Playlist
Curtis Mayfield Essentials
Apple Music Pop
Tracks: 2194:24
Angelic-voiced poet of the streets struck funk gold in the 1970s.
Updated Dec 13, 2022
Tracks 21
- 1Apéro entre amis2:45
- 2Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)3:51
- 3Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)5:28
- 4Dale al play!: Soul2:36
- 5Hard Times: 70's Sounds from the Inner City3:26
- 6Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)5:04
- 7Move On Up3:43
- 819715:48
- 9Back to the World5:20
- 10Adult Contemporary Soul6:12
- 11The Greatest Hits2:31
- 12Kings of Soul6:05
- 13Cuffing Season Anthems5:14
- 14Retro Soul4:45
- 15Short Eyes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)5:31
- 16Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)5:24
- 17Soul Essencial e Inesquecível3:20
- 18Roots3:09
- 19Heartbeat6:54
- 20Beach Music Hits2:48
- 21Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)4:18
About this playlist
Curtis Mayfield merged R&B with complex grooves and trenchant lyrics for some of the most striking songs of the '70s funk era. He rose to fame with the Impressions, penning several Top 10 hits in the 1960s for them before departing in 1970. Mayfield scored his biggest solo hit in 1972 with the soundtrack to Super Fly, which set the template for his career: soulful lyrics about the urban experience backed by sweeping funk tracks. A debilitating accident in 1990 cut Mayfield's career short before his death in 1999, but his legacy remains as one of funk's most socially conscious figures.