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The Impressions

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Aliases
Jerry Butler and The Impressions
Country
United States
Comments
Influential R&B, soul & gospel group, founded as "The Roosters" by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their line-up to become Jerry Butler & The Impressions.
Members
Curtis Mayfield (1958-1970); afterwards continued to write and produce for the group
Jerry Butler (1958-1960)
Arthur Brooks (1958-1962)
Richard Brooks [US1] (1958-1962)
Leroy Hutson (1971-1973)
Related
Eddie Thomas [US2] Manager
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
February 1965 (3 artists)
April 1970 (8 artists)
June 1969 (6 artists)
1968 (5 artists)
April 1958 (36 artists)
1968 (4 artists)
January 1962 (4 artists)
August 1961 (37 artists)
February 1964 (11 artists)
I'm A Changed Man (Finally Got Myself Together) The Impressions 1973 Unverified
March 1964 (2 artists)
February 1964 (16 artists)
September 1963 (46 artists)
It's Hard To Believe The Impressions 1967 Unverified
February 1965 Marlina Mars
July 1964 (7 artists)
Let Me Tell The World The Impressions 1968 Unverified
February 1964 (3 artists)
June 1962 (3 artists)
December 1975 Garnet Mimms
1965 (3 artists)
1965 (2 artists)
1969 (4 artists)
September 1962 (7 artists)
December 1963 (3 artists)
1972 (2 artists)
February 1965 (193 artists)
Sad, Sad Girl and Boy The Impressions August 1963 Unverified
February 1964 Liverpool Five
April 1958 (3 artists)
December 1963 (6 artists)
1968 (2 artists)
December 11, 1967 (5 artists)
February 1965 Little Bob and The Lollipops
1969 Sam Butler [US1]
September 1963 (3 artists)
August 1964 (16 artists)
1965 (2 artists)

Covers by The Impressions

Title Performer Release date Originally by
July 1967 Gene McDaniels
1965 Rudi Schuricke mit Kinderchor - Alfred Hause mit seinem Tanz-Streichorchester, Frankie Laine, (unknown)
July 1967 Jerry Butler
1994 The Impressions
1969 The Beatles
February 1966 Billy Butler & The Enchanters
February 1966 Jerry Butler
January 1963 Jerry Butler
February 1966 Jerry Butler
1972 Marvin Gaye
December 11, 1967 Walter Jackson
1965 Tom Jones
July 1964 Jerry Butler
1965 Wynona Carr
  1965 Nancy Wilson [US1] REL, Sammy Davis Jr. & Paula Wayne PRF
  October 29, 2001 The Temptations [US1] REL, Earl Van Dyke REC
October 16, 2001 Prisonaires
February 1964 Silvio Caldas & Gidinho REC, George Fernandes REL, Will Holt & Dolly Jonah
February 1966 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
February 1966 Gene Chandler
1965 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
  1965 Orchester Georges Boulanger, Joe Loss and His Band (Vocalist: Chick Henderson) REL, Ambrose and His Orchestra REC
1965 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
June 1962 Johnny Ace - Johnny Board and His Orchestra
1968 Gene Chandler
1969 Anthony Newley
February 1964 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, The Coasters
  February 1964 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
1969 Nat Adderley, Della Reese
1989 Rita Coolidge
February 1965 Major Lance
February 1976 The O'Jays
February 1966 Walter Jackson
  1969 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
July 1964 (unknown), Standard Quartette
  1969 Jody Miller - Lincoln Mayorga REC,REL, Billy Daniels, Sammy Davis Jr., with Lola Falana and Company PRF
1965 The Three Suns
  1968 The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
August 1970 The Five Stairsteps & Cubie
1965 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
February 1965 Jerry Butler
1969 The Beatles
February 1964 Mills Brothers

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