams, Sr.
  • 1996 - Music Video Of The Year - "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" by Junior Brown
  • 1997 - Vocal Event Of The Year - "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
  • 1998 - Album Of The Year - "Everywhere" by Tim McGraw
  • 1999 - Album Of The Year - "A Place In The Sun" by Tim McGraw
  • 2003 - Song Of The Year - "Three Wooden Crosses" by Randy Travis
  • 2004 - Single Of The Year - "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw
  • 2007 - Vocal Event Of The Year - "That's What Friends Are For" -
              Tim McGraw/ Kenny Chesney/ Tracy Lawrence

11 CCMA/Dove Awards and Nominations

  • Selah, Michael English, Jonathan Pierce, Natalie Grant, Jeff Carson, Keith Perry, Jesus Soundtrack, You Light Up My Life by LeAnn Rimes
  • 2000 - Inspirational Album Of The Year - "Selah"
  • 2002 - Inspirational Album Of The Year - "Press On" by Selah
  • 2002 - Traditional Gospel Recorded Song Of The Year - "Hold On" by Selah
  • 2004 - Traditional Gospel Recorded Song Of The Year - "Poor Man Lazrus" by the
              Fisk Jubilee Singers
  • 2004 - Country Recorded Song Of The Year - "Three Wooden Crosses" by
              Randy Travis
  • 2004 - Country Album Of The Year - "Worship And Faith" by Randy Travis
  • 2005 - Inspirational Album Of The Year - "Hiding Place" by Selah
  • 2006 - Female Vocalist Of The Year - Natalie Grant
  • 2007 - Female Vocalist Of The Year - Natalie Grant
  • 2007 - Inspirational Album Of The Year - "Bless The Broken Road" - Selah
  • 2008 - Female Vocalist Of The Year - Natalie Grant
  • 2009 - Female Vocalist Of The Year - Natalie Grant

8 Grammy Awards

  • 1971 - "Natural Man" by Lou Rawls (background vocals by the Mike Curb
               Congregation)
  • 1977 - "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone
  • 1979 - "If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" by The
               Bellamy Bros. (nominated)
  • 1991 - "Love Can Build A Bridge" by The Judds
  • 1996 - "Blue" by LeAnn Rimes
               Country Album Of The Year - "Road To Ensenada" by Lyle Lovett
  • 2000 - "Let's Make Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
  • 2005 - "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim McGraw

5 NARM Awards

  • 1977 - Album Of The Year - "Shaun Cassidy" - Shaun Cassidy
  • 1993 - Video Of The Year - "Comedy Video Classics" - Ray Stevens
  • 1994 - Album Of The Year - "Not A Moment Too Soon" - Tim McGraw
  • 1996 - Country Album Of The Year - "Blue" - LeAnn Rimes
  • 1997 - Christian Album Of The Year - "You Light Up My Life" - LeAnn Rimes

