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The Impressions
Band, *1958 US, Chicago
R&B/Soul
The Impressions are an American music group from Chicago, originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes doo-wop, gospel, soul, and R&B.The group was 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. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed, and after switching to ABC-Paramount Records, Mayfield, Gooden, and new Impression Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling soul act. Mayfield left the group for a solo career in 1970; Leroy Hutson, Ralph Johnson, Reggie Torian, Sammy Fender and Nate Evans were among the replacements who joined Gooden and Cash. Inductees into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Members
 | Leroy Hutson ep *1945 US |
 | Curtis Mayfield g, voc 1942-1999 US |
 | Jerry Butler voc |
 | Arthur Brooks voc |
 | Fred Cash voc *1940 US |
 | Joseph Thomas US |
| G. C. Coleman dr, voc 1944-2006 |
 | Reggie Torian voc 1950-2016 US |
 | Sam Gooden voc *1934 US |
 | Ralph Johnson voc *1949 |
 | Nate Evans voc |
 | Richard Brooks voc *1940 |
 | Vandy Hampton voc *1949 |
 | Willie Kitchens Jr. |
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check Out Your Mind! / Times Have Changed | The Impressions | 2018 | Compil. |
| Ten To One / Minstrel And Queen | The Impressions | 2017 | Single |
| The Best Of The Impressions (The Curtom Years) | The Impressions | 2016 | Compil. |
| Rhythm! b/w Star Bright | The Impressions | 2013 | Single |
| Come To My Party & Fan The Fire | The Impressions | 2013 | Compil. |
| People Get Ready: The Best Of Curtis Mayfield's Impressions | The Impressions | 2013 | Compil. |
| Ballads | The Impressions | 2013 | Compil. |
| He Will Break Your Heart | Jerry Butler & The Impressions | 2012 | Compil. |
| Complete A And B Sides 1961-1968 | The Impressions | 2009 | Compil. |
| I'm Coming Home For Christmas | The Impressions | 2009 | Album |
| Movin' On Up: The Music And Message Of Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions | Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions | 2008 | Single |
| Loving Power / It's About Time | The Impressions | 2008 | Compil. |
| Three The Hard Way / First Impressions | The Impressions | 2008 | Compil. |
| People Get Ready - 21 Greatest Hits | The Impressions | 2008 | Compil. |
| Soul Classics | The Impressions | 2008 | Compil. |
| Soul Legends | Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions | 2006 | Compil. |
| Check Out Your Mind | The Impressions | 2005 | Single |
| You've Been Cheatin' / Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy | The Impressions / The Tams | 2005 | Single |
| Best Of | Jerry Butler & The Impressions | 2005 | Compil. |
| Classic | Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions | 2003 | Compil. |
| First Impressions | The Impressions | 2003 | Compil. |
| Definitive Impressions Part 2 | The Impressions | 2003 | Compil. |
| Get Ready With The Impressions | The Impressions | 2002 | Compil. |
| Ultimate Collection | The Impressions | 2001 | Compil. |
| Got Soul 1960-1973 | Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, The Impressions | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Best Of The Impressions 1968-1976 | The Impressions | 2001 | Compil. |
| This Is My Country & The Young Mod's Forgotten Story | The Impressions | 2001 | Compil. |
| The Young Mod's Forgotten Story | The Impressions | 2000 | Album |
| For Your Precious Love | The Impressions | 2000 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions | Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions | 2000 | Compil. |
| Indelible Impressions: The Curtom Anthology 1968-76 | The Impressions | 1999 | Compil. |
| ABC Rarities | The Impressions | 1999 | Compil. |
| Come To My Party / Fan The Fire | The Impressions | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Fabulous Impressions / We're A Winner | The Impressions | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Greatest Hits | The Impressions | 1998 | Compil. |
| One By One / Ridin' High | The Impressions | 1998 | Compil. |
| Ultimate Best-From The Curtom Years | The Impressions | 1998 | Compil. |
| Check Out, A Collection: 1968-1981 | The Impressions | 1998 | Compil. |
| People Get Ready (The Best Of The Impressions, 1961-1968) | The Impressions Featuring Curtis Mayfield | 1997 | Compil. |
| Come To My Party / Fan The Fire | The Impressions | 1997 | Compil. |
| The Masters | The Impressions | 1997 | Compil. |
| First Impressions / Loving Power | The Impressions | 1997 | Compil. |
