DISCOGRAPHY
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In 1977 – while he was campaigning
for lieutenant governor of California –
Mike Curb received a call from his
long-time friend Bob Lifton, who had
helped finance the movie Sessions but
was having trouble finding distribution
for the picture. Lifton asked Mike to
watch the movie and help with distribu-
tion.
The producer of the movie, Joe
Brooks, asked Curb to help him re-work
the song “You Light Up My Life” so that
it could be released as a single. Curb
gave the song to his artist Debby Boone
and she agreed to sing it. Lifton also
liked the song and suggested changing
the title of the movie to You Light Up My
Life. The movie and song were released
in 1977.
The song quickly became a hit, reach-
ing number one on the Hot 100 Chart in
Billboard and becoming the first record
ever to remain there for 10 weeks. In fact,
according to Billboard charts, “You Light
Up My Life” was the top record for the
entire decade of the 1970s.
In addition to the Hot 100, the record
reached number one on the Adult
Contemporary and number four on the
Country charts. It was also the first hit
recording in the fledgling contemporary
Christian music genre, which grew
throughout the 1980s and 1990s and
became a major segment of the music
industry.
Motown founder Berry Gordy wanted
to find a family act like The Osmonds,
and Mike Curb suggested Pat Boone’s
family. Curb recorded “Please, Mr.
Postman,” before discovering that The
Carpenters had already recorded it and
planned to release it as a single. “Viva
España” was recorded on that same ses-
sion; it was originally a Spanish song for
which Curb had written an English lyric.
“It was a great moment when Berry
Gordy released it as a single on the
Motown label,” said Curb.
The four sisters, known as The Boone
Girls, reached the top 25 of the Billboard
Adult Contemporary chart with their
Motown recording “When The Love
Light Starts Shining Through His Eyes.”
Pat Boone had one of the greatest
careers in rock n’ roll music. His Billboard
statistics, in many ways, are second only to
the statistics of Elvis Presley. His record-
ing of “Whatever Happened To Good
Old Rock And Roll” was an excellent
example of the many great records that Pat
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“WHEN THE LOVE LIGHT STARTS SHINING THROUGH
HIS EYES”
ARTIST: THE BOONE GIRLS WRITER: LAMONT DOZIER,
BRIAN HOLLAND, EDWARD HOLLAND PUBLISHER: STONE AGATE MUSIC
(BMI) TIME: 3:03 PRODUCER: MIKE CURB & MICHAEL LLOYD FOR MIKE
CURB PRODUCTIONS
“WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GOOD OLD ROCK AND
ROLL”
ARTIST: PAT BOONE WRITER: LEE DRESSER PUBLISHER:
SPOONE MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP)
“GLORY TRAIN”
ARTIST: PAT BOONE WRITER: P. JORDAN, JERRY
STYNER PUBLISHER: MIKE CURB MUSIC (BMI) TIME: 2:30 PRODUCER:
JERRY STYNER FOR MIKE CURB PRODUCTIONS MOTOWN RECORD CORP.
(MELODYLAND) 1976
“INDIANA GIRL”
ARTIST: PAT BOONE WRITER: MARTIN J.
COOPER PUBLISHER: MARTIN COOPER MUSIC (ASCAP)
“COLORADO COUNTRY MORNING”
ARTIST: PAT BOONE
WRITER: R. DUNCAN, J. CUNNINGHAM PUBLISHER: MANDINA MUSIC
(BMI)/GLENWOOD MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP) TIME: 2:27 PRODUCER: RAY
RUFF FOR CURB PRODUCTIONS
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Mike Curb and Debby Boone
Robert K. Lifton and his wife, Loretta, played a major
role in Mike’s life. Mike considers Bob his mentor and
close friend. Bob also introduced Mike to the film You
Light Up My Life.
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