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| 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 facially disfigured. That didn't stop the poet laureate of the blues ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1999 Label: Revola Critics' Rating:  Percy Mayfield is known equally for a string of hits he penned and recorded form 1950-1952. After a nasty accident that left him permanently disfigured he shied away from public performance, but continued ...Read full review Released: 1966 Label: Tangerine Critics' Rating: Mayfield's gentle vocal delivery and the big, brassy sound of Ray Charles' orchestra were a match made in heaven. Mayfield brought some first-class material to this party (which begs for CD reissue): "My ...Read full review
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