The Fabulous Impressions
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The Fabulous Impressions is an album by the American soul music
group The Impressions
. It includes a cover of the Gene McDaniels
song "One Hundred Pounds of Clay".
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
group The Impressions
The Impressions (American band)
The Impressions are an American music group from Chicago, originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes doo-wop, gospel, soul, and R&B....
. It includes a cover of the Gene McDaniels
Gene McDaniels
Gene McDaniels was an American singer and songwriter, who had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s.-Biography:...
song "One Hundred Pounds of Clay".
Track listing
- "You Always Hurt Me" (Curtis MayfieldCurtis MayfieldCurtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
) – 2:16 - "It's All Over" (Mayfield) – 3:11
- "Little Girl" (Mayfield) – 2:30
- "One Hundred Pounds of Clay" (Luther DixonLuther DixonLuther Dixon was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 60s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Jackson 5, B.B. King, Dusty Springfield, and others...
, Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers) – 2:22 - "Love's a Comin'" (Mayfield) – 2:30
- "You Ought to Be in Heaven" (Mayfield) – 2:46
- "I Can't Stay Away from You" (Mayfield) – 2:46
- "Aware of Love" (Jerry ButlerJerry Butler (singer)Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.Butler is also an American politician...
, Mayfield) – 2:31 - "Isle of the Sirens" (Mayfield) – 3:02
- "I'm Still Waitin'I'm Still Waiting (Curtis Mayfield song)"I'm Still Waiting" is a Curtis Mayfield composition notable for its recording by post-doo-wop era Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Mayfield also recorded his version of it with The Impressions...
" (Mayfield) – 3:00 - "She Don't Love Me" (Mayfield) – 2:43
Charts
Year | Chart | Peak Position |
---|---|---|
1967 | Black Albums | #16 |
1967 | Pop Albums | #184 |
External links
- [ The Fabulous Impressions] at Allmusic