| Up Pops Ramsey Lewis | ||||
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| Studio album by Ramsey Lewis | ||||
| Released | February 1968 | |||
| Recorded | July and October 1967 | |||
| Studio | Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:49 | |||
| Label | Cadet | |||
| Producer | Richard Evans | |||
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Up Pops Ramsey Lewis is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis which was issued in February 1968 on Cadet Records. The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars. Norman Jopling and Peter Jones of Record Mirror gave the album a four out of five star rating. Saying "Ramsey gives his own distinctive jazz piano stylings to these soul-tinged pop tunes (hence the title kiddies) and makes a very good job of them."
Track listing
- "Soul Man" (David Porter, Isaac Hayes) - 2:50
- "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:22
- "Respect" (Otis Redding) - 3:00
- "Goin' Out of My Head" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) - 3:42
- "Party Time" (Richard Evans) - 3:40
- "Bear Mash" (Evans) - 3:00
- "I Was Made to Love Her" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Stevie Wonder) - 3:15
- "Alfie" (Bacharach, David) - 2:45
- "Why Am I Treated So Bad" (Roebuck Staples) - 2:50
- "Jade East" (Evans) - 3:25
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis - piano
- Cleveland Eaton - bass
- Maurice White - drums
- Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans
References
- ^ Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis. Cadet Records. February 1968.
- "Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com.
- ^ "Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- Jopling, Norman; Jones, Peter (May 11, 1968). "New LPs include Cliff (in Japan), Pat Boone's hits, 1910 Fruitgum Co...Plenty of Chess R&B, Nancy & Lee plus plenty of Sammy Davis hits..." (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Record Mirror. p. 8.