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Curtis Mayfield( Curtis Lee Mayfield )【 24 albums 239 lyrics 】
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. He first achieved success and recognition with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, and later worked as a solo artist.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mayfield started his musical career in a gospel choir. Moving to the North Side, he met Jerry Butler in 1956 at the age of 14, and joined the vocal group the Impressions. As a songwriter, Mayfield became noted as one of the first musicians to bring more prevalent themes of social awareness into soul music. In 1965, he wrote 'People Get Ready' for the Impressions, which displayed his more politically charged songwriting. Ranked at no. 24 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the song received numerous other awards, and was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, as well as being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.

After leaving the Impressions in 1970 in the pursuit of a solo career, Mayfield released several albums, including the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Super Fly in 1972. The soundtrack was noted for its socially conscious themes, mostly addressing problems surrounding inner city minorities such as crime, poverty and drug abuse. The album was ranked at no. 72 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Mayfield was paralyzed from the neck down after lighting equipment fell on him during a live performance at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, on August 13, 1990. Despite this, he continued his career as a recording artist, releasing his final album New World Order in 1996. Mayfield won a Grammy Legend Award in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, and was a double inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of the Impressions in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He was also a two-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. He died from complications of type 2 diabetes in 1999 at the age of 57.
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Album name Release Date 　Song 　 　
Roots 2013-07
 1.Get Down(LP Version) (Provided)
2.Keep On Keeping On(LP Version)
3.Underground(LP Version) (Provided)
4.We Got To Have Peace(LP Version)
5.Beautiful Brother Of Mine(LP Version) (Provided)
6.Now You're Gone7.Love To Keep You In My Mind(LP Version) (Provided)
8.Underground(Demo Version)
9.Get Down(Single Version)
10.We Got To Have Peace(Single Version)
11.Beautiful Brother Of Mine(Single Version) (Provided)
Soul Legends: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions 2006
 1.You've Been Cheatin'2.Keep On Pushing
Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield 1997
 1.The Makings of You
The Ultimate Curtis Mayfield 1997
 1.Choice Of Colours2.Fool For You
New World Order 1996
 1.Let's Not Forget
Something to Believe In 1980
 1.Never Let Me Go
2.Love Me, Love Me Now (Provided)
3.Tripping Out
4.People Never Give Up (Provided)5.It's All Right
6.Something to Believe In (Provided)
7.Never Stop Loving Me (Provided)
Heartbeat 1979
 1.Between You Baby And Me
2.Tell Me, Tell Me (How Ya Like to be Loved) (Provided)
3.What is My Woman For? (Provided)
4.Victory (Provided)
5.Over the Hump (Provided)6.You Better Stop (Provided)
7.You're So Good to Me
8.Heartbeat (Provided)
9.Tomorrow Night for Sure (Provided)
Do It All Night 1978
 1.In Love, In Love, In Love
2.Do It All Night (Provided)
3.No Goodbyes (Provided)4.Party, Party (Provided)
5.Keeps Me Loving You (Provided)
6.You Are, You Are (Provided)
Short Eyes 1977
 1.Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here
