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Curtis Mayfield

real name Curtis Lee Mayfield

Chicago, United States · 1942-06-03 – 1999-12-26

Curtis Mayfield is credited on 9,087 releases across 2,340 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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9,087

Credits

2,340

Albums

8

Decades active

1,813

In collections

Biography

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American singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer, born June 3, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois - died December 26, 1999 in Roswell, Georgia aged 57. Co-founder of R&B vocal group The Impressions in the late 1950s. In the mid-1960s, he founded and owned the soul labels Mayfield Records & Windy C. He left The Impressions in 1970 to embark on a solo career and co-founded the record label Curtom, alongside Eddie Thomas.
Father of Kirk Mayfield.

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Credited work

9,087 releases · 2,340 albums · active 1958–2026

  • Performance · 12,543
  • Production · 1,964
  • Other credits · 246
  • Engineering · 90

Studios: Curtom Studios · Sigma Sound Studios · RCA Studios, Chicago · The Burbank Studios

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