Curtis Mayfield

Music Journalism Pop Rock 

Pop Top 40: Top LPs & Tapes for Week Ending January 27, 1973

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment Al Green, Carly Simon, Carole King, Curtis Mayfield, Helen Reddy, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Joni Mitchell, Los Babys, Neil Diamond, Pop Top 40, Rolling Stones, Slade, Stevie Wonder, The Moody Blues

50 years ago, soft rock was dominating the chart

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Films Funk Soul 

This Cat Of The Slum: Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly at 50

July 28, 2022February 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1972, 50th anniversary, Curtis Mayfield, Curtom, Freddie's Dead, Gordon Parks Jr., Pusherman, Ron O'Neal, Super Fly

How the soul legend stuck it to The Man by setting the template for Blaxploitation soundtracks

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Soul 

LISTEN: Curtis Mayfield at 80

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Curtis Mayfield, Playlist, Spotify, Superfly

Honoring a soul giant with a day trip through his catalog

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adblock Soul 

Swamp Dogg: Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick and Me

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Williams, Joyful Noise, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Patti LaBelle, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Sly Stone, Smokey Robinson, Sorry You Couldn't Make It, Sorry You Couldn’t Make It Demos, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg

Soul great also known as Jerry Williams tells all: “Ask me anything you want. I had a good night sleep.”

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Blues Soul 

WATCH: “Tell Me” by Devin B Thompson

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blues, Chicago, Chicago Blues, Curtis Mayfield, Devin B Thompson, Luther Allison, Robben Ford, Tales of the Soul, Tell Me

The Rock & Roll Globe is proud to premiere the latest video from the Chicago soul blues luminary

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Blues Folk Soul 

Still Bill, Just As He Was

April 6, 2020 James Porter 2 Comments Bill Withers, Columbia Records, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, John Hammond, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg, Terry Callier

There was almost no precedent for Bill Withers in the 1970s

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Soul 

A Gentle Genius

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments Curtis Mayfield, Rhino Records, The Impressions

A new box set chronicles the crucial quadrant of studio albums comprising Curtis Mayfield’s first five years as a solo artist

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