Curtis Stigers

Curtis Stigers (born October 18, 1965) is an American jazz singer. He achieved a number of hits in the early 1990s, most notably the international hit "I Wonder Why", which reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.

Career Stigers was born in Hollywood, California, but grew up in Boise, Idaho. He started his music career as a teenager, playing in rock and blues bands, as well as receiving an education in clarinet and saxophone in high school in Boise. He acquired much of his motivation for pursuing jazz from jam sessions led by Gene Harris at the Idanha Hotel. His song "Swingin' Down at Tenth and Main" is a tribute to those times with Harris. After graduation from high school, he moved to New York City, intending to become a rock musician.

His song "I Wonder Why" reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart

Discography Studio albums Year Title Label Peak chart positions Certifications US USHeat. SWE UK 1991 Curtis Stigers Arista 101 1 — 27 24 7 BPI: 2× Platinum 1995 Time Was — 25 — — — 34 1999 Brighter Days Columbia — — — — — — 2001 Baby Plays Around Concord Jazz — — 24 — — — 2002 Secret Heart — — 18 — — — 2003 You Inspire Me — — — — — — 2005 I Think It's Going to Rain Today — — 16 — — — 2007 Real Emotional Concord — — — — — — 2009 Lost in Dreams — — 39 — — — 2012 Let's Go Out Tonight Concord Jazz — — 22 — — — 2014 Hooray for Love — — — — — 64 2017 One More for the Road (live album; with the Danish Radio Big Band) — — — — — — 2020 Gentleman EmArcy — — — — — — 2022 This Life — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums All That Matters – The Best of Curtis Stigers (Camden, 2001) The Best of 1991 – 1999 (Sony BMG, 2005) The Collection (Concord, 2006) (UK No. 50)

1991

9 5 43 4 4 11 9 25 5

98 17 — 32 11 83 — — 6

96 — 200 — — — — — 53

107 5 — — — — — — 34

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— — — — — — — — — Real Emotional 2012

— — — — — — — — — Let's Go Out Tonight 2020

— — — — — — — — — Gentleman "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.