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Ramsey Lewis

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Aliases
Lem Winchester and The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Ramsey Lewis & Co.
Ramsey Lewis and The Gentlemen of Jazz
Ramsey Lewis and His Gentlemen of Swing
Ramsey Lewis Trio
The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Real name
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr.
Born
May 27, 1935
Died
September 12, 2022
Country
United States
IPI
00018006322 2 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz pianist and composer
Member of
Urban Knights Piano (1995-...)
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Covers by Ramsey Lewis

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1983 Brook Benton
i June 1966 Marvin Gaye
i 2004 (unknown)
i 1967 Cilla Black
July 22, 2003 DeBarge
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1959 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
November 1962 Carlos José
1979 Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL, James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Company REL,PRF
i March 1961 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i   March 1961 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
i February 1969 The Beatles
i 1972 The Milt Jackson Quintet
i March 1957 Aaron Lebedeff and Lucy Levin
i May 1959 (unknown)
i 1966 Tommy Tucker [US2]
i February 1969 The Beatles
i October 1967 Agostinho dos Santos, Luiz Bonfá
i 1962 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
i   December 1960 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i 1971 The Corporation
i 1967 Vince Guaraldi Trio
i 1959 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
i June 1967 Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle
i 1961 Trío González
i October 5, 1993 Janet Jackson
i May 1959 Giovanni Ambrosini, Maria Cappiello
i 1974 Elton John
i   July 1965 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i   1972 Regino Sainz de la Maza with the Orchestra Nacional de España conducted by Ataulfo Argenta REC, Regino Sainz de la Maza PRF
i October 1989 The Horace Silver Quintet
i 1965 João Gilberto
i 1972 Billie Holiday
i Crescent Noon Ramsey Lewis 1971 Unverified
i February 1969 The Beatles
i October 1967 Martha & The Vandellas
i May 1959 (unknown)
i August 1966 The Beatles
i February 1969 The Beatles
2002 Steve Lawrence
i March 1970 James Darren
i October 1967 The Modern Jazz Quartet
i October 1989 The Modern Jazz Quartet
i 1967 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
i July 1968 Dionne Warwick
i October 1970 Sonny Thompson - Vocal by Lula Reed
i 1974 Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
i   1958 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
i June 1967 Julie Andrews
i 2004 Carmen García Cornejo con piano por Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
i February 1969 The Beatles
i March 1970 Fred Neil
i   1961 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i   October 1964 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i 1971 The Beatles
Sampled by Public Enemy
May 1998 Sting
i 1967 Jacqueline Danno
i June 1967 Matt Monro
i 1967 Shorty Long [US1]
i   March 1957 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i November 1962 Agostinho dos Santos
June 1967 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
July 22, 2003 Billie Holiday
i 1961 Meister Glee Singers
i 1967 Little Anthony and The Imperials
i March 1970 Trash
i February 1969 The Beatles
i 1972 Michael Jackson
i May 1959 (unknown)
i 1966 The Vibrations
i   1993 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
i December 1968 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
i 1971 Kelly Gordon
i 1961 Gene Autry
i 1966 Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm
1965 Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and His Orchestra
i 1967 Jimmy Forrest and His Orchestra
i 2004 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
i   1962 Tex Ritter BRD,REC,REL
i 1974 Seals and Crofts
i August 1966 Little Anthony and The Imperials
February 1973 Luther Ingram
i   May 1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
i   1961 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
i   1959 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
i 1962 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
i   1959 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i 1972 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i 1965 Harry James and His Orchestra
i October 1989 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
i 1962 Ivory Joe Hunter
i In My Life Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson July 22, 2003 Unverified
i   July 1968 Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles BRD,REL
July 22, 2003 Grover Washington, Jr., Yasuko Love-Bird
