| LC control no. | n 93019562 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mayfield, Percy, 1920-1984 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19200812 |
| Death date | 19840811 |
| Place of birth | Minden (La.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | RCA Records Atlantic Recording Corporation |
| Profession or occupation | Rhythm and blues musicians Singers Composers |
| Found in | His Walking on a tightrope [SR] p1989: label (Percy Mayfield) All music guide WWW site, Feb. 7, 2008 (Percy Mayfield; b. Aug. 12, 1920, Minden, LA; d. Aug. 11, 1984, Los Angeles, CA; R&B singer and songwriter, "poet laureate of the blues") African American National Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mayfield, Percy; blues musician / singer, rhythm and blues musician / singer, songwriter; born 12 August, 1920 in Minden, Louisiana, United States; his song Please Send Me Someone to Love rose to number one on the R&B charts (1950); serious automobile accident ravaged his face and changed his voice (1952); became one of Ray Charles's favorite songwriters (1960s); recorded with RCA and Atlantic (1970s); struggled with depression and alcoholism; died 11 August, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States) |
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