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28-574: Signed to Curb Records in 2000, The Clark Family Experience debuted on the American country music scene that year with the release of their single " Meanwhile Back at the Ranch ". A Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts, the song also became the thirteenth highest-selling single in the history of country music at the time. "Meanwhile Back at

56-614: A Top 10 hit with Brian Kennedy and Peter Corry's Tribute to George Best , an EP featuring recordings of " You Raise Me Up ". Curb previously had major hits in Europe with the Four Seasons, the Osmonds, LeAnn Rimes and soundtracks, such as Coyote Ugly . The Hondells The Hondells were an American surf rock band . Their cover of the Beach Boys ' " Little Honda " went to No. 9 on

84-419: A musically inclined family that comprises the eleven children of Freddy and Sylvia Clark. All six boys first performed professionally in 1993, eventually assuming the name The Clark Family Experience. The band was signed as "series regulars" on The Oak Ridge Boys ' 1998 television show on The Nashville Network , Live From Las Vegas. The show aired 15 episodes, and although just a modest success, it introduced

112-603: A sister rock label Bruc Records, the name of which is an backronym for "Blues, Rock, Urban, Country" (the name is also "Curb" spelled backwards). Straight to Hell by Hank Williams III was the first album to be released on the new imprint. In 2011, Curb filed a lawsuit against singer Tim McGraw alleging breach of contract, and McGraw filed a counter lawsuit against Curb. Early court rulings came down in favor of McGraw. In 2012, McGraw stopped recording with Curb, which had released all his albums and singles since 1990s, and switched to Big Machine Records . In 2015, Jim Ed Norman

140-521: A stake in Word Records from then-owners Time Warner . Warner Music Group sold its remaining stake in the label to Curb in 2016, making Word a wholly owned subsidiary, while Warner Music continues to distribute its output. Four-time GMA Music Award Female Vocalist of the Year Natalie Grant is signed to Curb Records, in addition to the five-time GMA music award-winning group Selah. Throughout

168-688: Is the uncle of KCPR radio DJ and celebrity Biba Pickles. The first LP, Go Little Honda featured 11 tracks in addition to "Little Honda," all with a motorcycle theme. Richie Podolor contributed two tracks, "Haulin' Honda" and "Black Boots and Bikes." Mike Curb - who also wrote the song for Honda's " You meet the nicest people on a Honda " campaign - wrote the track "Rip's Bike." The remaining tracks, written by Gary Usher and Roger Christian , consist of "Mean Streak," "A Guy Without Wheels," "The Wild One," "Hot Rod High," "Death Valley Run," "Two Wheel Show Stopper," "Ridin' Trails" and "Hon-Da Beach Party." The group's second LP, titled simply The Hondells ,

196-707: The Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. The Hondells were a band manufactured by Gary Usher, originally consisting of session musicians. Their hit song, "Little Honda," was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys . The song was inspired by the popularity of Honda motor bikes in Southern California during the early 1960s: In contrast to the prevailing negative stereotypes of motorcyclists in America as tough, antisocial rebels, Honda's campaign suggested that their motorcycles were made for everyone. The campaign

224-667: The Curb College for Music Business at Belmont University , the Curb College of Arts, Media and Communication at Cal State University Northridge, the Curb Beaman Jubilee Singers Chair at Fisk University , the Curb College of Arts, Music and Sciences at Daytona State College , the Business and Law Chair and Facility at Claremont McKenna College , the Curb Learning Lab for Music and Entertainment at Baylor University ,

252-1042: The Curb Junior Achievement Center in Los Angeles and Nashville, the Curb Family Pediatric Center, the Nashville Boy Scout Conference Center, the Patriots Theatre at Fort Campbell, the Curb Family Education Oasis Center and the Stella Curb Teacher Development Classrooms. The Curb Foundation is very active in education including the Curb Center at Vanderbilt (which has launched the Curb Creative Campus Program),

280-917: The Curb Keller Dormitories at Neve Yerushalayim in Jerusalem University and the Curb History Institute at Rhodes College . In conjunction with Curb's educational projects, Curb has purchased and restored Elvis Presley 's first home in Memphis, Tennessee , the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville, Tennessee , the Historic RCA Studio B, and Columbia's Historic Quonset Hut (which was the first recording studio on Nashville's famed Music Row). These historic facilities were used by students, at

