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Dick Curless (Richard William Curless) was born on 17 March, 1932 in Fort Fairfield, Maine, U.S., is an American country music singer (1932–1995). Discover Dick Curless's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Richard William Curless
Occupation Singer-songwriter
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 17 March 1932
Birthday 17 March
Birthplace Fort Fairfield, Maine, U.S.
Date of death 25 May, 1995
Died Place Togus, Maine, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1932

Richard William Curless (March 17, 1932 – May 25, 1995) was an American country music singer.

He usually wore a patch over his right eye.

Curless was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, United States, and moved with his family to Massachusetts at the age of eight.

1948

He began his music career in 1948 in Ware, Massachusetts, where he hosted a radio show and toured with a local band called the Trail Blazers.

1950

He spent much of the late 1950s performing in clubs in California and Las Vegas but occasionally returned home to Maine to recover from periods of illness and fatigue.

While in Maine, Curless recorded several singles, including "China Nights" at Event Records with Al Hawkes.

Eventually he temporarily left the music industry and bought his own lumber trucking vehicle in Maine.

1951

Curless married his wife, Pauline, in 1951, and only six months after the wedding, he was drafted into the United States Army.

1952

He served in the Korean War from 1952 to 1954, first as a truck driver and later as a radio host with the stage name "Rice Paddy Ranger".

1954

Curless returned home to Maine in 1954 and continued performing on radio shows, but he spent much of the following year, 1955, at home due to a chronic illness.

1957

In 1957, Curless returned to the public spotlight and appeared on the CBS television show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.

1960

The pinnacle of his career came in the late 1960s with eleven top-40 hits, including "Six Times a Day (the Trains Came Down)".

Altogether, he recorded 22 Billboard top-40 hits throughout his career.

1965

In 1965, Curless recorded one of the biggest hits of his career, "A Tombstone Every Mile", which cracked the top 5 on the Billboard country charts and propelled him to national fame.

1966

In 1966, he recorded the album A Devil Like Me Needs an Angel Like You with Kay Adams.

From 1966 to 1968, he toured the nation with the Buck Owens All American Show.

1970

After Curless' success in 1970 with the hits "Big Wheel Cannonball" and "Hard, Hard Traveling Man", he recorded infrequently until he released the albums Welcome to My World and It's Just a Matter of Time in Norway in 1987.

The albums were successful in Europe, especially in Norway and Germany.

1991

Curless recorded an album with German country musician Tom Astor in 1991.

During the later part of his life, he performed often at the Cristy Lane Theater in Branson, Missouri.

1995

Curless died of stomach cancer in 1995, aged 63.