Up Pops Ramsey Lewis is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis which was issued in February 1968 on Cadet Records. The album reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 25 on the Billboard Best Selling Soul LPs charts.
Reception
AllMusic gave the album a 2/5 stars rating. With a 4/5 stars rating, Norman Jopling and Peter Jones of Record Mirror declared, "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
Charts Chart Peakposition US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs7 US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's25 US Billboard Top LPs52
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