Editing Curtis Mayfield (section)

===Accolades===
* The Impressions' 1965 hit song "People Get Ready", composed by Mayfield, has been chosen as one of the Top 10 Best Songs Of All Time by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers, including Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Hal David, and others, as reported to Britain's ''Mojo'' music magazine.
* In 2019, ''[[Super Fly (soundtrack)|Super Fly]]'' was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jay-z-a-speech-by-sen-robert-f-kennedy-and-schoolhouse-rock-among-recordings-deemed-classics-by-library-of-congress/2019/03/19/f7eb08ea-4a58-11e9-9663-00ac73f49662_story.html?|title=Jay-Z, a speech by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' among recordings deemed classics by Library of Congress|last=Andrews|first=Travis M.|date=March 20, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 25, 2019}}</ref>

====''Rolling Stone'' rankings====
* The Impressions hits, "[[People Get Ready]]" and "For Your Precious Love" are both ranked on ''Rolling Stone''′s list of the ''500 Greatest Songs of All Time'', as No. 24 and No. 327 respectively.
* Mayfield is ranked No. 34 on ''Rolling Stone''′s list of the ''100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/curtis-mayfield-20111122 |title=100 Greatest Guitarists: Curtis Mayfield |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>
*Mayfield is ranked no. 38 on ''Rolling Stone''′s list of the ''200 Greatest Singers of All Time''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/curtis-mayfield-4-1234643147/ | title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=January 2023 }}</ref>
* Mayfield is ranked No. 40 on ''Rolling Stone''′s list of the ''100 Greatest Singers of All Time''.<ref name="singers">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/curtis-mayfield-20101202|title=100 Greatest Singers No 40 Curtis Mayfield|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
*Mayfield is ranked No. 48 on ''Rolling Stone'''s list of the ''250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/|title=The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time|first=Rolling|last=Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 13, 2023}}</ref>
* Mayfield's album ''[[Super Fly (soundtrack)|Super Fly]]'' is ranked No. 72 on ''Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time''.
* Mayfield is ranked No. 78 on ''Rolling Stone''′s list of the ''[[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time|100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-songwriters#curtis-mayfield|title=100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Mayfield No. 98 on their [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|list of the ''100 Greatest Artists of All Time'']].<ref>{{cite magazine|title = The Immortals: The First Fifty| magazine= Rolling Stone| date= December 3, 2010| issue= 946| url =https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/curtis-mayfield-19691231}}</ref>
* The Impressions' album/CD The Anthology 1961–1977 is ranked at No. 179 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].
* Mayfield's eponymous album ''[[Curtis (Curtis Mayfield album)|Curtis]]'' is ranked No. 275 on ''Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time''.