
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.
Curtis Mayfield children: Meet Todd Mayfield
Todd Mayfield is one of the children born to Curtis Mayfield before he passed away on December 26, 1999, in Roswell, Georgia, United States. Mayfield was married twice. He had 10 children from different relationships. At the time of his death, he was married to Altheida Mayfield. Together they had six children.
Curtis Lee Mayfield was born on Wednesday, June 3, 1942, in Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Marion Washington and Kenneth Mayfield, one of five children. Mayfield’s father left the family when Curtis was five; his mother and maternal grandmother moved the family into several Chicago public housing projects before settling in Cabrini–Green during his teen years.
Mayfield attended Wells Community Academy High School before dropping out in his second year. His mother taught him piano and, along with his grandmother, encouraged him to enjoy gospel music. At the age of seven, he sang publicly at his aunt’s church with the Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers.
Mayfield’s career began in 1956 when he joined the Roosters with Arthur and Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler. Two years later the Roosters, now including Sam Gooden, became the Impressions. The band had two hit singles with Butler, “For Your Precious Love” and “Come Back My Love”, then Butler left.
Mayfield temporarily went with him, co-writing and performing on Butler’s next hit, “He Will Break Your Heart”, before returning to the Impressions with the group signing for ABC Records and working with the label’s Chicago-based producer/A&R manager, Johnny Pate.
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