Awards

  • 1964 - Formed Sidewalk Productions (predecessor to Curb Records)
  • 1969 - MGM/Curb merge (Curb becomes President of MGM)
  • 1972 - Billboard Producer Of The Year Award
  • 1972 - Co-Master of Ceremonies (with Dr. Billy Graham), Presidential Inaugural           festivities
  • 1974 - Formed Warner/Curb Records
  • 1976 - Co-chairman of the Reagan Presidential Campaign in California
  • 1976 - Religious Heritage Of America - Business And Professional Leader Of The
              Year
  • 1976 - Co-Chairman, California's President Ford Campaign
  • 1977 - Elected National Committeeman representing the State of California on the
              National Committee (Youngest person ever selected to serve on the RNC           Executive Committee)
  • 1977 - California Museum of Science and Industry's Museum Fellowship Award for
              Outstanding Achievement in Business
  • 1978-82 - Served as Member of the State Land's Commission
  • 1978 - Elected Lieutenant Governor of California
  • 1978 - Voice Of Patriots - Man Of The Year
  • 1979 - Acting Governor of California (Supreme Court decision - 12/79)
  • 1979 - San Fernando Valley Business And Professional Association - Free Enterprise           Award
  • 1979 - Appointed by the Governor to Chair California's State Economic
              Development Commission
  • 1979 - Member of the Board of Regents for The University of California
  • 1980 - Appointed National Vice-Chairman of Reagan Presidential Campaign
  • 1980 - Republican National Convention Program Chairman
  • 1980 - Member of the Board of Trustees for The California State University
  • 1981 - California Republican Assembly - Governor's Award
  • 1981 - Military Order Of The World Wars - Patriot Citizen Of The Year
  • 1981 - President Gerald R. Ford and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin announce
              the establishment of the Mike Curb Nachlah in Galilee.
  • 1981-82 - International Association of Lions Clubs - Medal of Distinction
  • 1982 - Elected Chairman of National Conference Of Lieutenant Governors (lt.
              governors from both parties)
  • 1983 - Appointed by President Reagan to chair Republican National Finance
              Committee
  • 1983 - California College Of Optometry - Doctor Of Law (Honorary)
  • 1983 - President of the California State Senate - President's Gavel Award for
              Service as President
  • 1984 - Grant High School - Hall Of Fame
  • 1984 - California State Polytechnic Institute - Phi Kappa Phi
  • 1985 - Castle & Cooke (Dole Food Company) (Hawaii's largest corporation), Board
              Of Directors
  • 1986 - American Humanics - Theodore Roosevelt Friend Of Youth Award
  • 1987 - Appointed by President Reagan as a member of the Committee for Trade
              Negotiations
  • 1987 - Boy Scouts Of America - Silver Beaver Award
  • 1988 - Pepperdine - Doctor Of Law Degree (Honorary)
  • 1989 - Appointed to the World USO Board
  • 1990 - American Israeli Fellowship Society - Master Builder Award - Neve-
              Yerushalayim College
  • 1991 - Elected to Academy of Country Music Board
  • 1991 - Chairman, National Conference - Boys and Girls Clubs of America
  • 1992 - Curb Records, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (Curb family moves to
              Nashville)
  • 1992 - American Heart Association Curb Golf Classic (annual)
  • 1993 - Baptist Hospital Board Of Directors
  • 1994 - Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Board Of Directors
  • 1995 - Mike Curb School Of Music Business, Belmont University
              (dedicated 11/3/95)
  • 1995 - Appointed by Governor Sundquist to Tennessee Board for Economic Growth
  • 1996 - Elected to CMA Board
  • 1997 - Curb Competition established for the Nashville Symphony (annual)
  • 1997 - Harpeth Hall - Curb Family Music Center (dedicated 2/23/97)
  • 1997 - Billboard Award - "You Light Up My Life" (co-produced by Mike Curb) First
              Album to debut #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, Billboard Top Country
              Album Chart, and the Billboard Contemporary Christian Chart
  • 1998 - Curb Classroom and Library at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
  • 1998 - National Father's Day Council - Father Of The Year
  • 1998 - Music Row Marketing Achievement Award - "How Do I Live"
  • 1998 - Billboard Award for co-producing longest running record of the century -
               "How Do I Live"
  • 1998 - Country Record Label Of The Year - American Songwriter Magazine
  • 1999 - Curb Records and March of Dimes A.I.R. Awards (Achievement In Radio)
              (annual)
  • 1999 - Greater Nashville 100 Leadership Award (one of the top 10 private
              companies in Nashville)
  • 1999 - The Mike Curb Family Children's Theatre at the Nashville Public Library
  • 1999 - WB Radio Music Awards Country Label Of The Year
  • 2000 - Curb Conservatory at the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2000 - Belmont University - Doctor Of Humanities Degree (Honorary)
  • 2000-01 - Vanderbilt Children's Hospital - Chairman, Board Of Directors
  • 2001 - Junior Achievement - National Business Hall of Fame
  • 2001 - Curb Event Center - Belmont University (groundbreaking)
  • 2001 - Billboard Country Label Of The Year
  • 2002 - RCA Studio B Purchased and Restored by the Mike Curb Family Foundation
  • 2002 - Belmont University Board Of Directors
  • 2002 - Country Music Foundation - Executive Vice President and Trustee
  • 2002 - Fisk University Board Of Directors
  • 2002 - Mike Curb Center for Free Enterprise (Junior Achievement)
  • 2002 - St. Thomas Health Services Board of Directors (5 hospitals, including St.
              Thomas and Baptist Hospitals)
  • 2002 - Curb becomes partner in Word Records and Chairman of the Board
  • 2002 - Kiwanis Outstanding Nashvillian Of The Year
  • 2003 - Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University
  • 2003 - Mike Curb inducted into Georgia Music Hall Of Fame
  • 2003 - Curb Youth Symphony and Curb Family Music Education Center at the
              Nashville Symphony
  • 2003 - Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business becomes a free-
              standing college at Belmont University, the largest college of its kind in the
              nation and the largest college at Belmont
  • 2003 - Beaman/Curb Boy Scout Conference Center in honor of Mike Curb's father
              Charles M. Curb
  • 2003 - Curb/Beaman Jubilee Singers Chair established
  • 2003 - Mike and Linda Curb receive the Harmony Award from the Nashville
              Symphony
  • 2004 - Elected to Board of RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)
  • 2004 - Mike & Linda Curb receive Fisk University
              Jubilee Art and Humanities Award
  • 2005 -
  • Curb family establishes Eloisa Salazar Stout Library at Kipp Academy (In honor of Mike Curb's grandmother and Megan & Courtney's great grandmother)

