Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1. Super Fly wasn’t Curtis Mayfield’s first work for film, nor was it his last. 2. Mayfield understood the film from personal ...

ATLANTA -- When she saw the YouTube trailer and heard the music for the remake of "Sparkle," it put a twinkle in Altheida Mayfield's eyes. See, she was right there beside her husband, the late, great ...

Curtis Lee Mayfield saw plenty of the dark side of life growing up in Chicago’s crime-ridden Cabrini Housing Projects. But rather than follow his peer’s path that led to destruction, addictions and ...

Like so many of the best singer-songwriters who started out as members of bands, Curtis Mayfield felt the need to get out on his own. As successful as he was with The Impressions in the 60s, he ...