Timeline Curtis Mayfield: Move On Up

From People Get Ready to Super Fly — Curtis Mayfield, the soul poet of the civil rights era.

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1942 Curtis Mayfield born in Chicago Cabrini-Green Grows up poor on Chicago's North Side.
1958 Curtis Mayfield's Impressions release For Your Precious Love With Jerry Butler The Impressions' first hit.
1961 Curtis Mayfield's Impressions release Gypsy Woman He takes the lead His first hit as the group's leader.
1964 Curtis Mayfield's Impressions release Keep On Pushing Civil rights soul A soundtrack for the movement.
1965 Curtis Mayfield's Impressions release People Get Ready Civil rights anthem Martin Luther King calls it the unofficial anthem of the movement.
1968 Curtis Mayfield founds Curtom Records His own label Owns his label and publishing.
1970 Curtis Mayfield releases Curtis Move On Up His solo debut after leaving the Impressions.
1972 Curtis Mayfield releases Super Fly Soundtrack A soundtrack that outsells the film — Freddie's Dead and Pusherman.
1990 Curtis Mayfield paralysed in a stage accident Brooklyn A lighting rig falls on him during an outdoor concert.
1991 Curtis Mayfield inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame With the Impressions Inducted again as a solo artist in 1999.
1996 Curtis Mayfield releases New World Order Recorded lying down Records his vocals line by line, lying on his back.
1999 Curtis Mayfield dies Roswell, Georgia Dies aged 57.