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Pusher Manby Curtis Mayfield
Pusher Man
Curtis Mayfield
First Spin
Last Spin
- Feb 17, 2017
8:02 AMMavis Staples summarized Curtis Mayfield's work - "There's a beauty about him, an angelic state. Everything he wrote had a whole lot of love." Read a biography of this incredible musician: www.curtismayfield.comJohn Richards - Oct 4, 2016
7:05 AMAs a songwriter, Mayfield became noted as one of the first musicians to bring more prevalent themes of social awareness into soul music. Learn more with DJ Michelle: http://blog.kexp.org/2010/01/13/kexp-documentaries-civil-rights-songs-–-people-get-ready/ - Mar 4, 2016
8:36 AMCurtis Mayfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first as a member of The Impressions and then as a solo artist: rockhall.com - Jul 30, 2015
6:58 AMListen to KEXP's documentary on the amazing and immensely influential Curtis Mayfield! www.kexp.org And if you still can't get enough check out his cool website www.curtismayfield.com - Mar 6, 2015
17:30 PM"Curtis Mayfield started out in music at the age of 7, singing in his grandma’s church in Chicago. He taught himself guitar, keyboard, piano, saxophone and drums. When he was 14 he wrote a song 'Gypsy Woman' that would later hit the top of the charts. And at 16, he dropped out of high school to join a traveling gospel act who would become famous as the Impressions. Later on, like other African-American artists James Brown and Sam Cooke, he would become a businessman too, one who would help out other African- American artists and control the way all of their music was marketed and made." blog.kexp.org - Nov 11, 2014
13:06 PMHere's a Guardian biography of the late Curtis Mayfield, a "soul singer with a social message": www.theguardian.com - Sep 27, 2014
15:36 PMThanks to your support, listeners of all ages & all around the world learn about classic artists like Curtis Mayfield via special programs like this great civil rights songs documentary blog.kexp.org - Dec 6, 2013
21:48 PMOne of the few soundtracks that outsold the movie it was from. - Mar 21, 2013
9:22 AMCurtis wrote the entire Superfly soundtrack.