2.Back Against the Wall
3.Need Someone To Love
4.A Heavy Dude (Provided)5.Short Eyes/Freak, Freak, Free, Free, Free (Provided)
6.Break It Down (Provided)
7.Another Fool in Love
8.Father Confessor (Provided)
Never Say You Can't Survive 1977
 1.Just Want To Be With You
2.When You Used To Be Mine
3.Show Me Love
4.When We're Alone (Provided)5.Never Say You Can't Survive (Provided)
6.I'm Gonna Win Your Love (Provided)
7.All Night Long
8.Sparkle (Provided)
Give, Get, Take and Have 1976
 1.In Your Arms Again (Shake It)
2.This Love Is Sweet (Provided)
3.P.S. I Love You
4.Party Night (Provided)5.Give a Little Bit (Give, Get, Take and Have) (Provided)
6.Soul Music
7.Only You Babe (Single edit)
8.Mr. Welfare Man (Provided)
There's No Place Like America Today 1975
 1.So In Love
2.Billy Jack
3.Blue Monday People
4.When Seasons Change (Provided)5.Jesus (Provided)
6.Hard Times
7.Love to the People
8.Hard Times (Long Version) (Provided)
Sweet Exorcist 1974
 1.Make Me Belive In You
2.To Be Invisible
3.Kung Fu
4.Power To The People5.Ain't Got Time
6.Sweet Exorcist
7.Suffer (Provided)
Got to Find a Way 1974
 1.So You Don't Love Me
2.Mother's Son
3.Love Me (Right in the Pocket) (Provided)4.Prayer (Provided)
5.Cannot Find a Way (Provided)
6.Ain't No Love Lost
Curtis in Chicago 1973
 1.Superfly (Live) (Provided)
2.For Your Precious Love (Live) (Provided)
3.I'm So Proud (Live) (Provided)
4.For Once In My Life (Live) (Provided)
5.Preacher Man (Live) (Provided)6.If I Were Only a Child Again (Live) (Provided)
7.Duke of Earl (Live) (Provided)
8.Love Oh Love (Live) (Provided)
9.Amen (Live) (Provided)
Back to the World 1973
 1.If I Were Only A Child Again
2.Right On for the Darkness
3.Future Shock
4.Keep on Trippin'5.Back to the World
6.Future Song (Love a Good Woman, Love a Good Man) (Provided)
7.Can't Say Nothin'
Super Fly 1972
 1.Freddie's Dead
2.Little Child Runnin' Wild
3.Pusherman (alternate mix)
4.No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)
5.Give Me Your Love (Love Song)
6.Ghetto Child (Demo Version of 'Little Child Runnin' Wild')
7.Freddie's Dead (Theme from 'Superfly') [Single Mix Version]
8.Pusherman
9.Superfly
10.Eddie You Should Know Better
11.Junkie Chase (Instrumental) (Provided)12.Think (Instrumental) (Provided)
13.Superfly (Single Mix) (Provided)
14.Freddie's Dead (instrumental version) (Provided)
15.Junkie Chase (Instrumental) (full-length version) (Provided)
16.No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song) (instrumental version) (Provided)
17.Militant March (Provided)
18.Eddie You Should Know Better (instrumental version) (Provided)
19.Radio Spot #1 (Provided)
20.Check Out Your Mind (instrumental version) (Provided)
21.Radio Spot #2 (Provided)
22.Curtis Mayfield interview on Superfly film and songwriting (Provided)
Curtis/Live! 1971
 1.We've Only Just Begun
2.Check Out Your Mind
3.Stone Junkie
4.We're a Winner
5.Gypsy Woman
6.People Get Ready
7.Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey) (Provided)
8.Rap #1 (Provided)9.I Play to Stay a Believer (Provided)
10.Rap #2 (Provided)
11.Rap #3 (Provided)
12.Stare and Stare (Provided)
13.Rap #4 (Provided)
14.Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go (Live)
15.Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey) [Single Version] (Provided)
Curtis 1970
 1.Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go
2.The Other Side of Town
3.The Makings of You
4.We People Who Are Darker Than Blue
5.Move on Up
6.Miss Black America
7.Wild and Free
8.Give It Up
9.Power to the People (demo version)10.Underground (Demo Version)
11.Ghetto Child (Demo Version)
12.Readings in Astrology (demo version) (Provided)
13.Suffer (demo version) (Provided)
