October 21, 1972: 'Superfly' tops the Billboard's album chart for the first of four weeks…

 This soundtrack to a film about a Harlem drug dealer's attempt at a final "big score" delivers two major hits: "Freddie's Dead" (#2 R&B, #4 pop) and "Superfly" (#5 R&B, #8 pop)…

Ron O’Neal Interview:

Ron O'Neal was SUPERFLY

The Curtis Mayfield Soundtrack...

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