Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious African-American music. He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums. Mayfield is a winner of both the Grammy Legend Award (in 1994) and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (in 1995), and he was a double inductee into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted as a member of The Impressions into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He is also a two-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.
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Curtis Mayfield talks about his musical beginnings
Curtis Mayfield's musical beginnings as presented by Lenny Kravitz
Biography
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Links & Information
Links
- Wikipedia article on Curtis Mayfield
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0562631
- Last.fm page on Curtis Mayfield
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Curtis Mayfield
- MusicBrainz entry on Curtis Mayfield
Member Of
- The Impressions (1958-1970)
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BBC Reviews
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Superfly 2000
Reviewed by David O'Donnell
Perfectly captures the sounds of 1970's black America.
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Curtis/Live! 1971
Reviewed by Daryl Easlea
An intimate live portrait of a unique performer.
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Curtis 1970
Reviewed by Chris Jones
It opened up Mayfield's career to the extent that he shook off the chains of...
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Superfly
Reviewed by Greg Boraman
This special edition CD allows a glimpse to a soul/funk classic from a slightly...
