DEGGANS: I didn't know it then, but before "We're A Winner," there weren't many hit songs by Black artists telling Black people to be proud. Fred Cash, who also sang with Mayfield and Gooden in The Impressions, said Mayfield worked as a one-man hit machine, writing the music and lyrics for songs by himself, often when they were touring. DEGGANS: According to Cash and Gooden, despite the toned-down lyrics, some radio stations still wouldn't play "We're A Winner," something Mayfield mentioned on the "Curtis/Live!"