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Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999)


Rhythm and blues performer/songwriter credited with defining 1960's Chicago sound in hits like "It's All Right" and "Gypsy Woman." His style influenced other artists from pop to hip hop. Has been a quadriplegic ever since he was struck by lighting rig during outdoor concert in New York, 1990. Member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose 1968 hit "We're A Winner... See full bio »

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2013 Divorce (TV series)
Episode #1.5 (2013) (writer: "Long Train Runnin'")
 
2012 The X Factor (TV series)
Finals (2012) (writer: "Move on Up" - uncredited)
 
2012/I Sparkle (writer: "Hooked On Your Love", "Jump", "Something He Can Feel", "Look Into Your Heart")
 
2012 Tad, the Lost Explorer (writer: "Sweet Champagne")
 
2012 Dark Shadows (writer: "Superfly" / performer: "Superfly")
 
2012 Scandal (TV series)
Crash and Burn (2012) ("Pusherman" - uncredited)
Hell Hath No Fury (2012) ("Superfly" - uncredited)
 
2012 Marley (documentary) (writer: "One Love/People Get Ready")
 
2011/I Jack and Jill (writer: "He Don't Love You Like I Love You")
 
2011 Suits (TV series)
Dog Fight (2011) (writer: "Greenback Boogie")
Rules of the Game (2011) (writer: "Greenback Boogie")
The Shelf Life (2011) (writer: "Greenback Boogie")
Undefeated (2011) (writer: "Greenback Boogie")
Identity Crisis (2011) (writer: "Greenback Boogie")
 
2011 The Hangover Part II (writer: "Pusher Man" / performer: "Pusher Man")
 
2011 Jumping the Broom (writer: "The Makings of You" / performer: "The Makings of You")
 
2011 Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary) (writer: "Movin' On Up")
 
2010 Arab Attraction (documentary) (writer: "It's All Right")
 
2010 Glee (TV series)
Never Been Kissed (2010) (writer: "One Love People Get Ready" - uncredited)
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Episode #1.316 (2010) (writer: "Hard Times")
Episode #1.284 (2010) (writer: "Move On Up")
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
Greatest Aussie Chart Toppers (2010) (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
2010 2010 Soul Train Awards (TV special) (writer: "Medley: 10 Seconds; Holding You Down Goin' in Circles; La Di Da Di; Holding You Down Goin' in Circles")
 
2009 Soul Kitchen (music: "Get Down")
 
2009 True Blood (TV series)
Never Let Me Go (2009) (performer: "Never Let Me Go" - uncredited)
 
2009 Fighting (writer: "Move On Up" / performer: "Move On Up")
 
2009 Madea Goes to Jail (writer: "Superfly" / performer: "Superfly")
 
2009 I Love You Phillip Morris (writer: "Move On Up" / as Curtis L. Mayfield / performer: "Move On Up")
 
2008 Turkish for Beginners (TV series)
Die, in der die Toten auferstehen (2008) (performer: "Pusherman" - uncredited)
 
2008 The Secret Life of Bees (writer: "It's All Right" 1963)
 
2008 Soul Power (documentary) (writer: "On And On")
 
2008 JCVD ("Hard Times")
 
2008/I Taken (writer: "Change" / as C. Mayfield / "Change")
 
2008 Semi-Pro (writer: "Move On Up" / performer: "Move On Up")
 
2008 The Real Hustle (TV series documentary)
Episode #5.2 (2008) (writer: "Move On Up" - uncredited / performer: "Move On Up" - uncredited)
 
2006-2008 The Wire (TV series)
React Quotes (2008) (performer: "Gypsy Woman")
Margin of Error (2006) (performer: "Move On Up Extended Version")
 
2007 The Heartbreak Kid (writer: "Gypsy Woman")
 
2007 Superbad (writer: "P.S. I Love You" / performer: "P.S. I Love You")
 
2007 Eye See Me (writer: " Don't Worry If there's a Hell Below We All Gonna Go", "Giving Him Something He Can Feel", "Kung Fu", "Little Child Running Wild", "Movin On Up", "Pusher Man", "So In Love" / performer: " Don't Worry If there's a Hell Below We All Gonna Go", "Kung Fu", "Little Child Running Wild", "Movin On Up", "So In Love")
 
2007 Charlie Bartlett (writer: "Pusherman" / performer: "Pusherman")
 
2007 House M.D. (TV series)
Top Secret (2007) (writer: "Superfly" / performer: "Superfly")
 
2007 Pride (writer: "LITTLE CHILD RUNNIN' WILD" / performer: "LITTLE CHILD RUNNIN' WILD")
 
2007 Las Vegas (TV series)
Barechested in the Park (2007) ("Superfly" - uncredited)
 
2006 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
New Orleans Social Club (2006) (writer: "This is My Country")
 
