Sonny Curtis, the Texas-born singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buddy Holly and creation of the theme for the “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died on Friday, September 19. Curtis was 88. He ...

Sonny Curtis, who has died aged 88, was a singer, guitarist and songwriter best known as a member of the Crickets, and as the ...

Curtis was a childhood friend of Buddy Holly and even opened for Elvis Presley before he became a household name Among his hundreds of songwriting credits were the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore ...

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock 'n' roller who wrote the raw classic "I Fought the Law" and posed the enduring question "Who can ...

(AP) - Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the ...

FILE - From left, Sonny Curtis, Bobby Vee, Joe B. Maudlin and Jerry J.I. Allison perform at the Stillman auditorium in Clear Lake, Iowa on Friday Jan. 30, 2009. Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock 'n' roller ...