1. Curtis Harding was born on June 11,1979 and is an American singer and songwriter.
18 Facts About Curtis Harding
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Curtis Harding was exposed to music at an early age as his family toured with his mother, who was a gospel singer.
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Curtis Harding was born on June 11,1979, in Saginaw, Michigan.
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Curtis Harding's father is a mechanic, and his mother, Dorothy, is a gospel singer.
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Curtis Harding's family had no permanent residence until they settled in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was 14.
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Curtis Harding's mother toured in a van, stopping to sing at churches and work at homeless shelters.
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Curtis Harding met singer CeeLo Green while doing promotion for LaFace Records, and he rapped on some songs off Green's 2002 album Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections along with several Proseed members.
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Curtis Harding toured with Green as a backing singer on the 2002 Smokin' Grooves Tour alongside Outkast, Cypress Hill, Lauryn Hill, and The Roots.
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Curtis Harding sang on Green's 2010 album The Lady Killer, including co-writing the bonus track "Grand Canyon".
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Curtis Harding moved to Toronto in 2008 to reinvigorate his musical creativity.
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Curtis Harding returned to Atlanta in 2009 and formed the band Night Sun, which mixes rhythm and blues and garage rock, with guitarist Cole Alexander of Black Lips, performing several shows in East Atlanta and Little Five Points.
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Curtis Harding co-wrote "I Don't Wanna Go Home" with Jared Swilley originally for the Black Lips' 2014 album Underneath the Rainbow.
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Curtis Harding spent two weeks at Living Room Studios in Atlanta recording twenty songs in 2014, twelve of which were included on his debut album, titled Soul Power and released by Burger Records on May 6,2014.
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Curtis Harding was recruited as the face of Yves Saint Laurent's Paris Music Project for 2015.
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Curtis Harding recorded the album at Danger Mouse's 30th Century Studio in New York City.
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Curtis Harding performed "Need Your Love" as a guest musician with Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in January 2018.
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In 2019, Curtis Harding headlined the finale of Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Curtis Harding's take on soul can be more than a little garage-minded.