53 years ago TODAY, Curtis Mayfield turned a movie into a movement when his “Super Fly” soundtrack album hit number one on the Billboard 200 in 1972! The film was a breakout of the blaxploitation era, and Mayfield’s songs (“Pusherman,” “Freddie’s Dead,” “Superfly”) pushed the story’s grit and morality into the mainstream. The namesake single, “Superfly,” climbed to number eight on the Hot 100 and became one of Mayfield’s signature songs. #nostalgia #musichistory #70s #70smusic #70sthrowback | Cl

Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly - 1972 RnB/soul (with movie clips)