The Impressions
The Impressions were an American music group from Chicago, Illinois, active… Read Full Bio ↴The Impressions were an American music group from Chicago, Illinois, active from 1958 until 1983, whose repertoire included doo-wop, gospel, soul, and R&B.
The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks, and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago, Illinois and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their lineup to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed, and after switching to ABC-Paramount Records, Mayfield, Gooden, and new Impression Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling soul act. Mayfield left the group for a solo career in 1970; Leroy Hutson, Ralph Johnson, Reggie Torian, and Nate Evans were among the replacements who joined Gooden and Cash before the group's demise in 1983.
Inductees into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The Impressions are best known for their 1960s string of hits, many of which were heavily influenced by gospel music and served as inspirational anthems for the Civil Rights Movement.
Personnel:
Jerry Butler (1958 - 1960)
Curtis Mayfield (1958 - 1970)
Sam Gooden (1958 - 1983)
Arthur Brooks (1958 - 1962)
Richard Brooks (1958 - 1962)
Fred Cash (1960 - 1983)
Leroy Hutson (1970 - 1973)
Ralph Johnson (1973 - 1976)
Nate Evans (1976 - 1979)
Reggie Torian (1973 - 1983)
Discography
Albums
1963: The Impressions
1964: Keep on Pushing
1964: The Never Ending Impressions
1965: One by One
1965: People Get Ready
1966: Ridin' High
1967: The Fabulous Impressions
1968: We're a Winner
1968: This Is My Country
1969: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
1969: The Versatile Impressions
1969: Amen
1970: Check out Your Mind!
1972: Times Have Changed
1973: Preacher Man
1974: Finally Got Myself Together
1974: Three the Hard Way
1975: First Impressions
1975: Sooner or Later
1976: It's About Time
1976: Originals
1976: Loving Power
1979: Come to My Party
1981: Fan the Fire
The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks, and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago, Illinois and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their lineup to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed, and after switching to ABC-Paramount Records, Mayfield, Gooden, and new Impression Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling soul act. Mayfield left the group for a solo career in 1970; Leroy Hutson, Ralph Johnson, Reggie Torian, and Nate Evans were among the replacements who joined Gooden and Cash before the group's demise in 1983.
Inductees into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The Impressions are best known for their 1960s string of hits, many of which were heavily influenced by gospel music and served as inspirational anthems for the Civil Rights Movement.
Personnel:
Jerry Butler (1958 - 1960)
Curtis Mayfield (1958 - 1970)
Sam Gooden (1958 - 1983)
Arthur Brooks (1958 - 1962)
Richard Brooks (1958 - 1962)
Fred Cash (1960 - 1983)
Leroy Hutson (1970 - 1973)
Ralph Johnson (1973 - 1976)
Nate Evans (1976 - 1979)
Reggie Torian (1973 - 1983)
Discography
Albums
1963: The Impressions
1964: Keep on Pushing
1964: The Never Ending Impressions
1965: One by One
1965: People Get Ready
1966: Ridin' High
1967: The Fabulous Impressions
1968: We're a Winner
1968: This Is My Country
1969: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
1969: The Versatile Impressions
1969: Amen
1970: Check out Your Mind!
1972: Times Have Changed
1973: Preacher Man
1974: Finally Got Myself Together
1974: Three the Hard Way
1975: First Impressions
1975: Sooner or Later
1976: It's About Time
1976: Originals
1976: Loving Power
1979: Come to My Party
1981: Fan the Fire
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The Impressions Lyrics
A Fool for You Never liked nobody That's been mean to me I've got a heart…
A New Love 愛のかたちを教えて そこまで追いかけるから ほどける前につなぐの 確かな真実のライン 誰もわからない 明日の事なんて い…
A Woman Who Loves Me Hmm hmm hmm Hmm hmm hmm I'm walkin' on home (hmm hmm…
Amen Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen Sing it over Amen, amen, amen, …
As Long as You Love Me Ah ah ah hah hah hah Just to see you And…
Aware Of Love I'm aware of love At last I'm aware of love, now I…
Believe in me You must believe me No matter what the people might say You…
Can't Satisfy You know I can't satisfy your love, I can't satisfy Seems…
Can't Work No Longer Ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah I just…
Can't You See Can't you see That I still love you By the way I…
Cant Satisfy You know I can't satisfy your love I can't satisfy You see…
Can`t Satisfy You know I can't satisfy your love, I can't satisfy Seems…
Check Out Your Mind Here's something that you never had It slid in on an…
Choice Of Colors If you had a choice of colors Which one would you…
Dedicate My Song To You I wanna sing about the love in my heart And tell…
Don't Let It Hide If you wanna get away, from me If you don't care…
East Of Java Java girl In your arms I found (I found) (I found) The…
Falling In Love With You I'm falling in love with you I know you don't want…
