1. Michael Curb was born on December 24,1944 and is an American politician, record executive, and philanthropist who served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of California from 1979 to 1983.
39 Facts About Mike Curb
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Mike Curb is the founder of Curb Records and is the chairman of Word Entertainment.
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Mike Curb was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Mike Curb grew up in Southern California's San Fernando Valley.
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In 1963 and at the age of 18, Mike Curb formed Sidewalk Records and helped start the careers of multiple West Coast rock and roll artists.
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Mike Curb became president of both MGM Records and Verve Records, which then formed Curb Records.
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Mike Curb scored the music for the short film Skaterdater as well as The Wild Angels, Thunder Alley, Devil's Angels, The Born Losers, Maryjane, The Wild Racers, The Savage Seven, The Big Bounce, The Sidehackers and Black Water Gold.
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Mike Curb has composed or supervised more than 50 film scores and written over 400 songs.
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Mike Curb wrote and produced music for the Hanna-Barbera animated series Cattanooga Cats.
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Mike Curb signed artists such as the Sylvers, Eric Burdon, War, Richie Havens, the Five Man Electrical Band, Gloria Gaynor, Johnny Bristol, Exile, The Four Seasons and the Dutch singer Heintje Simons and The Mob to his labels.
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Mike Curb ran a short-lived country music subsidiary label for Motown called Hitsville Records.
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Mike Curb co-wrote the lyrics for "It Was a Good Time".
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Mike Curb received BMI awards for composing "Burning Bridges" for Clint Eastwood's Kelly's Heroes, and for composing "All for the Love of Sunshine".
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Mike Curb served as chairman of the Inaugural Youth Concert for President Richard Nixon's second term on January 20,1973.
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Mike Curb enlisted many artists from MGM records as well as others to perform for the historic event.
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Mike Curb has always disputed that any acts were dropped from MGM only for drug-related reasons.
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Billboard reported that Mike Curb was alarmed by the drug-related deaths of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Alan Wilson of Canned Heat.
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Mike Curb claimed industry support, and the record company official he cited was Bill Gallagher, the president of Paramount Records.
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Mike Curb worked with liberal Democrat Harvey Milk on the campaign against the Briggs Initiative, a 1978 ballot initiative that would have banned gays and lesbians from working in public schools.
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Mike Curb persuaded Reagan to oppose the initiative, and it was defeated.
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Mike Curb continues to support LGBT rights; in 2023, Mike Curb achieved a major victory in his challenge to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, where the court declared it unconstitutional to force private businesses to post discriminatory LGBT signs.
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In 1982, Mike Curb lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination to California Attorney General George Deukmejian.
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In 1980, Mike Curb was co-chairman of Ronald Reagan's successful presidential campaign.
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Mike Curb was chairman of the convention program in Detroit and was later appointed by Reagan to be chairman of the national finance committee.
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Mike Curb owned Richard Petty's famed No 43 car in 1984 and 1985, during which Petty achieved his 199th and 200th career wins.
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Mike Curb was a sponsor for Dale Earnhardt during his 1980 Winston Cup championship winning season, and sponsored Darrell Waltrip's No 12 Toyota Tundra in the Craftsman Truck Series, driven by Joey Miller in 2006.
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Mike Curb-Agajanian ran cars for many years in the Indianapolis 500, including for Dan Wheldon and Alexander Rossi, with whom he won the 2011 and 2016 Indianapolis 500s respectively.
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Mike Curb was the co-owner with Richard Childress of the No 98 Chevrolet driven by Austin Dillon.
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Mike Curb is a long-time sponsor of ThorSport Racing in the Truck Series, as part-owner of the team's No 98 Ford driven by Ty Majeski.
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Mike Curb maintained a similar partnership with Phil Parsons Racing in the Cup Series, which ran the No 98.
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In 2006, Mike Curb purchased a house at 1034 Audubon Drive, Memphis, which was once owned by Elvis Presley.
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In Nashville, Mike Curb has become a civic leader and benefactor of Belmont University, where his donation toward the construction of a new arena resulted in it being named the Mike Curb Event Center.
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In 2001, Mike Curb was inducted into the Junior Achievement US Business Hall of Fame.
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Mike Curb was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2003 and the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
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On June 29,2007, Mike Curb was honored with the 2,341st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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In 2014, Mike Curb was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee and in 2016, he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
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Mike Curb was awarded Ray Fox Memorial Award of Living Legends of Auto Racing in Daytona in 2017.
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Mike Curb was inducted to North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in the same year for his "contributions and support of the Hall of Fame".
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In 2019, Mike Curb received the National Centennial Leadership Award from Junior Achievement.