Curtis Mayfield

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funk musician guitarist human record producer singer-songwriter soul musician

Curtis Mayfield was an influential American soul and funk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his socially conscious music and pioneering work with The Impressions and on the Super Fly soundtrack.

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Label	Occurrences
Curtis Mayfield canonical	58
Curtis Mayfield discography	2
Curtis Mayfield and Jeff Beck	1
Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions	1

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instanceOf	funk musician ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ soul musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950s ⓘ
associatedBand	The Impressions ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Legend Award ⓘ Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthDate	1942-06-03 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	complications of diabetes ⓘ
causeOfDisability	spinal cord injury ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1999-12-26 ⓘ
familyName	Mayfield ⓘ
founded	Curtom Records ⓘ
genre	Chicago soul ⓘ funk ⓘ R&B ⓘ surface form: rhythm and blues soul ⓘ
givenName	Curtis ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of The Impressions ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as solo artist ⓘ Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced	Bob Marley ⓘ Lenny Kravitz ⓘ Prince ⓘ Stevie Wonder ⓘ
influencedGenre	funk ⓘ neo soul ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
lyricalFocus	black pride ⓘ civil rights ⓘ socially conscious themes ⓘ
memberOf	The Impressions ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement
name	Curtis Mayfield self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum	Curtis ⓘ Roots ⓘ Super Fly ⓘ
notableWork	(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go ⓘ Freddie’s Dead ⓘ Move On Up ⓘ People Get Ready ⓘ Super Fly ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Georgia ⓘ Roswell ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
recordLabel	Curtom Records ⓘ

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Brittany Howard → influencedBy → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Lenny Kravitz → influencedBy → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Curtis Mayfield → name → Curtis Mayfield self-link ⓘ

Touch the Sky → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Touch the Sky → sampleArtist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Drive Slow → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

My Way Home → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Legend (Bob Marley compilation album) → containsSongWrittenBy → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

One Love → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

subject surface form: One Love/People Get Ready

Donny Hathaway → associatedAct → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Gonna Love Me → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Gonna Love Me → sampledArtist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Buddah Records → notableArtist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Nina Cried Power → tributeTo → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Johnny Pate → workedWith → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Sparkle (2012 film) → musicBy → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Who Is She 2 U → hasWriter → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

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Jerry Butler → collaboratedWith → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

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Mayfield → hasNotableBearer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

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Super Fly → artist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

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Super Fly → producer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Super Fly → lyricist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

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People Get Ready → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

People Get Ready → composer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

People Get Ready → leadVocalist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Curtis Mayfield and Jeff Beck

Move On Up → artist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Move On Up → performer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Move On Up → composer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Move On Up → lyricist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Move On Up → producer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Move On Up → partOf → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Curtis Mayfield discography

Freddie’s Dead → artist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Freddie’s Dead → performer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Freddie’s Dead → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Freddie’s Dead → composer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Freddie’s Dead → producer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

Freddie’s Dead → associatedAct → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions

(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go → artist → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go → performer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go → writer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ

(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go → composer → Curtis Mayfield ⓘ