Curtis Wright
| Curtis Wright | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Curtis Blaine Wright |
| Born | June 6, 1955 |
| Origin | Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Labels |
MCA/Airborne, Liberty (solo) Giant (in Orrall & Wright) Free Falls, Cumberland Road (in Shenandoah) |
| Associated acts |
Vern Gosdin Robert Ellis Orrall Shenandoah |
| Curtis Wright | |
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| Studio album by Curtis Wright | |
| Released | July 14, 1992 |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Liberty |
| Producer | |
Curtis Blaine Wright (born June 6, 1955 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1989 with the single "She's Got a Man on her Mind" on a branch of MCA Records, before recording a solo album in 1992 on Liberty Records. By 1994, he and frequent songwriting partner Robert Ellis Orrall had formed a duo known as Orrall & Wright, which also recorded one major-label album. Wright later succeeded Brent Lamb in 2002 as the lead vocalist for the band Shenandoah, until being replaced by Jimmy Yeary in 2007. He has toured as a member of Pure Prairie League as well.
Initially a member of a band known as the Country Generation, succeeded by the Super Grit Cowboy Band, Wright later performed as a backup vocalist and guitarist for Vern Gosdin. In December 1989, he quit Gosdin's band and wrote Ronnie Milsap's number one single "A Woman in Love". Wright signed with Airborne Records in 1990 and released "She's Got a Man on Her Mind", which charted at number 38 on Hot Country Songs. Due to the label's lack of finances, he did not release an album. (Conway Twitty would take "She's Got a Man on her Mind" to number 22 on the same chart a year later, becoming Twitty's last top-40 hit on the country charts.) Later in the same year, he co-wrote Shenandoah's "Next to You, Next to Me" with Robert Ellis Orrall, and Steve Wariner's top 20 hit "There for Awhile".
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