Artist
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield appears 3 times in our Soul, The Waxonia Desk — One Subject, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 9. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 3
- Appears on
- Soul, The Waxonia Desk — One Subject, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Year
- 1970
- Highest placing
- No. 9 in Soul
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Move On Up
1970 · Curtom
Ranked No. 9 in Soul
Nine minutes of unbroken forward motion, congas and a horn line that never lets up. Mayfield's optimism is the harder thing to write, and this is the most durable example of it.
Also on The Waxonia Desk — One Subject, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Move On Up
1970 · Curtom
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — One Subject
Nine minutes of forward motion that works on a dancefloor and on daytime radio, which is a rare combination — and it is the long version that earns the claim, not the edit.
Also on Soul, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Move On Up
1970 · Curtom
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Nine minutes of unbroken forward motion. Optimism is the harder thing to write and this is the most durable example anyone has managed.
Also on Soul, The Waxonia Desk — One Subject