Sonny Curtis — the songwriter best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song and the frontman for Buddy Holly‘s band The Crickets — is dead at 88.

In addition to “Love Is All Around,” the Texan wrote “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and “More Than I Can Say,” hits ...

Curtis, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Crickets in 2012, died Friday, his wife of more than ...

Sonny Curtis, who wrote such classics as “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and the theme for the “Mary Tyler Moore” show, ...

Sonny Curtis, who fronted Buddy Holly's backing band The Crickets and eventually penned the theme for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died.

Sonny Curtis, the rock pioneer who wrote "I Fought the Law" and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the ...

These forgotten pop, rock, and country songs from 1961 are unique little gems that should still be remembered nowadays.