308-613: The Ranch ", which soon became a Top 20 hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts, as well as the thirteenth highest-selling single in the history of country music at the time. The album's second single, "Standin' Still", peaked at No. 36, while the third and fourth singles both failed to reach Top 40. A year after the release of their debut album, The Clark Family Experience filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy . The band owed more than $ 800,000 in debt to Curb, citing mismanagement and unfair contracts from

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336-586: The Ranch" was the first of four chart singles from their self-titled debut album , released in 2001. Due to a series of financial problems, however, the band declared bankruptcy and disbanded later that year. In 2007, Adam, Ashley, and Austin reunited as The Clark Brothers and won the Fox Networks talent show The Next Great American Band that year. The Clark Brothers has since been renamed Sons of Sylvia . The six members of The Clark Family Experience — Aaron, Adam, Alan, Andrew, Ashley and Austin — are part of

364-1051: The Sylvers , and the Four Seasons . The Four Seasons' comeback album, Who Loves You , included "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". It was the first single to spend more than one year on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Curb's roster past and present includes Chet Atkins , Rodney Atkins , Kaci Battaglia , Bellamy Brothers , Lee Brice , Sawyer Brown , Solomon Burke , Clark Family Experience , Sammy Davis Jr. , Desert Rose Band , Exile , Family Force 5 , Four Seasons , Gloria Gaynor , Lee Greenwood , Steve Holy , Wynonna Judd , The Judds , Hal Ketchum , Lyle Lovett , Ronnie McDowell , Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Roy Orbison , Lou Rawls , Righteous Brothers , LeAnn Rimes , Rio Grand , Neil Sedaka , T.G. Sheppard , Jim Stafford , Ray Stevens , Jonathan Thulin , Mel Tillis , Trick Pony (featuring Heidi Newfield ), Hank Williams Jr. and Chris Young . In late 2002, Curb Records also acquired

392-485: The TV competition The Next Great American Band that year. In 2009, this trio changed its name to Sons of Sylvia . Curb Records Curb Records (also known as Asylum-Curb and formerly known as MCG Curb ) is an American record label started by Mike Curb , originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963. From 1969 to 1973, Curb merged with MGM Records where Curb served as President of MGM and Verve Records . Throughout

420-471: The album was delivered, the name of the group had not been decided. Under consideration were two names: "The Rising Sons" and "The Hondells." Venet chose the latter and released "Little Honda" as a single under the new group name. As the song climbed the charts , Usher assembled a band to tour in support, and "Little Honda" eventually peaked at No. 9 on the U.S. pop singles chart . Contrary to popular belief, session musician drummer Hal Blaine (creator of

448-516: The band to a nationwide audience. Curb Records signed The Clark Family Experience to a recording contract in 2000. The band also served as an opening act for several country musicians, including Faith Hill and Tim McGraw . McGraw also co-produced The Clark Family Experience's self-titled debut album, which was released on February 27, 2001. The album produced a total of four singles on the Billboard country music charts, including " Meanwhile Back at

476-489: The label as the reasons for their debt. Curb then attempted to dismiss the Clark brothers' bankruptcies, claiming that the band was trying to exit its contract. In addition, the label tried to seek an injunction to keep the band from recording for any other label. By August 2003, the label had dropped the suit. The Clark Family Experience disbanded soon afterward. Adam, Ashley, and Austin reunited in 2008 as The Clark Brothers and won

504-510: The lead on the Pepsi commercial and Al Ferguson who sang the lead on the Coty commercial. Gary Usher continued to mine this genre of music with numerous 'bands' made up of session musicians doing one-off recordings. They were from the conglomerate of session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew , which had a rotating lineup of the same basic people. For instance, if Hal Blaine was not the drummer, then it

532-464: The name "The Wrecking Crew") was not the drummer on The Hondells' version of "Little Honda". The drummer on The Hondells' "Little Honda" was Wayne Edwards who together with Richard Burns (who played bass on the session and was cited on the album's liner notes as the band's "founder") went out on the road as part of the touring Hondells. Blaine played drums on The Super Stocks' "Little Honda" (produced by Gary Usher for Capitol) and on Pat Boone's version of

