Curtis Fields

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Curtis Fields
Genres R & B
Labels Epic Records
Website http://www.thecurtisfields.com/

Curtis Fields is an American singer and songwriter. [1] [2] He is a former artist with Epic Records and performed at the 2013 BET Awards using an iPhone as a guitar. [3]

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Early life and education

Fields was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. [1] He began performing music at an early age when he would sing gospel during his father's national traveling ministry. [4] He began attending Fisk University [5] in 2006 where he trained and traveled with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. [4] He also became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, [1] the first Greek organization for African Americans. It was during his time at Fisk that he decided to pursue a career in singing. [4]

Career

Fields began singing professional and performed alongside artists such as John Legend. [1] He also was the winner of Nashville's WQQK's Grand Stand Competition, beating out hundreds of other performers. [4] He continued his career by opening for acts such as Eric Roberson. His first single, Black Cherry, peaked at #2 in the Jazz/Funk category on CD Baby's Top 5. [4] Fields's leading single from the Cherish the Day EP was entitled "Smoke & Mirrors", written by singer/songwriter Bertram "Nigel" Thompson and produced by Dwyane Lewis. [6]

Fields caught his break in the music industry in 2012 when he appeared for the New Skool Rules auditions in Atlanta, Georgia. [7] The auditions were held at SAE International in Atlanta in front of New Skool Rules and Epitome Entertainment. Fields was the last of more than 200 artists to audition. [7] Fields had offers from five different record labels but signed a recording deal with Epic Records and a publishing deal with Universal Publishing within five weeks of his audition. [7]

On June 30, 2013, Fields performed the song Opposites Attract at the 2013 BET Awards. [8] His performance included him strumming a guitar on an iPhone [9] and was called one of the 9 Most Memorable Moments of the awards by Yahoo! Music. [3]

After leaving Epic Records due to creative differences, Fields resurfaced as lead singer for indie Soul/Electronic band The Pheels.

Discography

Singles

EP

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