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Mann Curtis

also recorded as Manny Kurtz

real name Emanuel Kurtz

Mann Curtis is credited on 3,141 releases across 826 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,141

Credits

826

Albums

8

Decades active

398

In collections

Biography

American songwriter born November 15, 1911 in Brooklyn, NY and died December 6, 1984 in San Francisco, CA.
He wrote the lyrics for over 250 songs. He's charted in the U.S. 34 times--first in 1936 and last in 2000. He had a #1 song in the U.S. in 1945 with "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" by Les Brown and His Orchestra (co-written by Vic Mizzy). The song also reached #3 that same year by Johnny Long and His Orchestra as well as by the Phil Moore Four.

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Credited work

3,141 releases · 826 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 3,146
  • Other credits · 33

Studios: Gold Star Studios · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Royal Albert Hall · International Hotel

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