    Curb family establishes Curb/Stout Patriots Theatre at Fort Campbell in honor of Mike Curb's grandfather Charles J. Stout and all of the soldiers and their families at Fort Campbell

    Curb family establishes C.M. Curb Sanctuary at Baptist Hospital and St. Thomas' Health Services (In honor of Mike Curb's grandfather Reverend C.M. Curb)

    Mike Curb Family Welcome Center established at Second Harvest Food Bank

    Mike Curb Learning Center for the Junior Achievement was established in Los Angeles

    Mike Curb Family Foundation purchases the Johnny Cash Awards Museum

    Mike Curb Family Foundation purchases the Historic Quonset Hut Studio (First studio on Music Row)

    Mike Curb Family Foundation purchases the Historic Columbia Studio A (and the Columbia/Sony Building)

    Curb Records - R&R Country Gold Label of the Year and R&R Overall Gold Label of the Year

  • 2006 -
  • Mike Curb honored as Distinguished Alumnus of California State University at Northridge

    Mike Curb inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame

    Mike Curb receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards

    Mike Curb Family Foundation purchases Elvis Presley's first home on Audubon Drive in Memphis, Tennessee

    The Mike Curb Music Institute is established at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee

    The Curb Family Professorship for Business and Law is established at Claremont/McKenna College along with the Curb Family Conference Room

    The Curb Learning Lab for Music and Entertainment Marketing is established at Baylor University in Texas

    The Mike Curb Family Education Center is established at the San Antonio Humane Society in Texas

    The Mike Curb College for Arts, Media & Communication is dedicated at California State University


  • 2007 -
  • Mike Curb receives honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree from Rhodes College In Memphis, TN

    Co-Chairman w/Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist - National Woodrow Wilson Awards (Dolly Parton and Jack Bovender)

    Mike Curb selected as Nashvillian of the Year

    Mike Curb receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • 2008 -
  • Curb receives CA Film Festival Music Award (Temecula)

    Curb receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phoenix Music Awards

    The Mike Curb College of Art, Music and Science is established at Daytona State College

    The Curb Family Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic is established at the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital

    The Curb Event Center at the Curb College at Belmont University hosts the Historic Town Hall debate between Senator John McCain and President Barack Obama.
  • 2009 -
  • Mike Curb receives a Star on Nashville's Music City Walk of Fame

    Mike Curb receives an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from California State University

    The Curb Creative Campus Program is dedicated by the Curb Center at Vanderbilt University



    1979Walt Kennedy - Top 10 CRA Sprint Car Championship (USAC)
    (Mike Curb Productions car) - Winner at Ascot Speedway
     
    1980Dale Earnhardt - 1st Winston Cup Championship
    (Mike Curb Productions car) - Winner at Charlotte, Atlanta, Bristol and Daytona (Bud Shootout)
     
    1980Bobby Allison - Top 10 Winston Cup Championship (Curb-sponsored car)
    Winner at Daytona, Dover, Richmond
     
    1984Richard Petty - Top 10 Winston Cup Championship (Curb-owned car)
    Winner at Daytona - 200th victory
     
    1984Ted Prappas - Top 10 SCCA Indy Lites Championship (Supervee)
    Winner at Laguna Seca
     
    1985Chris Cord/Jim Adams - 8 Victories including Daytona (IMSA GTU)
     
    1985Tom Sneva - Top 10 Cart Indy Car Championship
    Podium Finishes at Michigan 500 and Milwaukee
     
    1985Ed Pimm - Top 10 USAC Indy Car Championship
    Top 10 Indianapolis 500
     
    1985/86Rocky Moran/Dennis Aase - 3 Victories including Watkins Glen (IMSA GTS)
     
    1986Tom Sneva - Top 10 Cart Indy Car Championship
    Podium Finishes at Long Beach Grand Prix and Phoenix
     
    1986Brad Noffsinger - Wins CRA/Sprint Car Championship
    (Curb Records Special) (12 victories)
     
    1986Tim Grose - Top 10 in NHRA Drag Racing/Funny Car Championship
    (Curb-owned car) - Winner at Pomona Winternationals
     
    1986Dale Jarrett - Top 5 in NASCAR Grand National (Busch) Series Championship
    (Curb-owned car) - 1st win at Orange County Speedway
     
    1987Brad Noffsinger - Wins CRA/Sprint Car Championship
    (Curb Records Special) (8 victories)
     
    1999Jason Leffler - Top 10 USAC Silver Crown Championship
    Winner at Irwindale and Nazareth - Brad Noffsinger - Winner at Memphis
     
    2000Brad Noffsinger - Top 5 USAC Silver Crown Championship
     
    2001Billy Boat - Top 5 Indy Racing League Championship,
    Top 10 Indianapolis 500 - Pole Winner/Track Record at Nashville
     
    2003Johnny Sauter - Winner at Richmond Nationwide Series (Curb/Agajanian)
    Top 10 Busch Point Standings (Shared with RCR)
     
