Curtis in Chicago
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Curtis in Chicago is a 1973 live album by Curtis Mayfield
and others. Mayfield is joined by The Impressions, Jerry Butler
, Gene Chandler
and others in a review of Mayfield's then-fifteen years as a recording artist.
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
and others. Mayfield is joined by The Impressions, Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler (singer)
Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.Butler is also an American politician...
, Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler also known as "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, producer and record executive. He is one of the leading exponents of the 1960s Chicago soul scene...
and others in a review of Mayfield's then-fifteen years as a recording artist.
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Curtis Mayfield unless otherwise noted.- "SuperflySuperfly (song)"Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was the second single released from the album, following "Freddie's Dead ", and reached #8 on the Billboard Pop chart. The lyrics celebrate the craftiness and determinaton of...
" - Curtis Mayfield - "For Your Precious Love" (Brooks, Brooks, Butler) - Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler and The Impressions
- "I'm So Proud" - The Impressions
- "Once In My Life" - The Impressions
- "Preacher Man" - The Impressions
- "If I Were Only a Child Again" - Curtis Mayfield
- "Duke of Earl" (Dixon, Edwards, Williams) - Gene Chandler
- "Love Oh Love" - Leroy Hutson
- "Amen" (Mayfield, Pate) - Curtis Mayfield, Gene Chandler, Leroy Hutson and The Impressions