Finally Got Myself Together Finally got myself together (now I know) Now I know just…
Find the Way So many people Are living their lives So much pain And sacri…
Fool for You Never liked nobody That's been mean to me I've got a heart…
Fool On The Hill Day after day Alone on a hill The man with the foolish…
For Your Precious Love Your precious love means more to me Than any love could…
Get Up And Move Whenever you've got a little problem And misery's payin' it…
Girl You Don't Know Me Girl, girl, can't you hear me callin' Girl, girl, no need…
Gone Away I try to reason and tell myself you'll return But you…
Gotta Get Away I've got to get away, from you baby I've got to…
Grow Closer Together In my hometown lived a quiet girl Together we always seemed…
Gypsy Woman From nowhere through a caravan Around the campfire light A l…
Hard To Believe So very hard, to believe I find it hard to believe,…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be lig…
I Finally got myself together (now I know) Now I know just…
I Ain't Supposed To I ain't supposed to want to squeeze And hold you tight I…
I Can't Satisfy You know I can't satisfy your love, I can't satisfy Seems…
I Can't Stay Away From You I can't stay away from you No, I can't stay away…
I Gotta Keep On Moving Ba do, ba do do do do Ba do do do…
I Love You I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
I Loved And I Lost What do you know about it? Who had told you so? It…
I Made A Mistake I made a mistake, yes, I did, yes, I did Made…
I Need A Love I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
I Need To Belong To Someone Mm mm mm mmm mm mm mm Need to belong to…
I Need You I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
I Need Your Love I need your love dear And I need your smile dear Not…
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus II saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus Underneath the mistletoe la…
I Thank Heaven Heaven has already granted me my wish Still I never thought…
I Want To Go Back Man, oh man, have you been to Spain, Where the joy…
I'm a Changed Man Finally got myself together (now I know) Now I know just…
I'm A Fool For You Never liked nobody That's been mean to me I've got a heart…
I'm A Telling You I'm a-telling you, Oh I'm a-telling you I'm a-telling you, O…
I'm Loving Nothing Tenderly I desire Passionate moods of fire Wanting to give…
I'm Loving You I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
I'm So Glad Prettier than all the world And I'm so proud (I'm so…
I'm So Proud of You Prettier than all the world And I'm so proud (I'm so…
I'm the One Who Loves You I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
I've Been Trying I've been tryin' Lord knows that I've been tryin' To underst…
I've Got A Girl Finally got myself together (now I know) Now I know just…
Im so proud Prettier than all the world And I'm so proud (I'm so…
Inner City Blues Dah, dah, dah, dah Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah Dah,…
it Say it's all right (It's all right) Say it's all right…
It's all Over Say it's all right, it's all right Say it's all right,…
It's Alright Say it's all right (It's all right) Say it's all right…
It's Not Unusual It's not unusual to be loved by anyone It's not unusual…
Itâs All Right Say it's all right (it's all right) Say it's all right…
Its All Right Say it's all right, it's all right Say it's all right,…
Its Alright Say it's all right (It's all right) Say it's all right…
It\xE2\x80\x99s All Right Say it's all right (it's all right) Say it's all right…
It`s All Right Say it's all right, it's all right Say it's all right,…
It’s All Right Say it's all right (it's all right) Say it's all right…
It’s Alright Say it's all right (It's all right) Say it's all right…
I`m The One Who Loves You I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
Jealous Man Alright baby You dig me and I dig you (well alright…
Just Another Dance Thought it was just another dance Until I looked in her…
Just One Kiss From You All I need is just one kiss from you To see…
Keep On Pushing The sweet things you do to me like holding my…
Lemon Tree When I was just a lad of ten, my father…
Let It Be Me God bless the day I found you I want to stay…
Let me know If you had a choice of color Which one would you…
Let Me Tell The World Let me tell the world, you belong to me I'm so…
Little Boy Blue You're cryin', little boy blue Are you unhappy little boy b…
Little Brown Boy Little brown boy with your eyes so wide Your Daddy's joy…
Little Girl Little girl, come, home to me Little girl, come, home to…
Little Young Lover Little young lover Why don't you like me? Can't you see ho…
Long Long Winter It's gonna be a long long winter For me, for me A…
Love Love Love 愛のかたちを教えて そこまで追いかけるから ほどける前につなぐの 確かな真実のライン 誰もわからない 明日の事なんて い…
Love's A Comin' There's a love a comin' Hold your head up high There's a…
Love's Miracle When all it seems, has turned their backs on you Where…
Man Oh Man Oh, western union man send a telegram to my baby Send…
Meeting over Yonder Children, are you ready? There's gonna be a meeting over yon…
Minstrel And Queen A little sugar, honeysuckle lamb Great expression of happine…
