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"Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was the second single released from the album, following "Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)", and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. [4]
The first boombox was developed by the inventor of the audio compact cassette, Philips of the Netherlands.Their first 'Radiorecorder' was released in 1966. The Philips innovation was the first time that radio broadcasts could be recorded onto cassette tapes without the cables or microphones that previous stand-alone cassette tape recorders required.
A classic of 1970s soul and funk music, Super Fly was a nearly immediate hit. Its sales were bolstered by two million-selling singles, "Freddie's Dead" (number 2 R&B charts, number 4 Pop charts) and the title track (number 5 R&B, number 8 Pop). Super Fly is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied. [15]
"Super Fly Meets Shaft" is a break-in record co-written by Dickie Goodman and recorded by John & Ernest. It consists of lines from popular R&B /soul songs of the day, which tell a story about the main characters from the films Super Fly (1972) and Shaft (1971).
Return of Superfly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the original soundtrack to Sig Shore's 1990 film The Return of Superfly.It was released on August 13, 1990, via Capitol Records, and consisted of soul music songs by Curtis Mayfield and hip hop tracks by various rappers, including Capital Punishment Organization, Def Jef, Eazy-E, Ice-T, King Tee, Mellow Man Ace, Tone Lōc and Uzi Bros.
Super Fly, a blaxploitation film Super Fly, a 1972 Curtis Mayfield soundtrack to the film "Superfly" (song), the album's title track; Superfly, a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film; Armour of God II: Operation Condor, a 1991 Hong Kong film released in the Philippines as Superfly
"Freddie's Dead" was sampled in the 1973 break-in record, "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (US #31). The 1988 Fishbone album Truth and Soul features a cover of the song. Master P recorded "Kenny's Dead", a parody of Mayfield's song for the television show South Park , featuring the character Kenny McCormick , for Chef Aid: The South Park Album .