Curtis Mayfield: "Superfly" 🎼🎶🎶🎸🥁🎤 October 21, 1972: "Superfly - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" by Curtis Mayfield hits #1 on the Billboard Top 200 for 4 weeks, also topping the R&B album chart for 6 weeks on October 14, 1972. It spins off two singles including "Freddie's Dead" (#2 R&B, #4 Pop) and the title track (#5 R&B, #8 Pop) both being certified Gold. The soundtrack is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1998. "Superfly - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" is certified 2x