Moonlight Shadows In the shadow of the night I see two love sitting…
My Deceiving Heart Oh oh I, could die So hard I'd cry My deceiving heart Has…
My Prayer When the twilight is gone and no songbirds are singing When…
My Woman Love I've got a womans arms To hold me through the night My…
Never Let Me Go If you had a choice of color Which one would you…
Never Too Much Love Too much love, too much love Never in this world will…
No One Else No one else No one else No one else But you... Has giv…
No One To Love I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
Nothing Can Stop Me Nothing can stop me (stop me) So bad do I feel…
Only You Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe (you babe) Only you…
People Get Ready People get ready, there's a train a comin' You don't need…
Preacher Man People coming from every town They stand in line for miles…
Ridin' High I guess I'm ridin' high (keep on ridin') I guess I'm…
Right On Time You wouldn't have me When I was young You knew I wanted…
Romancing To The Folk Song People everywhere sing hallelujah There their troubles are …
Sad Sad Girl and Boy You must be a sad, sad girl (You must be a…
Satin Doll Cigarette holder, which a wigs me And over her shoulder, sh…
Say You Love Me Just one moment, I like to be Is for you to…
See The Real Me See me, see me Can you see, the real me huh I…
Senorita I Love You I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
September Song Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But…
Sermonette I heard me a sermonette Have you heard it yet With that…
Seven Years Seven years remember when You became my loving friend Neve…
She Don't Love Me She don't love me She don't love me I work hard on…
Simple Message Here's a simple message Sisters and brothers Sent from God t…
Since I Lost The One I Love I'm the one who loves you I'm the one who loves…
Sister Love She hurts like the sting of a whip (my sister…
So Unusual It seems so, so unusual (so unusual) After all that's been…
Somebody Help Me Somebody help me, get outta this mood Somebody help me, get…
Sometimes I Wonder Sometimes {sometime) You make me wonder (wonder) I get the…
Sooner Or Later You know this morning when the phone rang I knew something…
Soulful Love I try hard and do my best To bring about words…
Stay Close To Me Oh baby Can't you see what you're doing to the boy Oh…
Talking About My Baby I want to talk about my baby, yeah yeah With her…
Ten To One No matter what I do Odds still on winning you are Ten…
That's What Love Will Do It'll break you heart into a million pieces Hurt you so…
That's What Mama Say It won't be long before I, venture this world all…
The Girl I Find Here's another girl And I'm afraid she will be gone Like t…
The Look Of Love The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile…
The Young Mods' Forgotten Story Let me sing a song I won't make it too long About…
They Don't Know Another friend has gone And I feel so insecure Brother if…
Thin Line Yeah Yeah... Ando con la prepa, prepa, prepa ¡Mucho rollo y …
This Is My Country Do do do Do do do Some people think we don't have…
This Is The Life Some people think we dont have the right To say its…
This Must End Dear this must end Dear this must end We used to laugh…
Too Slow You're too slow Woman, you're too slow Ain't got much time…
Turn On to Me Baby, turn on... Baby, turn on to me Baby, turn on... Baby, …
Twilight Time Heavenly shades of night are falling, it's twilight time Ou…
Twist And Limbo Twist twist and limbo Twist and limbo Twist twist and limb…
Up Up And Away Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon? Would you…
We We're a winner And never let anybody say Boy, you can't make…
We Must Be In Love I sigh and don't know why I sigh is it that…
We're A Winner We're a winner And never let anybody say Boy, you can't make…
We're In Love We're in love Don't care who knows about it We're gonna ge…
Wherever You Leadeth Me Wherever you leadeth me, I will follow, Across the water b…
Winter Wonderland Over the ground lies a mantle of white A heaven of…
Without A Song Without a song, the day would never end Without a song,…
Woman's Got Soul She may not be the best lookin' woman I ever did…
You Always Hurt Me Hey girl You that I love so hard You and your cold…
You Always Hurt The One You Love You always hurt, the one you love The one, you shouldn't…
You Must Believe Me You must believe me No matter what the people might say You…
You Ought To Be In Heaven You oughta be in Heaven Playing with the angels there You …
You ve Been Che I've been trying hard to forget That you've been cheating Wi…
You Want Somebody Else I try to love ya, in every way I try to…
You're Really Something Sadie As I stepped in on the set, hmm hmm I saw…
You've Been Cheatin I've been trying hard to forget That you've been cheating Wi…
You've Come Home You've come home Home, you've come home Darling you've c…
You've Got Me Runnin' Wooh hoo She's got me runnin' tryin' to find her Like a…
Your Precious Love Your precious love means more to me Than any love could…
You`ve Been Cheatin` I've been trying hard to forget That you've been cheating Wi…
Keith Fuqua
on People Get Ready
Amen brothers. Get ready people