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Les Fleurs is a studio album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis released in 1983 on Columbia Records. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 32 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.

Covers

Lewis covered Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)", "A House Is Not a Home" by Brook Benton, Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", the title track by Minnie Riperton (which Ramsey also appeared on the original by Riperton), and "Reasons" by Earth, Wind & Fire on the album.

Track listing

Track listing for *Les Fleurs*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)"	Stevie Wonder	07:05
2.	"A House Is Not a Home"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	06:09
3.	"Essence of Love"		08:14
4.	"Les Fleurs"	Charles Stepney	06:52
5.	"Physical"	Steve Kipner, Terry Shaddick	06:16
6.	"With a Gentle Touch"		04:30
7.	"Reasons"	Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White	04:51

References

"Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs". Billboard. Vol. 95. September 17, 1983. p. 57.
"Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs". Billboard.
"Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs". secondhandsongs.com.
Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs. Columbia Records. 1983.

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Studio albums	Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Swing (1956) Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz (1958) Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959) Stretching Out (1960) More Music from the Soil (1961) Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962) Country Meets the Blues (1962) Bossa Nova (1962) Pot Luck (1963) Barefoot Sunday Blues (1963) Bach to the Blues (1964) More Sounds of Christmas (1964) You Better Believe Me (1964) Wade in the Water (1966) The Movie Album (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1967) Maiden Voyage (1968) Mother Nature's Son (1968) Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1969) Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973) Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits (1973) Solar Wind (1974) Sun Goddess (1974) Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977) Tequila Mockingbird (1977) Legacy (1978) Routes (1980) Chance Encounter (1982) Les Fleurs (1983) The Two of Us (1984) Fantasy (1985) Keys to the City (1987) We Meet Again (1989) Ivory Pyramid (1992) Sky Islands (1993) Urban Knights I (1994) Urban Knights II (1997) Appassionata (1999)
Live albums	The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (1960) The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns (1964) The In Crowd (1965) Hang On Ramsey! (1965) Dancing in the Street (1967) Them Changes (1970) The Groover (1972)
Singles	"The 'In' Crowd" "Hang On Sloopy" "Wade in the Water" "Sun Goddess"

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