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Curtis Mayfield (Curtis Lee Mayfield , Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1942 - Roswell, Georgia, December 26, 1999) was an American soul, funk and rhythm and blues, singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Mayfield is probably best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and for the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly.
Perhaps because he didn’t cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown’s stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield’s talents and contributions have yet to be fully recognized. Judged merely by his records alone, the man’s legacy is enormous. As the leader of the Impressions, he recorded some of the finest soul vocal group music of the 1960s. As a solo artist in the 1970s, he helped pioneer funk and helped introduce hard-hitting urban commentary into soul music. “Gypsy Woman,” “It’s All Right,” “People Get Ready,” “Freddie’s Dead,” and “Superfly” are merely the most famous of his many hit records.
But Curtis Mayfield wasn’t just a singer. Born in in Chicago, IL, he wrote most of his material at a time when that was not the norm for soul performers. He was among the first — if not the very first — to speak openly about Afr...
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Top 10 Curtis Mayfield Songs
Move On Up
Superfly
Pusherman
Eddie You Should Know Better
Freddie's Dead
Little Child Runnin' Wild
The Makings Of You
No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song)
People Get Ready
Get Down
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Top 10 Curtis Mayfield Albums
The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield
Super Fly
Superfly
Curtis
Live
People Get Ready! The Curtis Mayfield Story (disc 2)
Curtis!
The Anthology 1961-1977
Roots
Short Eyes
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