Up Pops Ramsey Lewis
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ReleasedFebruary 1968
RecordedJuly and October 1967
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| 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.[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]
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| 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]
