| LC control no. | n 83046997 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.M3369 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Mayfield, Curtis |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Legends Award awardee. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19420603 |
| Death date | 19991226 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Roswell (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | Wells High School (Chicago, Ill.) Impressions (Musical group) Curtom Records Mayfield Records Windy C label |
| Profession or occupation | Rhythm and blues musicians Singers Composers Guitarists |
| Found in | Newport in New York '72 ... 1972. Film composers guide, c1990 (Curtis Mayfield; b. 6-3-1942, Chicago, Ill.) New York Times, Dec. 27, 1999 (Curtis Mayfield, 57, soul singer and songwriter; d. Dec. 26, 1999, Roswell, Ga.) African American National Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mayfield, Curtis; Curtis Lee Mayfield Jr.; rhythm and blues musician / singer, composer / arranger; born 03 June 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; attended Wells High School, Chicago; guitarist and tenor vocalist for vocal harmony group Impressions, achieved national hit with ballad For Your Precious Love (1958); established the publishing company Curtom (1960); composer at the Columbia's rhythm and blues subsidiary Okeh (1962-1965); formed Mayfield Records and Windy C label (1966); founded Curtom Records (1968); began solo career (1970); moved to Atlanta, Georgia; was permanently paralyzed from the neck down (1990); was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of Impressions (1991) and as solo artist (1999), received Grammy Legends Award (1994); died 26 December, 1999 in Roswell, Georgia, United States) |
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