Curtis Mayfield

== Info ==
Soul musician formerly a member of The Impressions. During his solo career he had numerous soul hits, several of them reaching the top forty on the pop charts. He is best remembered for his hits Superfly and Freddie's Dead. Both are from the film Superfly, but the latter is the movie's theme song. The former is often mistaken as the theme. Mayfield also wrote for other artists, many of whom had major hits with his songs. Artists include The Righteous Brothers, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Isley Brothers, and a collaboration of Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck.
== Genres ==
Soul
Category:Chicago Soul
Category:Seventies
Category:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Category:Multiple Inductees