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 theme song ...
Sonny Curtis, the acclaimed songwriter behind classics like “I Fought the Law” and the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song, died Friday, September 20, after a sudden illness, Parade reports. He was 88.