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Curtis Mayfield News

SUPERFLY GUY DEAD

Social conscience for a generation dies...

  • Dec 27, 1999

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Curtis Mayfield Pictures

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YouTube Curtis Mayfield Videos

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Live

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Live (03:34)

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready

Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready (03:09)

Curtis Mayfield in a poignant performance from Night Music. The band includes Taylor Dane, Hiram Bullock, David Lindley, David Sanborn, Omar Hakkim, Don Alias and Tom Barney.

Curtis Mayfield ~ Freddies Dead

Curtis Mayfield ~ Freddies Dead (05:33)

Curtis Mayfield sometime around 1973

Soul Train LIne Dance to Curtis Mayfield "Get Down"

Soul Train LIne Dance to Curtis Mayfield "Get Down" (03:41)

Soul Train LIne Dance to Curtis Mayfield's "Get Down" (Episode #007, 1971). Subscribe to our channel and stay tuned...we will be adding new clips each week.

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Curtis Mayfield 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.

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Curtis Mayfield's Best Songs

  • 1. Move On Up
  • 2. Superfly
  • 3. Pusherman
  • 4. Freddie's Dead
  • 5. Eddie You Should Know Better
  • 6. Little Child Runnin' Wild
  • 7. Give Me Your Love
  • 8. Get Down
  • 9. People Get Ready
  • 10. No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song)
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Curtis Mayfield Discography

Curtis Mayfield albums.

  • Roots - (Charly Records/GB)
  • Curtis - (Sequel Records/GB)
  • New World Order - 01/10/1996 (Warner Bros. Records/US)
  • Something to Believe In - 09/1980 (Curtom Records/US)
  • There's No Place Like America Today - (Buddah Records/NL)
  • Back to the World - 09/1973 (Curtom Records/US)

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