Biography

Curtis Mayfield's legacy is enormous. As the leader of the Impressions, he recorded some of the finest soul vocal group music of the 1960s. As a solo artist in the '70s, he helped pioneer funk and helped introduce hard-hitting urban commentary into soul music. But he wasn't just a singer. He wrote most of his material at a time when that was not the norm for soul performers. He was among the first to speak openly about African-American pride and community struggles in his compositions. As a songwriter and a producer, he was a key architect of Chicago soul. ~ Richie Unterberger

Top Tracks

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• (don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go

• (don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go

• Amen

• Baby It's You

• Back To Living Again

• Back To The World

• Beautiful Brother Of Mine

• Between You Baby And Me

• Billy Jack

• Check Out Your Mind

• Choice Of Colors

• Dirty Laundry

• Do Be Down

• Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here

• Do It All Night

• Fool For You

• Freddie's Dead

• Freddie's Dead (theme From Superfly)

• Funny (not Much)

• Future Shock

• Ghetto Child

• Gypsy Woman

• He Will Break Your Heart

• Heartbeat

• He's A Fly Guy

• Homeless

• If I Were Only A Child Again

• I'm So Proud

• In Love, In Love, In Love

• It's All Right

• It's All Right/amen

• Just Ease My Mind

• Keep On Pushing

• Love Me, Love Me Now

• Love's Sweet Sensation

• Meeting Over Yonder

• Mighty Mighty (spade And Whitey)

• Minstrel And Queen

• Move On Up

• Mr. Welfare Man

• Ms. Martha

• Never Say You Can't Survive

• Never Stop Loving Me

• No One Knows About A Good Thing (you Don't Have To Cry)

• On And On

• Only The Strong Survive

• Only You Babe

• People Get Ready

• Power To The People

• Pusherman

• So In Love

• Something To Believe In

• Soul Music

• Superfly

• Sweet Exorcist

• The Makings Of You

• This Is My Country

• Tripping Out

• Underground

• We Got To Have Peace

• We Got To Have Peave

• We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue

• We've Only Just Begun

• What You Gawn Do?

• You Must Believe Me

• You'll Want Me Back

• You're So Good To Me

Discography

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• Mayfield: Remixed - The Curtis Mayfield Collection

  Rhino

  2005

• Live at Ronnie Scott's

  Sanctuary

  2001

• New World Order

  Warner Bros.

  1996

• BBC Radio 1 in Concert

  Strange Fruit

  1994

• Take It to the Streets

  Curtom

  1990

• Live in Europe

  Sequel

  1987

• We Come in Peace with a Message of Love

  Curtom

  1985

• Honesty

  Boardwalk

  1983

• The Right Combination

  RSO

  1980

• Never Say You Can't Survive

  Ichiban

  1977

• Give, Get, Take and Have

  Curtom

  1976

• There's No Place Like America Today

  Curtom

  1975

• Got to Find a Way

  1974

• Sweet Exorcist

  Tartare

  1974

• Back to the World

  Snapper / Charly Records

  1973

• Curtis in Chicago

  1973

• Curtis Live

  Rhino

  1971