560-639: The tune (produced by Terry Melcher as a single for Dot Records). As soon as they saw The Hondells' version on the charts, Capitol Records released a single of their Beach Boys version and scored a minor hit as well. The Hondells scored another modest hit single in 1966 with a cover of the Lovin' Spoonful song " Younger Girl " (Mercury 72562) before disbanding. Randy Thomas sang the lead. The Hondells also recorded commercials for Pepsi and Coty Cosmetics. Musicians on these recordings were Ritchie Burns, Glen Campbell, Wayne Edwards, Dennis McCarthy, Randy Thomas, who sang

588-652: The various Curb-supported colleges and universities, for the purpose of studying music history. In October 2008, the 6,000 seat Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville hosted the Town Hall Presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama . In the United Kingdom, Curb artists (apart from those sub-licensed to majors) are eligible for the UK 'independent' charts. In January 2006, Curb scored

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616-650: The years, Curb has had success with other Gospel music artists such as MercyMe , the Second Chapter of Acts, Degarmo and Key, Patti Cabrera, Michael English, Debby Boone , the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Barlowgirl , pureNRG , Worship Kids, Francesca Battistelli , Big Daddy Weave , Building 429 , Fernando Ortega , Downhere , Nicole C. Mullen , Larry Norman, Jonathan Pierce, Plumb , Point of Grace , Group 1 Crew , Salvador , Jamie Slocum , Steller Kart , Jaci Velasquez and Mark Schultz . In 2006, Curb launched

644-828: The years, the Curb Companies have had major successes with such artists as the Stone Poneys (featuring Linda Ronstadt ), Eric Burdon and War, Sammy Davis Jr. , the Osmond Family (including Donny & Marie), Lou Rawls , Exile , the Righteous Brothers , Solomon Burke , Gloria Gaynor , the Hondells , the Arrows (featuring Davie Allan ), Lyle Lovett , Roy Orbison , the Electric Flag (featuring Mike Bloomfield and Buddy Miles),

672-430: Was Earl Palmer . These fictional bands issued recordings as The Sunsets, The Four Speeds, Gary Usher and The Usherettes (aka: The Honeys), The Competitors, The Go-Go's, The Devons, The Ghouls, The Super Stocks, The Indigos, The Revells, The Kickstands and The Knights. Most of these have been re-issued on CD and are meticulously cataloged on Beach Boys fan sites. Girard became a popular and pioneering CCM artist. Burns

700-678: Was named CEO of the Curb Group. However, Mike Curb remains extremely involved as the founder and chairman of the board. Curb Records supports charitable programs through the Mike Curb Family Foundation. Some of the supported programs include: the Mike Curb Family Welcome Center at Second Harvest, Curb Youth Symphony, Curb Young Musicians Competition, Curb Concerto Competition, the Curb Family Humane Center,

728-821: Was released only a few months after Go Little Honda. The LP yielded a Billboard 100 single, "My Buddy Seat," written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher, backed with "You're Gonna Ride With Me," written by Usher and Roger Christian. Mike Curb wrote four songs that appear on the LP, "The Rebel (Without A Cause)," "The Lonely Rider," "Cycle Chase," and "The Sidewinder." The remaining tracks consisted of "Black Denim," "Night Rider," "My Little Bike," "Lay It Down," "He Wasn't Coming Back," and "Honda Holliday." The Hondells can be seen in three different feature-length films, all from 1965: AIP 's Beach Blanket Bingo (shown performing "Cycle Set" and shown providing back up on "Fly Boy"); AIP's Ski Party (shown performing "The Gasser" and heard performing

756-645: Was successful; by the end of 1963 alone, Honda had sold 90,000 motorcycles. The Beach Boys had recorded "Little Honda" for their 1964 album All Summer Long , and subsequently producer Gary Usher gave former Castells vocalist Chuck Girard a copy of the All Summer Long LP and instructed him to learn "Little Honda." Usher then recruited a group of studio musicians – including Glen Campbell , Al DeLory , Tommy Tedesco , and Richie Podolor – to record an album of Honda-related songs for Mercury Records , with production credited to Nick Venet , though Usher

784-407: Was the brains behind the record. Aside from "Little Honda," most of the songs on The Hondells' Go Little Honda album were written by Usher and KFWB disc jockey and lyricist Roger Christian . The album's cover showed a four-member group and its liner notes contained an elaborate back story , penned by Christian, which posited one Ritchie Burns as the founder and leader of the band. At the time

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