i   March 1957 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   1959 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i   May 1958 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i   1958 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i 1965 Fran Jeffries
i   1962 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1967 Stevie Wonder
i 1964 Edison Male Quartette
i May 1959 Fiddlin' John Carson
i 1958 The Clifford Brown Ensemble
i February 1969 The Beatles
i July 1968 The Beatles
i 1967 Maurice Jarre
i 1965 Gilbert Bécaud
i March 1957 Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i 1964 The Trapp Family Singers
i 1960 Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band
i 1974 Stevie Wonder
i 1963 Ray Charles
July 22, 2003 Kenny Rankin
i   1959 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i 1974 Paul Simon
i 1977 Barbra Streisand
i July 1965 Alex North
i November 1962 Agostinho dos Santos
i July 1968 Herbie Hancock
i December 1968 The De Paur Chorus
i   June 1967 Joanna Merlin, Julia Migenes, Tanya Everett REL, Julia Migenes, Tanya Everett, Joanna Merlin PRF
i 1961 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
i August 1966 Jerry Butler
i September 26, 1995 The Beatles
i 2004 Maria Muldaur
July 1984 David Roberts
i   July 1968 Manfred Mann [band] REL, Bob Dylan and The Band REC
i August 1966 Joe Zawinul
2002 Van Morrison
i February 1969 The Beatles
i October 1964 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
i 1962 Tom Gates & His Orchestra
i 1969 Stevie Wonder
i 1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Robert Mersey
i   1960 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
i 1961 Melina Mercouri
July 1984 Yasuko Agawa
i October 1989 The Oscar Peterson Trio
February 1973 The Moody Blues with The London Festival Orchestra conducted by Peter Knight
i October 1970 Edwin Hawkins' Singers
i   December 1960 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
i 1967 The Supremes [US1], Len Barry
i   May 1958 John Michael King REL,PRF
i Ooh Child Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson July 22, 2003 Unverified
i November 1962 João Gilberto
2002 Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader
i   October 1964 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
i 1972 The Stylistics
i 1983 Olivia Newton-John
2002 Brenda Russell
i May 1958 Percy Mayfield
May 1998 Teena Marie
i 1972 Anne Murray
i 1960 Dick Robertson and His Orchestra
i October 1967 João Gilberto
i October 1989 Denny Zeitlin
i 1983 Earth, Wind & Fire
i 1967 Otis Redding
i   June 1967 Percy Faith and His Orch. REL, Kitty White BRD
i February 1969 The Beatles
i 1964 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
i November 1962 Luiz Bonfá
i 1958 Clifford Brown and Max Roach
i 1961 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
i 1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1960 Jo Stafford with Vocal Group and Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i February 1969 The Beatles
i June 1967 Johnny Mandel
i July 1965 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
i   July 1968 Martha Reeves and The Vandellas REC, Aretha Franklin REL
October 5, 1993 Caldera, Dianne Reeves
i 1961 Boston Pops Orchestra
July 1984 Leon Ware
i July 22, 2003 War [US]
i   March 1961 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i 1964 Sarah Vaughan, arranged & conducted by Don Costa
i 1964 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
i   1959 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i 1962 Benny Goodman Sextet
i October 1970 The Beatles
i October 1964 Chris Kenner
1965 Chris Kenner
i May 1959 (unknown)
i 1959 Yekab Karklin
i 1967 Sam & Dave
i 1967 Willie Bobo
1979 (unknown), Julie Covington
i   1962 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
i   1962 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i 1962 Johnnie Johnston with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1962 Prince's Band
i 1974 Seals and Crofts
i 1967 Marcos Valle
i   1972 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1983 Stevie Wonder
i July 1968 Stan Getz
i   July 1965 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i   1961 Dorothy Lamour - Orchestra under direction of Cy Feuer REC, Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD
i September 1975 Earth, Wind & Fire
1961 (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
i   1961 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i 1974 Sonny Rollins
i June 1967 Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato
i July 1965 Dobie Gray
  1967 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
i July 1970 New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, Hendrix
i   1966 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
i June 1967 Quincy Jones and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mark Allen
i 1962 Peggy Lee and George Shearing and the Quintet
i 1959 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Les Baxter
i   1960 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i October 1964 Sammy Davis Jr.
