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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 CD release of "Poet Of The Blues" on Discogs.
12. Aug. 2011 · A gifted performer with a rich, soulful voice; as the the Poet of the Blues he composed many R&B classics. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1940s - 1960s. Born. August 12, 1920 in Minden, LA. Died.
Poet of the Blues by Percy Mayfield released in 1990. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Percy Mayfield was a popular recording artist in the early 1950s when he had a No. 1 R&B hit with “Please Send Me Someone to Love,” but after a disfiguring injury in an auto accident in 1952 he performed less often and focused his attention on the talent that brought him even greater acclaim – songwriting. Always insightful, his songs could be meditative, pensive, inspirational, or ...
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.
Percy Mayfield (Minden (Louisiana), 12 augustus 1920 – Los Angeles, 11 augustus 1984) was een Amerikaanse r&b-zanger, met een soepele vocale stijl. Hij was ook songwriter, bekend van de nummers Please Send Me Someone to Love en Hit the Road Jack .
