ArtistLCurly Moore
Song:Get Low Down
Album:Sehorn's Soul Farm: 50 New Orleans Soul Classics
Fans of legendary New Orleans producer Allen Toussaint are going to want to check out this collection of 60s recordings from Sansu Records which he owned with Marshall Sehorn. June "Curly" Moore was a decent singer who could also write and play instruments. But he was never able to find that hit single that he wanted. Moore was born in New Orleans in 1943. He grew up singing in church. As a teen, he formed a group with his friends called The Blue Jays and they competed on local talent shows. This was obviously influenced by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers who were the first teen pop group. In 1960 he joined Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns. After touring and recording with them for three years, Moore decided to go solo. He released the single Soul Train on Wardell Quezergue's Nola label and he was renamed Curley "Soul Train" Moore. That's why you see a variation of the spelling of Moore's name. Moore moved to Sansu which was owned by Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn. The big thing is they had national distribution with Bell Records. And Moore got to write with Toussaint. Get Low Down was the first of three singles. All the Sansu recordings are on this 2CD comp from Charly Records. When R&B went to a hard edged funk sound in the 70s, Moore struggled with that. Moore also had drug and gun issues. He rejoined Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns at the 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. After serving prison time in the early 80s. Moore was murdered on Dec. 14, 1985 at age 42. Here's a video for Get Low Down by Curly Moore.
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