Percy Mayfield
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Biography
[Edit]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 from writing in a prolific fashion, though. As Ray Charles' favorite scribe during the '60s, he handed the Genius such gems as "Hit the Road Jack" and "At the Club."
Like so many of his postwar L.A. contemporaries, Mayfield got his musical start in Texas but moved to the coast during the war. Surmising that Jimmy Witherspoon might like to perform a tune he'd penned called "Two Years of Torture," Mayfield targeted Supreme Records as a possible buyer for his song. But the bosses at Supreme liked his own gentle reading so much that they insisted he wax it himself in 1947 with an all-star band that included saxophonist Maxwell Davis, guitarist Chuck Norris, and pianist Willard McDaniel.
Art Rupe's Specialty logo signed Mayfield in 1950 and he scored a solid string of R&B smashes over the next couple of years. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and its equally potent flip "Strange Things Happening" were followed in the charts by "Lost Love," "What a Fool I Was," "Prayin' for Your Return," "Cry Baby," and "Big Question," cementing Mayfield's reputation as a blues balladeer of the highest order. Davis handled sax duties on most of Mayfield's Specialty sides as well. Mayfield's lyrics were usually as insightfully downbeat as his tempos; he was a true master at expressing his innermost feelings, laced with vulnerability and pathos (his "Life Is Suicide" and "The River's Invitation" are two prime examples).
Even though his touring was drastically curtailed after the accident, Mayfield hung in there as a Specialty artist through 1954, switching to Chess in 1955-1956 and Imperial in 1959. Charles proved thankful enough for Mayfield's songwriting genius to sign him to his Tangerine logo in 1962; over the next five years, the singer waxed a series of inexorably classy outings, many with Brother Ray's band (notably "My Jug and I" in 1964 and "Give Me Time to Explain" the next year). It's a rare veteran blues artist indeed who hasn't taken a whack at one or more Mayfield copyrights. Mayfield himself persisted into the '70s, scoring minor chart items for RCA and Atlantic while performing on a limited basis until his 1984 death.
Title: The Voice Within The Speciality Singles 1950-55
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Percy Mayfield - Vintage Cafè / Percy Mayfield - Vintage Cafe
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered) (CD2)
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Lost Love: The Singles As & Bs 1948-1962 (CD1)
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Please Send Me Someone To Love (Live)
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Title: Please Send Me Someone To Love
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Please Send Me Someone To Love - EP
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Title: Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered) (CD1)
Artist: Percy Mayfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Collections
Title: Pop History 50's - The Early Years Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Early Roots of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Please Send Me Someone to Love
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues a Texas Anthology
Genre: Blues
Title: Please Don't Freeze (Early Black Rock'n Roll, Vol. 3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Blues! Blast from the Past Edition
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Boogie Woogie, Vol. 5
Genre: Blues
Title: So:So Blues, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 9
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Original Hits: Jazz Golden Times, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Pop History 50's - The Early Years, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: 30 Blues Picks
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest Classics: Forever Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: West Coast Blues Ramblers
Genre: Blues
Title: R&B Soul Hits of the Past, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 21
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1953, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Definitive Collection of R&B Hits from 1950
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: L.A. Jazz Noire - Hip Cats & Their Combos
Genre: World Music
Title: Road Trip, Vol.5 (Songs from the Route 66)
Genre: World Music
Title: Jukebox Mambo
Genre: Blues, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Blues Man's Ball, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Blues That Built America - Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Invaluable Memories: Forever Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The 20 Best Collection: Jazz Golden Times, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 15
Genre: Pop
Title: Blues Legends in the Blues Hall of Fame
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: They Got the Blues, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Most Wanted 50s Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: A Taste of Honey
Genre: Pop
Title: The Specialty Story CD 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: ABC Of The Blues CD 28
Genre: Jazz
Title: Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast
Genre: Blues
Title: Afro Latin Vintage Classics
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Latin
Title: Definitive Chicago Blues (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: The R&B Hits 1950 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Atlantic Blues: Vocalists
Genre: Blues
Title: Dizzy Miss Lizzy: The Speciality Story 54-60 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The Speciality Sound, Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Dizzy Miss Lizzy: The Speciality Story 54-60 (CD3)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The Greatest Jazz Cover Up
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Chess Story 1947-1975 (CD05)
Genre: Blues
Title: Let Me... West Coast (CD 3)
Genre: Blues
Title: Let Me... West Coast (CD 2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Golden Decade - Music Of My Life 1950 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: R&B Years 1953 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R&B Years 1953 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R&B Years 1952 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R&B Years 1952 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R&B Years 1954 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Featuring albums
Title: Specialty Profiles: Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers
Artist: Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Rock
Title: Specialty Profiles: Lloyd Price
Artist: Lloyd Price
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Forever Jazz: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (The Best Collection)
Artist: Vários Artistas / Varios Artistas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Specialty Profiles: John Lee Hooker
Artist: John Lee Hooker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Country, Acoustic
Title: The Complete Blues Anthology (Doxy Collection, Remastered)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
Artist: Larry Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Pop
Title: Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture 'Devil In A Blue Dress'
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