14.Miss Black America (demo version) (Provided)
15.The Makings of You (Backing Tracks, Take 32)
16.Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go (Backing Tracks, Takes 1 & 2) (Provided)
17.Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go (Radio edit) (Provided)
The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield
1.Freddie's Dead (Theme from 'Superfly') [Single Edit Version]
2.Superfly (Recorded Live by WTTW-TV Chicago)3.Do Be Down (with Linda Clifford)
4.You're So Good to Me (Single Edit)
Superfly - Definitive Remastered Edition
1.Little Child Runnin' Wild (2014 Remaster)
2.Freddie's Dead (Single Version) (2014 Remaster)
3.Superfly (Mono Single Edit) (2014 Remaster)
4.No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song) [Instrumental Version] (2014 Remaster)
5.Pusherman (Alternate Mix with Horns) (2014 Remaster)6.Ghetto Child (Demo for Little Child Runnin' Wild) (2014 Remaster)
7.Think (2014 Remaster)
8.Give Me Your Love (2014 Remaster)
9.Check Out Your Mind (Instrumental Studio Jam) (2014 Remaster)
Curtis Mayfield: Live In Europe
1.Gypsy Woman (Live In Europe)
2.Freddie's Dead (Live In Europe)
3.Pusherman (Live In Europe)
4.We Got to Have Peace (Live In Europe)5.We've Only Just Begun (Live In Europe)
6.People Get Ready (Live In Europe)
7.Move On Up (Live In Europe)
8.When Seasons Change (Live In Europe)
Curtis Live! (US Release)
1.We're A Winner - Live @ Bitter End, NYC
2.We've Only Just Begun - Live @ Bitter End, NYC
3.People Get Ready - Live @ Bitter End, NYC
4.Stare And Stare - Live @ Bitter End, NYC
5.Check Out Your Mind - Live @ Bitter End, NYC6.Gypsy Woman - Live @ Bitter End, NYC
7.The Makings Of You - Live @ Bitter End, NYC
8.Don't Worry If There Is A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go
9.Stone Junkie - Live @ Bitter End, NYC
Miscellaneous
1.Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)
2.A Prayer
3.Here but I'm Gone
4.Love's Sweet Sensation
5.Love to Keep You in My Mind
6.Back To Living Again
7.The Girl I Find Stays On My Mind
8.Beautiful Brother of Mine
9.We Got to Have Peace (Eddie Baez Laid Back Mix)
10.We Got to Have Peace
11.Underground
12.Get Down
13.We Got to Have Peace (single edit)
14.We Got To Have Peace-Curtis Mayfield
15.Pusherman (Alternate Mix With Horns)
16.New World Order
17.Get Down (single edit)
18.She Don't Let Nobody But Me
19.I'm So Proud - With Linda Clifford
20.Just A Little Bit Of Love
21.You Must Believe Me
22.No One Knows About A Good Thing (You Don't Have To Cry)
23.If There's A Hell Below
24.Get a Little Bit (Give, Get, Take and Have)
25.So Unusual
26.It's Hard To Believe
27.Don't Worry If There Is A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go (Backing Tracks)
28.Duke of Earl29.Give Me Your Love
30.Keep On Keeping On
31.Amen
32.Woman's Got Soul
33.Pusherman (Mixmastermike Pusher's Nephew Mix)
34.Move On Up (Eric Kupper Vocal Mix)
35.So In Love [Single Edit]
36.Can't Satisfy
37.I'm The One Who Loves You
38.Move On Up (Extended Version)
39.Freddie's Dead (Theme from 'Superfly') [Single Mix]
40.I'm So Proud
41.We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
42.Little Child Runnin' Wild (King Britt Scuba Mix)
43.Move On Up - Single Version
44.Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here (Ashley Beedle Re-Edit)
45.Mother's Son - Remastered
46.Only You Babe
47.We Got to Have Peace ('85 Version)
48.Ms. Martha
49.Underground (Superfly-esque Demo Version, 1970)
50.Tripping Out (Single Edit)
51.Tripping Out (Edited Version)
52.Hey Baby (Give It All to Me)
53.Don't Worry If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna Go [Live]
54.It's Alright
55.Sad, Sad Girl and Boy

【Correction of errors in the album information】