Editing Curtis Mayfield (section)

=== Influence ===
Mayfield was among the first of a new wave of mainstream black [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] performing artists and composers injecting [[social commentary]] into their work.<ref name=HallOfFame /> This "message music" proved immensely popular during the 1960s and 1970s.

Mayfield taught himself how to play guitar, tuning it to the black keys of the piano, giving the guitar an open F-sharp tuning that he used throughout his career.<ref name=georgia>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/curtis-mayfield-1942-1999|first=Ian|last=Hill|title= Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999)|encyclopedia= New Georgia Encyclopedia|date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>Carpenter, Bill. ''Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia'', p. 273. CMP Media, 2005. {{ISBN|0879308419}}. Accessed November 20, 2008.</ref> He primarily sang in [[falsetto]] [[vocal register|register]]. His guitar playing, singing, and socially aware song-writing influenced a range of artists, including [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Bob Marley]], [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Sly Stone]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Sinéad O'Connor]].<ref name=boz/><ref name=singers/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLgqFaYmgw8C&pg=PA247|first=Bob|last=Gulla|page=247|title=Icons of R & B and Soul|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date= 2007|isbn=9780313340444}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/11/popandrock|title=Sinead O'Connor: Nothing compares to Curtis Mayfield's Fool For You|work=The Guardian|date=June 7, 2007|access-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref>

In 2017, it was reported that [[Lionel Richie]] had secured the rights to produce a biographical film about Mayfield. Richie said, "I'm so grateful to be working closely with [Mayfield's widow] Altheida Mayfield, [son] Cheaa Mayfield and the Curtis Mayfield Estate and couldn't be happier to be moving forward on this amazing project about a one-of-a-kind music genius."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lionel-richie-to-produce-curtis-mayfield-biopic-121331/|title=Lionel Richie to Produce Curtis Mayfield Biopic|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=October 11, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>