2006 Hollywoodland (writer: "He Will Break Your Heart" / as Curtis L. Mayfield)
 
2006 Daft Punk's Electroma (writer: "Billy Jack" / performer: "Billy Jack")
 
2006 ATL (writer: "What You Know")
 
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2006) (writer: "Meeting Over Yonder")
 
2006 Every Other Week (writer: "Move On Up" / as Mayfield / performer: "Move On Up" / as Mayfield)
 
2006 Glory Road (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
2005 The Boondocks (TV series)
Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner (2005) (writer: "Freddie's Dead" / performer: "Freddie's Dead")
 
2005 The Bernie Mac Show (TV series)
Prison Break (2005) (writer: "Little Child Runnin' Wild" / performer: "Little Child Runnin' Wild")
 
2005 Two for the Money (writer: "Pusherman" / performer: "Pusherman")
 
2005 Guess Who (writer: "Something He Can Feel" 1976)
 
2005 Inside Deep Throat (documentary) (writer: "Superfly" / performer: "Superfly")
 
2004 Alfie (writer: "Woman's Got Soul" 1965)
 
2004 Never Die Alone (writer: "Kung Fu", "Pusherman" / performer: "Kung Fu")
 
2004 Super Size Me (documentary) (writer: "Pusher Man" / performer: "Pusher Man")
 
2004 Along Came Polly (writer: "LET'S DO IT AGAIN")
 
2004 Hollywood Flies (writer: "Give Me Your Love")
 
2003 Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced (documentary) (writer: "It's All Right")
 
2003 The Boys of 2nd Street Park (TV documentary) (writer: "It's All Right")
 
2002 Comedian (documentary) (writer: "Move On Up")
 
2002 American Dreams (TV series)
 
2002 City by the Sea (writer: "Curious Mind Um Um Um Um Um Um")
 
2002 RFK (TV movie) (performer: "It's All Right")
 
2002 Barbershop (writer: "Pusherman" / performer: "Pusherman")
 
2002 Bend It Like Beckham (writer: "Move On Up" 1970 / performer: "Move On Up" 1970)
 
2002 Lovers & Leavers (writer: "Move On Up" / performer: "Move On Up" / arranger: "Move On Up")
 
2002 Cherish (writer: "Get Up and Move")
 
2002 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
Blood Relatives (2002) (performer: "People Get Ready" - uncredited)
 
2001 Vanilla Sky ("Keep On Pushing" 1964)
 
2001 Baby Boy (writer: "Talk Sh*t 2 Ya")
 
2001 Save the Last Dance (performer: "What You Want" / "What You Want")
 
2000 101 Reykjavík (writer: "It's All Right")
 
2000 Vinyl (documentary) (writer: "So In Love" / performer: "So In Love")
 
2000 The British Invasion Returns (video) (writer: "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um")
 
1999 Freaks and Geeks (TV series)
Tests and Breasts (1999) (writer: "Superfly" / performer: "Superfly")
 
1999 The Attack of the Giant Mousaka (writer: "Move On Up" / performer: "Move On Up")
 
1999/I Black and White (writer: "Urban Life")
 
1999 The Mod Squad (writer: "Here But I'm Gone" / performer: "Here But I'm Gone")
 
1998 Zingo (writer: "IT'S ALRIGHT")
 
1998 Rush Hour (writer: "Mother's Son" / performer: "Mother's Son")
 
1998 Simon Birch (writer: "It's All Right")
 
1998 54 (writer: "Move On Up")
 
1998 Armageddon (writer: "Pusherman" / performer: "Pusherman")
 
1998 The Last Days of Disco (writer: "Minstrel and Queen")
 
1998 Day 532 (short) (writer: "Right On For The Darkness" / performer: "Right On For The Darkness")
 
1997 Eve's Bayou (writer: "A Child With The Blues")
 
1997 Money Talks (performer: "Pusherman" / "Pusherman")
 
1996-1997 New York Undercover (TV series)
The Unthinkable (1997) ("No One Knows About a Good Thing You Don't Have to Cry" - uncredited)
A Time to Kill (1996) (writer: "Little Child Running Wild" - uncredited / performer: "Little Child Running Wild" - uncredited)
 
1997 Love Jones (writer: "Give Me Your Love" / performer: "Give Me Your Love")
 
1996 Get on the Bus (writer: "People Get Ready", "New World Order", "Keep On Pushing", "We're A Winner" / performer: "New World Order")
 
