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  1. Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music. [5] [6] Dubbed the "Gentle Genius", [7] [8] he first achieved success and recognition with the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

  2. May 30, 2024 · Curtis Mayfield (born June 3, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died December 26, 1999, Roswell, Georgia) was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and entrepreneur who was one of the principal architects of Chicago-based soul music during the 1960s and ’70s.

  3. Biography. Curtis Lee Mayfield made his first recordings in 1958 as a member of a Chicago Soul/R & B group, The Impressions. He was 16, from the city’s notorious Cabrini Green Housing Projects. He was strictly a backup singer with the group – no guitar, no production, no songwriting. This would change, and sooner than later.

  4. The Curtis Mayfield Estate & Rhino announce a year-long celebration of Curtis Mayfield s solo career. Welcome to the Official Curtis Mayfield Website.

  5. In 1958, Curtis Mayfield has his first taste of a hit recording, “For Your Precious Love,” by The Impressions. He is 16, from Chicago’s wild side, the Cabrini Green Public Housing Projects, just developing his distinctive high tenor voice that blended into falsetto and become his (and the group’s) trademark. It will allow Mayfield the ...

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  7. Jul 19, 2012 · Curtis Mayfield, the focus of a tribute concert at the Lincoln Center Festival, was a soft-voiced performer whose evolution into social and political songs continues to influence popular culture.

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