Curtis Mayfield
Rhythm and blues, Musical Artist
1942 – 1999
Who was Curtis Mayfield?
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved success with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and recorded the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is 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. Mayfield is a winner of both the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and he was a double inductee into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted as a member of The Impressions into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He is also a two-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.
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- Born
- Jun 3, 1942
Chicago - Also known as
- Curtis Mayfeild
- Curtis Lee Mayfield
- The Gentle Genius
- Parents
- Spouses
- Altheida Mayfield
( - 1999/12/26)
- Altheida Mayfield
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Wells Community Academy High School
- Lived in
- Chicago
- Died
- Dec 26, 1999
Roswell
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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