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Born: August 12, 1920 in Minden, LA
Years Active: 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's
Died: August 11, 1984 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: R&B

Biography:
A masterful songwriter whose touching blues ballad &"Please Send Me Someone to Love," a multi-layered universal lament, was a number one R&B hit in 1950, Percy Mayfield had the world by the tail until a horrific 1952 auto wreck left him facia ...More >>

Discography: 2005 Live in San Francisco 1999 Voice Within 1972 Incredible 1971 Blues and Then Some 1970 Weakness Is a Thing Called Man More >>

Filmograpy:

1989	Percy Mayfield: Poet Laureate of the Blues
1981	Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party, Vol. 1: Percy Mayfield and Lowell Fulson

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Similar Artists: Brook Benton Ray Charles Junior Parker Ernie Andrews Otis Blackwell More >>

Influenced By: Arthur Prysock Al Hibbler Billy Eckstine Wynonie Harris Roy Brown More >> Followers: Aaron Neville Junior Parker Sonny Rhodes Percy Sledge Bobby Womack More >>

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