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The Impressions were an American music group originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes gospel, R&B, doo-wop, and soul. [1]The group was founded as the Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their line-up to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions.
"Gypsy Woman" is a 1961 rhythm and blues song written by Curtis Mayfield and recorded by his group the Impressions. The group's first single following the departure of lead singer Jerry Butler, it reached No. 2 on the US Billboard R&B chart, No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 [4] and number 17 on the Cash Box chart.
The Impressions' Greatest Hits (1965) One by One (1965) The Impressions' Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by R&B vocal group The Impressions. Track listing
The Best of the Impressions: 172 23 ABC: 1970 The Best Impressions: Curtis, Sam & Fred — 23 Curtom: 1971 16 Greatest Hits: 180 23 ABC 1973 Curtis Mayfield / His Early Years with the Impressions: 180 — 1977 The Vintage Years: 199 — Sire: 1989 Definitive Impressions — — Kent: 1997 The Very Best of the Impressions — — Rhino: 2001 ...
"It's All Right" is a 1963 song recorded by The Impressions and written by the group's lead singer, Curtis Mayfield. The single was the most successful chart entry of the group's career. "It's All Right" was one of two top-ten singles for the group on the Billboard Hot 100, and the first of six number ones on the Billboard R&B chart. [2]
The song is the first Impressions hit to feature Mayfield's guitar in the break. [6] "People Get Ready" is in a long tradition of Black American freedom songs that use train imagery, such as "Wade in the Water", "The Gospel Train", and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". The idea comes from the spiritualist idea that once one dies the soul goes in a ...
Mayfield inserted the title of the song "Keep on Pushing", which was recorded by The Impressions, in-between the lyrics of the song. The song went to no. 1 on Cashbox Magazine's R&B chart for three weeks and reached no. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1964. [4] The B-side, "Long, Long Winter", peaked at #35 on the Cashbox R&B chart.
The Impressions is the debut album by the American soul music group of the same name. It produced six chart hit singles, including their biggest hit, the Billboard top 10 pop smash " It's All Right ", and the top 20 hit " Gypsy Woman ".