Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield was born on 03 Jun 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His birth name was Curtis Lee Mayfield. His is also called Curtis Mayfield.

He was a 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.

Curtis Mayfield released the following albums including Something To Believe In (1989), Do It All Night (1995), People Get Ready: Curtis Mayfield Story (1996), New World Order (1996), The Very Best of (Curtis Mayfield) (1997), Superfly (25th Anniversary Deluxe Ed.) (1997), Ultimate (1998), Roots (1999), Curtis Mayfield Gospel (1999), There's No Place Like America / Give Get Take Have (1999), Superfly (1972 Film) (1999), Move One Up: Singles Anthology (2000), Curtis/Live! (2000), Curtis (2000), Honesty (2000), Never Say You Can't Survive/ Do It All Night (2000), Love Songs (2001), Tripping Out (2002), Curtis Mayfield: Live at Ronnie Scott's (2004), Mayfield: Remixed - The Curtis Mayfield Collection (2005), There's No Place Like America Today (2005), Superfly (2006), The Essential Curtis Mayfield (2006), The Definitive Soul Collection (2006), Back to the World (2006), Greatest Hits (2006), We Come in Peace With a Message of Love & Take It (2009), Live In Europe (2009) and Superfly (180 Gram LP) (2010).

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