1. BBC Music
  2. Artists
  3. Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

6music

Born 03 June 1942. Died 26 December 1999.

Photo of Curtis Mayfield Stan Getz

Biography

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly. From these works and others, he 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.

Read more at Wikipedia...

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia. Find out more about our use of this data .

Links & Information

Links

Member Of

BBC Reviews Really Simple Syndication

  1. Superfly 1972

    Superfly

    Reviewed by David O'Donnell

    Perfectly captures the sounds of 1970's black America.

  2. Curtis 1970

    Curtis

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    It opened up Mayfield's career to the extent that he shook off the chains of...

In order to listen to track previews you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions.

Latest Tracks Played on the BBC

  1. Superfly
    BBC 6 Music | Cerys on 6 26/11/2009
     
  2. Move On Up
    BBC Radio 2 | Wake Up to Wogan 24/11/2009
     
  3. Freddie'S Dead
    BBC 6 Music | Chris Hawkins 18/11/09
     

Audio Previews from Latest Album

Superfly

Superfly

  1. 3 Freddie's Dead
     
  2. 9 Superfly
     

Played By

Since December 2008

  1. Morning music and entertainment from Alex Lester: It's the Best Time Of The Day Show!

    Alex Lester BBC Radio 2

  2. Irreverent music lover Shaun serves up music, features and entertainment

    Shaun Keaveny BBC 6 Music

  3. Terry Wogan's regular morning broadcast, featuring music, news and chat

    Wake Up to Wogan BBC Radio 2

  4. Live music round-up, with new and classic live tracks and events information

    George Lamb BBC 6 Music

  5. Join Chris for regular great music and a new documentary on every show

    Chris Hawkins BBC 6 Music

  6. Morning music from Iyare and classic archive sessions

    Weekend Breakfast BBC 6 Music

  7. Music, entertainment, games and guests wth Cerys Matthews

    Cerys on 6 BBC 6 Music

Information displayed about artists played on BBC programmes is incomplete at present. Find out more about this artist play count information.

Played On

Since December 2008

  1. BBC 6 Music 100%

  2. BBC Radio 2 68%

  3. BBC 1Xtra 9%

  4. BBC Radio 1 5%

  5. BBC Radio Scotland 5%

  6. BBC Radio Ulster 5%

Information displayed about artists played on BBC radio networks is incomplete at present. Find out more about this artist play count information.

Explore the BBC

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.