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Percy Mayfield was a popular recording artist in the early 1950s when he had a No. 1 R&B hit with “Please Send Me Someone to Love,” but after a disfiguring injury in an auto accident in 1952 he performed less often and focused his attention on the talent that brought him even greater acclaim – songwriting.
Percy Mayfield was a renowned R&B songwriter with hits including “Hit the Road, Jack” and “Please Send Me Someone to Love.”. Percy Mayfield with his band performing at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1977. Known as “the poet laureate of the blues ,” Percy Mayfield is revered as a uniquely sensitive songwriter and rhythm and ...
Percy Mayfield. Singer-songwriter Percy Mayfield (1920-1984) was known as "Poet Laureate of the Blues," and his widely recorded compositions frequently reflected profound observations about life, love, and race relations. His first and biggest hit, the blues ballad "Please Send Me Someone to Love," recorded for Specialty Records in 1950, was ...
Percy Mayfield. プロフィール: US R&B vocalist and composer (b. August 12, 1920, Minden, Louisiana, d. August 11, 1984, Los Angeles, CA) Though maybe mostly known for penning the classic "Hit the Road, Jack", Mayfield himself was a major performer for the Specialty label in the first half of the 50s delivering slow blues ballads with his ...
Maintained by: Find a Grave. Originally Created by: Dan Pollock. Added: Nov 9, 2004. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 9785435. Source citation. Songwriter. Renowned writer of popular, blues and rhythm and blues music. Aptly nicknamed, The Poet Laureate of the Blues, Percy penned several songs that have become standards in the genre over the years.
