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Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the "Gentle Genius", [5] [6] he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and socially conscious African-American music.
Curtis is the debut studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield, released in September 1970. Produced by Mayfield, it was released on his own label Curtom Records. The musical styles of Curtis moved further away from the pop-soul sounds of Mayfield's previous group The Impressions and featured more of a funk and psychedelic ...
A Man Like Curtis – The Best of Curtis Mayfield (1992) People Get Ready: The Curtis Mayfield Story (1996) Get Down to the Funky Groove (1996) [Charly] [5] The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield (1997) R&B #91; Give It Up – The Very Best of the Curtom Years 1970–1977 (1997) Beautiful Brother. The Essential Curtis Mayfield (2000) Soul Legacy (2001)
Roots is Curtis Mayfield’s second studio album, released in October 1971. Having received critical praise from a variety of publications, the album is regarded as not just one of Mayfield's best works but also as a classic release of the '70s soul era, with Allmusic critic Bruce Eder stating that "the album soars on some of the sweetest and most eloquent... soul sounds heard up to that time".
"Move On Up" is a song by Curtis Mayfield from his 1970 debut album, Curtis. Nearly nine minutes long on the album version, it was released as a single in the United States, but failed to chart. An edited version of the song spent 10 weeks in the top 50 of the UK Singles Chart in 1971, peaking at number 12, and it has become a soul classic over ...
Got to Find a Way is the sixth studio album by Curtis Mayfield, released in 1974 under Curtom Records. It peaked at number 76 on the Billboard 200 chart, [2] as well as number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [3]
Curtis Mayfield - vocals, guitar, backing vocals; Michael Ingram - percussion; Joseph Scott - bass; Rich Tufo - clavinet, electric piano; Theodis Rodgers - organ, piano, synthesizer
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