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Manny Kurtz

aka Mann Curtis

real name Emanuel Kurtz

Manny Kurtz is credited on 1,033 releases across 399 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,033

Credits

399

Albums

8

Decades active

223

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

1,033 releases · 399 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 1,046
  • Other credits · 3

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · RCA Studios, New York · Montreux Jazz Festival · Capitol Studios

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