    2003Tyler Walker - Top 10 USAC Silver Crown Championship
     
    2004Tyler Walker - 3 Consecutive Victories - USAC Silver Crown
     
    2005-07Kasey Kahne - 11 Top 10 Finishes - USAC Silver Crown
     
    2006Joey Saldana - Top 3 National World of Outlaws Championship - Winner 2006 Big One at Eldora Speedway
     
    2006Mike Curb inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame
     
    2007Joey Saldana - Runner Up World of Outlaws Championship (12 Victories)
     
    2007Phillip McGilton - Top 5 ARCA Point Standings (Baker-Curb/Brewco)
     
    2007Kevin Swindell - Top 10 USAC National Midget Championship - Winner at Indianapolis Raceway Park
     
    2007Brady Bacon - Top 5 USAC National Sprint Car Championship
     
    2008Brad Coleman - Top 10 Watkins Glen and Las Vegas (NASCAR Nationwide)
     
    2008Brad Sweet - Top 3 USAC National Midget Championship - Winner of Belleville Nationals at Knoxville
     
    2008Brad Sweet - Top 10 USAC National Sprint Car Championship
     
    2009Stanton Barrett/Jaques Lazier - Indy Racing League Series - Championship Top 20
     
    2009Paulie Harraka - Top 5 NASCAR Camping World West Series - Top 10: All American Speedway, Phoenix, Madera, Iowa, New Hampshire, Irwindale, Miller Motorsports Park - Winner at Colorado & All American Speedway (California)
     
    2009Kevin Swindell - NASCAR Camping World East Series - Top 10: New Hampshire Speedway
     
    2009Johnny Sauter - Top 6 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series - Top 10: Kansas, Dover, Texas, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Iowa, Gateway, New Hampshire, Texas
     
    2009Johnny Sauter - Winner at Las Vegas
     
    2009Jason Keller - Top 10 NASCAR Nationwide Series - Top 10: Daytona, Talladega, Richmond, Dover, Gateway, Iowa, Dover, Fontana
     
    2009Josh Wise - Top 6 USAC Silver Crown; Top 10: Manzanita, Manzanita, Oswego, Terre Haute, Eldora
     
    2009Brad Sweet - USAC Midget Car Runner-up - Winner at Manzanita, Salem, Terre Haute, Eldora
     
    2009Joey Saldana - World of Outlaws - 20 Victories - Top 3 in Championship Point Standings
     

     

     

     
     First car owner to finish top 10 in the year-end point standings
     in 15 major auto racing series

    • 2009 - NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Johnny Sauter)
    • 2009 - NASCAR Nationwide Series (Jason Keller)
    • 2009 - NASCAR Camping World West Series (Paulie Harraka)
    • 2009 - USAC Midget Car (Brad Sweet)
    • 2009 - USAC Silver Crown (Josh Wise)
    • 2009 - World of Outlaws (Joey Saldana)
    • 2008 - USAC National Midget Car (Brad Sweet)
    • 2008 - USAC National Sprint Car (Brad Sweet)
    • 2008 - World of Outlaws (Joey Saldana)
    • 2007 - USAC National Sprint Car (Kevin Swindell)
    • 2007 - World of Outlaws (Joey Saldana)
    • 2007 - ARCA (Phillip McGilton) (Baker-Curb w/Brewco)
    • 2007 - USAC National Midget Car (Brady Bacon)
    • 2006 - World of Outlaws (Joey Saldana)
    • 2003 - NASCAR Busch Series (Johnny Sauter) (CA/RCR)
    • 2003 - USAC Silver Crown (Tyler Walker)
    • 2001 - Indy Racing League (Billy Boat)
    • 2000 - USAC Silver Crown (Brad Noffsinger)
    • 1987 - CRA-USAC (Brad Noffsinger)
    • 1986 - CART Indy Car (Tom Sneva)
    • 1986 - NHRA (Tim Grose)
    • 1986 - CRA Sprint Car (Brad Noffsinger) (sponsor)
    • 1986 - NASCAR Busch Grand National (Dale Jarrett)
    • 1985/1986 - IMSA GTS (Dennis Aase/Rocky Moran)
    • 1985 - USAC Indy Car (Ed Pimm)
    • 1985 - CART Indy Car (Tom Sneva)
    • 1984/1985 - IMSA GTU (Chris Cord/Jim Adams)
    • 1984 - SCCA Indy Pro (Ted Prappas)
    • 1984 - NASCAR Winston Cup (Richard Petty)
    • 1980 - NASCAR Winston Cup (Bobby Allison) (sponsor)
    • 1980 - NASCAR Winston Cup (Dale Earnhardt) (sponsor)
    • 1979 - CRA Sprint Car (Walt Kennedy) (sponsor)

     

     
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