urtis Edgar Hoback (aka Hobock). was born on May 7, 1926 in Hatchie, Tennessee, a small community outside Mercer, in Haywood county about 35 miles south of Humboldt. About 1956-57 Curtis started playing music with a group of guys a few times a week just for the fun of it. One of the guys told him a local band, "The Stardusters", was looking for a singer and suggested that Curtis tried out. He auditioned one night by singing with the band in a local nightclub in Jackson, thus beginning his ten-year musical career. Very soon after he joined the band Curtis acquired the band and became the owner/manager as well as their lead singer. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.