1996 Phenomenon (writer: "It's All Right" / performer: "It's All Right")
 
1996 The Cable Guy (writer: "Pusherman" / performer: "Pusherman")
 
1996 The Pallbearer (writer: "Move On Up" / performer: "Move On Up")
 
1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving (TV movie) (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
1995 Dead Presidents (writer: "Keep On Pushing", "Man Oh Man I Want To Go Back", "We People Darker Than Blue", "If There's Hell Below", "Right On For Darkness" / performer: "We People Darker Than Blue", "If There's Hell Below", "Right On For Darkness")
 
1995/I Panther (performer: "Don't Worry If There's A Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go")
 
1995 Friday (writer: "Freddie's Dead", "Little Child Runnin' Wild" / performer: "Freddie's Dead", "Little Child Runnin' Wild")
 
1995 Higher Learning (writer: "GIVE ME YOUR LOVE" / performer: "GIVE ME YOUR LOVE")
 
1994 It Could Happen to You (writer: "You Must Believe Me")
 
1994 Angels in the Outfield (writer: "It's All Right")
 
1994 The Inkwell (writer: "On And On")
 
1994 Without Walls (TV series documentary)
Kiss My Baadasssss Ice-T's Guide to Blaxploitation (1994) (writer: "Pusherman" - uncredited, "Super Fly" - uncredited / performer: "Super Fly" - uncredited)
 
1993 Coitado do Jorge ("SO IN LOVE")
 
1993 Aretha Franklin: Duets (TV special) (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
1992 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (documentary) (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
1990 The Return of Superfly (performer: "Superfly 1990", "Superfly 1990" Hip Hop Instrumental, "For The Love of You", "Showdown", "Forbidden" / producer: "Superfly 1990", "Superfly 1990" Hip Hop Instrumental, "For The Love of You", "Showdown", "Forbidden" / "Superfly 1990", "Superfly 1990" Hip Hop Instrumental, "For The Love of You", "Showdown", "Forbidden")
 
1990 Flashback ("People Get Ready")
 
1989 Shag (writer: "Monkey Time" / as Mayfield)
 
1989 The Mighty Quinn (writer: "I GOTTA KEEP MOVING ON")
 
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (writer: "He's a Flyguy" / performer: "He's a Flyguy" / producer: "He's a Flyguy")
 
1988 Hairspray (writer: "Mama Didn't Lie")
 
1988 The Telephone (writer: "One Love/People Get Ready")
 
1988 thirtysomething (TV series)
South by Southeast (1988) ("It's All Right")
 
1987 Rags to Riches (TV series)
High Society (1987) (writer: "It's All Right")
 
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married (writer: "He Don't Love You" - uncredited)
 
1986 The American Way (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
1985 Phil Collins: No Jacket Required (TV movie) (writer: "It's All Right")
 
1984 The Flamingo Kid (writer: "It's All Right")
 
1983 Phil Collins: Live at Perkins Palace (video) (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
1982 It Came from Hollywood (documentary) (writer: "The Monkey Time" - uncredited)
 
1979 Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (TV movie) (writer: "Move On Up" - uncredited)
 
1978 Renaldo and Clara (writer: "People Get Ready")
 
1977 A Piece of the Action (writer: "Chocolate City", "Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid", "Orientation", "A Piece Of The Action", "Good Lovin' Daddy", "'Til Blossoms Bloom", "Koochie, Koochie, Koochie", "Getting Deeper")
 
1977 Short Eyes (writer: "Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here", "Back Against The Wall", "Need Someone To Love", "A Heavy Dude", "Short Eyes/Freak, Freak, Free, Free, Free", "Another Fool In Love", "Father Confessor Instrumental" / performer: "Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here", "Back Against The Wall", "Need Someone To Love", "A Heavy Dude", "Short Eyes/Freak, Freak, Free, Free, Free", "Break It Down", "Another Fool In Love", "Father Confessor Instrumental")
 
1976 Sparkle (writer: "JUMP", "Hooked On Your Love", "Something He Can Feel", "Look Into Your Heart", "Loving You Baby")
 
1975 Let's Do It Again (writer: "Let's Do It Again", "Funky Love", "A Whole Lot Of Love", "New Orleans", "I Want To Thank You", "Big Mac", "After Sex Instrumental", "Chase Instrumental" / performer: "After Sex Instrumental", "Chase Instrumental")
 
1974 Claudine (writer: "Mr. Welfare Man", "To Be Invisible", "On and On", "The Makings of You", "Hold On", "Make Yours a Happy Home")
 
1974 The Groove Tube (performer: "Move On Up")
 
1974 Mob Job (performer: "Pusherman" - uncredited)
 
1973 The Bobby Goldsboro Show (TV series)
Episode dated 15 December 1973 (1973) (writer: "Future Shock", "If I Were Only A Child Again" / performer: "Future Shock", "If I Were Only A Child Again")
 
