Curtis Mayfield

Founded: b. 1942 - d. 1999

Headquarters: Chicago, IL

Label(s)

• Rhino
• Curtom

Genre(s)

• Funk
• Soul
• R&B

RIYL

• Issac Haye
• The Impressions
• Stevie Wonder
• Marvin Gaye

Member of

• The Impressions

Biography

Curtis Mayfield was a founding member of [[The Impression, which had quite a bit of success on the R&B charts, starting in the late 1950s, and expanding until the late 1960s (providing many songs appropriated as themes to the Black Power movement). In 1970, he went solo, and had a lot of success there as well -- initially with songs like "Move On Up", but his breakthrough was with the soundtrack to [[Superfly:Curtis Mayfield|Superfl, with its socially conscious message. In 1990, he was paralyzed to a stage-lighting accident, and he died from diabetes in 1999.

Discography

Albums

• Curtis
• Curtis Live
• Roots
• Superfly
• Back to the World
• Curtis in Chicago
• Sweet Exorcist
• Got to Find a Way
• There's No Place Like America Today
• Give, Get, Take and Have
• Never Say You Can't Survive
• Do It All Night
• Heartbeat
• Something to Believe In
• Love is the Place
• Honesty
• We Come in Peace With a Message of Love
• Live in Europe
• Take It To the Streets
• New World Order

Appears On

Radio Shows

• Chris Morris Music Show Episode 1: On paper the show may look like a list of records, but on air it's an activated warhead. It thrives on its profound disregard for its consequence