Percy Mayfield

As a songwriter, Percy Mayfield evinced a command of language and a deep, tragic understanding of love's mercurial, often contradictory emotions; as a vocalist, his personable, soulful delivery had all the comfort of a blazing fire on a cold night. As a solo artist, Mayfield was a fixture on the R&B singles chart in the early '50s, but even after the hits ended, his songs found favor with some of ...