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"Memphis Soul Stew" is a song by American saxophonist and bandleader King Curtis (1934–1971). The track is a narrative that describes the Memphis Soul sound in terms of a cooking recipe, with each instrument introduced by Curtis. This includes "fatback drums", "a pinch of organ" and "a half-pint of horns".
A Crash Course in Roses is the fifth studio album by Catie Curtis, released on August 3, 1999 (). The album contains numerous love songs, with "Magnolia Street", a song about the realization that one is in love, gaining some radio airplay. While the album did not make the Billboard Music Charts, it was her most successful at that stage.
Keep On Pushing is a studio album by the Impressions, released on ABC-Paramount in 1964. This was the group's biggest hit album ever, reaching number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, the band's highest position on the chart, [1] and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [2]
Return of Superfly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the original soundtrack to Sig Shore's 1990 film The Return of Superfly.It was released on August 13, 1990, via Capitol Records, and consisted of soul music songs by Curtis Mayfield and hip hop tracks by various rappers, including Capital Punishment Organization, Def Jef, Eazy-E, Ice-T, King Tee, Mellow Man Ace, Tone Lōc and Uzi Bros.
Super Fly is the third studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield, released on July 11, 1972, by Curtom Records. It was released as the soundtrack for the Blaxploitation film of the same name. A classic of 1970s soul and funk music, Super Fly was a nearly immediate hit.
The song is about a man who is leaving his woman. After repeatedly forgiving her, his patience has run out. He tells her to stop begging him to stay and that she should have known better. His mind is made up and he is leaving. [3] The song was released in early February, 1985 on Hot Melt 12 TC.003 but then later on Virgin, Hot Melt VS 754. [4]
In his review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau felt The Anthology was an "A+"; in his view the selection could have used less of the early songs with the Impressions and more of Mayfield's "radically sporadic solo career", though for Christgau "a songwriter this gifted has no trouble filling two CDs, and he's his own aptest vocal interpreter."
All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield; except where indicated "They Don't Know" – 2:47 "Stay Close to Me" – 2:03 "I'm Loving Nothing" – 2:31