MAYFIELD, CURTIS

MAYFIELD, CURTIS. Rhythm n blues singer (3 June 1942 in Chicago, Illinois). He taught himself to play guitar at the age of nine. At a early age he toured with the Northern Jubilee Singers, a gospel group associated with the church where his grandmother was the minister. Later he sang with a rhythm n blues group, The Alphatones, but left the group when he was fourteen to join The Impressions, which made recordings as Jerry Butler & The Impressions . After Butler left...