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Soul Meeting
2015 · 11 tracks
Get Ready
1970
Azure
1960
Soul Serenade
1964
Soul Battle
1992
Trouble in Mind
1992
Night Train
2024
King Curtis, Volume 1
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Instant Soul
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King Curtis Plays the Great Memphis Hits / King Size Soul
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Four Classic Albums (Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow / New Scene of King Curtis / Soul Battle / Soul Meeting) (2025 Digitally Remastered)
2025
Essential Classics, Vol. 603: King Curtis
2025
It's Party Time
2025
Country Soul
2024
Twistin' Soul
2023
Irresistable Twist
2023
The New Scene Of King Curtis
2023
Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo de King Curtis
2023
The New Scene
2023
The Shirelles And King Curtis Give A Twist Party (Remastered)
2022
Blowin' Off Steam
2022
Baby It's You
2021
King Curtis: Sideman
2021
King Curtis in a Funky Groove
2021
Blues at the Five Spot
2021
Shake (Remastered)
2020
Lazy Soul (Remastered)
2020
Best Collection King Curtis, Vol. 2
2020
Dancin' With..., Vol. 1
2020
Durtis
2020
The Complete ATCO Singles
2020
Birth of the Blues (Remastered)
2020
Kingdom Of Curtis
2020
Dancin' With..., Vol. 2
2020
Anthology: His Early Years (Remastered)
2020
Let's Spend an Evening with King Curtis
2020
Little Jazz Birds
2019
The Soul of King Curtis
2019
Have Tenor Sax Will Blow
2019
Milestones of 17 International Legends Twist Around The World, Vol. 6
2019
King Curtis: Memphis Soul Stew
2018
Live All over the Place
2018
I've Got News for You Baby
2017
Sax Virtuoso
2016
Instant Groove
2015
Don't Fight the Feeling - the Complete Aretha Franklin & King Curtis Live at Fillmore West
2015
Top 110 Classics - The Very Best of King Curtis The Early Years
2015
Your Love
2014
King Neptune's Guitar
2014
Soul Twist - Essential King Curtis
2014
Tenor in the Sky
2014
Golden Hits
2014
Fever
2014
Wicky Wacky
2014
Monkey Shout
2014
Midnight Ramble
2014
Essential Hits
2014
Hits
2014
That Is Rock & Roll
2014
Watermelon Man
2013
Old Gold
2013
Soul Twist
2012
King Of The Sax
2011
The Very Best of King Curtis
2011
The Groove
2010
The Early Sessions & Collabs
2010
Dynamite At Midnight
2010
Soul Twist & The Dance Crazes
2010
Midnight Blue
2010
The Platinum Collection
2007
Live At Small's Paradise
2006
That Lovin' Feeling (Mono)
2006
That Lovin' Feeling
2006
Live at Fillmore West (Deluxe Version)
2006
Plays Great Memphis Hits
2005
Live At The Fillmore West
2005
Everybody's Talking
2005
Blues At Montreux (Live)
2005
King Size Soul
2005
Sweet Soul
2005
Didn't He Play
1987
Music For Dancing - The Twist
1972
The Best of King Curtis
1965
Soul Twist with King Curtis
1962
The Everest Sessions: Azure
1960
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Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934 - August 13, 1971), who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and soul jazz. Curtis was born in Fort Worth, Texas. During the 1950s and early to mid 1960s he both worked as a session player on such records as Yakety Yak and recorded his own singles. His best known singles from this period are "Soul Twist" (Enjoy) and "Soul Serenade" (Capitol). In 1965 he moved to Atlantic Records, where his most successful singles were "Memphis Soul Stew" and "Ode to Billie Joe." He led Aretha Franklin's backup band, The Kingpins, and produced records, at first with Jerry Wexler and then by himself. Curtis guested on John Lennon's Imagine and was capable of attracting the best session musicians to put in appearances for his own albums, including Eric Clapton, guitarist Duane Allman on Instant Groove, and organist Billy Preston and drummer Bernard Purdie on Live At Fillmore West. On Saturday August 13 1971 he was stabbed outside his apartment and pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital.
King Curtis in brief
- How many King Curtis releases are on Riffiter?
- 93 releases are catalogued, spanning 1960 to 2025.
- When was King Curtis formed?
- King Curtis formed in 1934.
- What is the most recent King Curtis release on Riffiter?
- Four Classic Albums (Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow / New Scene of King Curtis / Soul Battle / Soul Meeting) (2025 Digitally Remastered), released in 2025.