1973 Save the Children (documentary) (performer: "On a Clear Day")
 
1973 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Episode #1.20 (1973) (writer: "Superfly", "If I Were Only A Child Again", "Back To The World" / performer: "Superfly", "If I Were Only A Child Again", "Back To The World")
 
1973 Flipside (TV series documentary)
Episode dated 19 May 1973 (1973) (writer: "Freddie's Dead", "Eddie You Should Know Better" / performer: "Freddie's Dead", "Eddie You Should Know Better")
 
1973 The 15th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Freddie's Dead" / performer: "Freddie's Dead")
 
1973 Flip (TV series)
Episode #3.14 (1973) (writer: "Super Fly", "Freddie's Dead" / performer: "Super Fly", "Freddie's Dead")
 
1973 Black Heat (writer: "Give Me Your Love Love Song" - uncredited / performer: "Give Me Your Love Love Song" - uncredited)
 
1972 Super Fly (writer: "Little Child Runnin' Wild", "Pusherman", "Freddy's Dead", "Junkie Chase Instrumental", "Give Me Your Love Love Song", "Eddie You Should Know Better", "No Thing On Me Cocaine Song", "Think Instrumental", "Super Fly" / performer: "Little Child Runnin' Wild", "Pusherman", "Freddy's Dead", "Junkie Chase Instrumental", "Give Me Your Love Love Song", "Eddie You Should Know Better", "No Thing On Me Cocaine Song", "Think Instrumental", "Super Fly")
 
1972 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Episode dated 17 March 1972 (1972) (writer: "Keep On Keeping On", "We Got To Have Peace" / performer: "Keep On Keeping On", "We Got To Have Peace")
 
1972 The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV series)
Episode dated 25 January 1972 (1972) (writer: "We Got To Have Peace", "Keep On Keeping On" / performer: "We Got To Have Peace", "Keep On Keeping On")
 
1971 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Episode dated 8 July 1971 (1971) (writer: "Check Out Your Mind", "Gypsy Woman" / performer: "Check Out Your Mind", "Gypsy Woman")
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Episode #1.27 (1969) (writer: "Choice Of Colors")
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Episode #3.216 (1969) (writer: "Choice Of Colors")
 
1968 Showcase '68 (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1968) (writer: "Monkey Time")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #1.38 (1965) (writer: "Monkey Time")
Episode #1.25 (1965) (writer: "Um Um Um Um" - uncredited / excerpt)
Episode #1.19 (1965) (writer: "Amen")
 
Show ShowComposer (8 titles)
1992 Ein fetter Film (documentary)
 
1977 Short Eyes
 
1976 Sparkle
 
1974 Claudine
 
1972 Super Fly
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
1990 The Return of Superfly (musician)
 
1975 Let's Do It Again (music producer)
 
1972 Super Fly (music arranger, orchestrator)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1992 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (32 titles)
1997 New York Undercover (TV series)
Himself
The Unthinkable (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Record Row: Cradle of Rhythm and Blues (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 VH1 Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
Curtis Mayfield (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Soul Train's 25th Anniversary (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Video Soul (TV series)
Himself
Curtis Mayfield (1994) … Himself
 
1994 The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1994 26th NAACP Image Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Un dia és un dia (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.14 (1990) … Himself
 
1989 Sunday Night (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.13 (1989) … Himself
 
1983 Switch (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 June 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1979 Disco in the Snow (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1972-1974 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest
Curtis Mayfield/War/Wilson Pickett (1972) … Himself
Curtis Mayfield/The Honey Cone/The Persuaders (1972) … Himself - Guest
 
1973-1974 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
Episode #2.21 (1974) … Himself
Episode #1.20 (1973) … Himself - Host
Episode #1.1 (1973) … Himself - Host
 
1974 Rock Concert (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.3 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 The Bobby Goldsboro Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 December 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Save the Children (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Flipside (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 19 May 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 The 15th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1973 Flip (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.14 (1973) … Himself
 
1972 In Concert (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 October 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 17 October 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 17 March 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Super Fly
Himself (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
 
1972 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 February 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Beat-Club (TV series)
Episode #1.75 (1972)
 
1972 The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.75 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 Disco 2 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 November 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Soul! (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode dated 19 February 1970 (1970) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 12 February 1970 (1970) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 5 February 1970 (1970) … Himself - Host
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.216 (1969) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2010 VH1 Rock Docs (TV series)
 
2003 Get Up, Stand Up (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Baadasssss Cinema (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Old Grey Whistle Test at 30 (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
 
1982 The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV series)
 
1973 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
 
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Gemini