Up Pops Ramsey Lewis is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis which was issued in February 1968 on Cadet Records.[1] The album reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 25 on the Billboard Best Selling Soul LPs charts.[2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Record Mirror | [4] |
AllMusic gave the album a 2/5 stars rating.[3] 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."[4]
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[1]
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis - piano
- Cleveland Eaton - bass
- Maurice White - drums
- Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans[1]
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs[2] | 7 |
| US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's[2] | 25 |
| US Billboard Top LPs[2] | 52 |
References
- ^ a b c Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis. Cadet Records. February 1968.
- ^ a b c d "Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived)". AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2025 – via archive.org.
- ^ a b "Ramsey Lewis: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ^ a b 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.