i 1959 Fred Astaire
i March 1957 Chet Baker
i August 1966 John D. Loudermilk
i August 1966 Stevie Wonder
i June 1966 The Sunset Four Jubilee Singers
i October 1989 Bill Evans [US1]
i October 1964 Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF, Larry Kert PRF,REC,REL, Orchestra – The Jets REC,REL, Mickey Calin, Lee Becker, Grover Dale, Tony Mordente, Eddie Roll, David Winters, Tommy Abbott, Hank Brunjes, Martin Charnin, Frank Green, Lowell Harris PRF
i 1964 (unknown)
i   1971 Roger Nichols and Paul Williams REC, Paul Williams [US1] BRD, Freddie Allen REL
i   1961 Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt and The Campus Kids REC
i October 1967 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard
i December 1960 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
February 1973 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
i   1964 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i October 5, 1993 Marcos Ariel - Bill Cantos & Kevyn Lettau
  1965 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
i 1967 The Staple Singers
i 1972 Harlem Hamfats
i 1961 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i July 1965 Gale Garnett - Arr. & Cond. by Claus Ogerman
i October 1967 Eddy Arnold with Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Grean
i 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i 1961 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
i March 1970 Brenda Holloway

Sampled songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1959 Argo [US]
Another Voyage The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1969 Cadet
Back to the Roots Ramsey Lewis 1971 Cadet
Barefoot Sunday Blues The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1963 Argo [US]
Bossa Nova The Ramsey Lewis Trio November 1962 Argo [US]
Country Meets the Blues The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1962 Argo [US]
Dance of the Soul Ramsey Lewis May 1998 GRP Records
Dancing in the Street The Ramsey Lewis Trio October 1967 Cadet
Don't It Feel Good Ramsey Lewis September 1975 Columbia [US]
Down to Earth Ramsey Lewis Trio May 1959 EmArcy
Funky Serenity Ramsey Lewis February 1973 Columbia [US]
Goin' Latin Ramsey Lewis 1967 Cadet
Hang on Ramsey! The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1966 Cadet
In Chicago The Ramsey Lewis Trio December 1960 Argo [US]
Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio Perform a Tribute to Clifford Brown Lem Winchester and The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1958 Argo [US]
Les fleurs Ramsey Lewis 1983 Columbia [US]
Love Notes Ramsey Lewis 1977 Columbia [US]
Maiden Voyage Ramsey Lewis July 1968 Cadet
Meant to Be Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson 2002 Narada Jazz
More Music from the Soil The Ramsey Lewis Trio March 1961 Argo [US]
More Sounds of Christmas The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1964 Argo [US]
Mother Nature's Son Ramsey Lewis February 1969 Cadet
Never on Sunday The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1961 Argo [US]
Ramsey Ramsey Lewis 1979 Columbia [US]
Ramsey Lewis and His Gentlemen of Swing Ramsey Lewis and His Gentlemen of Swing March 1957 Argo [US]
Ramsey Lewis and The Gentlemen of Jazz Ramsey Lewis and The Gentlemen of Jazz May 1958 Argo [US]
Ramsey Lewis, the Piano Player Ramsey Lewis March 1970 Cadet
Simple Pleasures Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson July 22, 2003 Narada Jazz
Sky Islands Ramsey Lewis October 5, 1993 GRP Records
Solar Wind Ramsey Lewis 1974 Columbia [US]
Solid Ivory Ramsey Lewis 1974 Cadet
Sound of Christmas Ramsey Lewis Trio 1961 Argo [US]
Stretching Out The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1960 Argo [US]
Sun Goddess Ramsey Lewis 1974 Columbia [US]
Tequila Mockingbird Ramsey Lewis 1977 Columbia [US]
The Groover Ramsey Lewis 1972 Cadet
The In Crowd The Ramsey Lewis Trio July 1965 Argo [US]
Them Changes Ramsey Lewis October 1970 Cadet
The Movie Album Ramsey Lewis June 1967 Cadet
The Ramsey Lewis Trio at The Bohemian Caverns The Ramsey Lewis Trio October 1964 Argo [US]
The Sound of Spring Ramsey Lewis Trio 1962 Argo [US]
The Two of Us Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson July 1984 Columbia [US]
Time Flies Ramsey Lewis Trio 2004 Narada Jazz
Upendo ni pamoja The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1972 Columbia [US]
Up Pops Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Lewis 1967 Cadet
Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis August 1966 Cadet
We Meet Again Ramsey Lewis/Billy Taylor October 1989 Columbia [US]
You Better Believe Me The Ramsey Lewis Trio + Jean DuShon 1965 Argo [US]

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