A Piece of the Action (soundtrack)

Infobox Album |
Name = A Piece of the Action
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Curtis Mayfield and Mavis Staples


Released = 1977
Recorded =
Genre = Funk/Soul
Length =
Label = Curtom
Producer = Curtis Mayfield
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bq6cmpvj9f2o link]
Chronology = Curtis Mayfield
Last album = "Give, Get, Take and Have" (1976)
This album = "A Piece of the Action" (1977)
Next album = "Short Eyes" (1977)

"A Piece of the Action" is a Curtis Mayfield-penned, Mavis Staples-performed soundtrack to the 1977 film of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield; except where indicated

# “Chocolate City” (Mayfield, Rich Tufo, Keni Burke, Quinton Joseph, Henry Gibson, Gary Thompson)
# “Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid”
# “Orientation”
# “Piece of the Action”
# “Good Lovin' Daddy”
# “'Til Blossoms Bloom” (Mayfield, Gil Askey)
# “Koochie Koochie Koochie”
# “Getting Deeper”