| The Very Best Of The Impresions | The Impressions | 1997 | Compil. |
| Preacher Man / Finally Got Myself Together | The Impressions | 1997 | Compil. |
| Changing Impressions | The Impressions | 1996 | Compil. |
| Check Out Your Mind! / Times Have Changed | The Impressions | 1996 | Compil. |
| This Is My Country / The Young Mod's Forgotten Story | The Impressions | 1996 | Compil. |
| Further Impressions | The Impressions | 1996 | Compil. |
| This Is My Country + The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | The Impressions | 1996 | Compil. |
| Keep On Pushing / People Get Ready | The Impressions | 1996 | Compil. |
| The Impressions/The Never Ending Impressions | The Impressions | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Best From Impressions On Curtom | The Impressions | 1995 | Compil. |
| It's All Right | The Impressions | 1995 | Compil. |
| Greatest Hits | The Tams & The Impressions | 1994 | Compil. |
| All The Best | The Impressions Featuring Curtis Mayfield | 1994 | Compil. |
| First Impressions | The Impressions | 1994 | Single |
| The Complete Vee-Jay Recordings | The Impressions With Jerry Butler With Curtis Mayfield | 1993 | Compil. |
| This Old Heart Of Mine | The Impressions, The Isley Brothers | 1992 | Compil. |
| This Old Heart Of Mine | The Impressions, The Isley Brothers | 1992 | Compil. |
| The Anthology 1961-1977 | Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions | 1992 | Compil. |
| You've Been Cheatin' / Never Let Me Go | The Impressions | 1991 | Single |
| First Impressions / Sunshine | The Impressions | 1990 | Album |
| Greatest Hits | The Impressions | 1989 | Compil. |
| We're A Winner / You Must Believe Me | The Impressions | 1989 | Single |
| Lasting Impressions | The Impressions | 1989 | Compil. |
| Something Said Love | The Impressions | 1989 | Single |
| Definitive Impressions | The Impressions | 1989 | Compil. |
| Vintage Gold | The Impressions | 1988 | Compil. |
| I'm So Proud / Grazing In The Grass | The Impressions / Hugh Masekela | 1988 | Single |
| Can't Wait 'Til Tomorrow / Love Workin' On Me | The Impressions | 1986 | Album |
| He Will Break Your Heart / For Your Precious Love | Jerry Butler & The Impressions | 1985 | Single |
| Las Grandes Estrellas Del Rock | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Otis Spann, The Impressions | 1983 | Compil. |
| Right On Time | The Impressions | 1983 | Compil. |
| The Harptones / The Impressions / The Cadillacs / The Passions | The Harptones / The Impressions / The Cadillacs / The Passions | 1983 | Compil. |
| Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry / The Impressions / Otis Spann | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee / The Impressions / Otis Spann | 1982 | Compil. |
| Greatest Hits | The Impressions | 1982 | Compil. |
| Fan The Fire | The Impressions | 1981 | Album |
| The Best Of Jerry Butler And The Impressions | Jerry Butler And The Impressions | 1981 | Compil. |
| For Your Precious Love | The Impressions | 1981 | Single |
| Fan The Fire | The Impressions | 1981 | Album |
| Oh What A Night / For Your Precious Love | The Dells / Jerry Butler And The Impressions | 1980 | Compil. |
| Sorry | The Impressions | 1979 | Album |
| Come To My Party | The Impressions | 1979 | Album |
| Shorty's Got To Go | Jerry Butler & The Impressions | 1979 | Single |
| Maybe I'm Mistaken | The Impressions | 1979 | Single |
| Their Greatest Recordings | The Impressions | 1978 | Compil. |
| Impressions | The Impressions | 1978 | Compil. |
| Dance | The Impressions | 1977 | Album |
| Can't Get Along / You're So Right For Me | The Impressions | 1977 | Single |
| The Vintage Years | The Impressions Featuring Jerry Butler And Curtis Mayfield | 1976 | Compil. |
| It's About Time | The Impressions | 1976 | Album |
| Loving Power | The Impressions | 1976 | Album |
| The ABC Collection | Curtis Mayfield And The Impressions | 1976 | Compil. |
| I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Silent Night | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| Sunshine | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| First Impressions / Loving Power | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| For Your Precious Love | The Impressions | 1976 | Compil. |
| I Wish I'd Stayed In Bed | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| Fool For You / This Is My Country | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| You've Been Cheatin' | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| This Time / I'm A Fool For Love | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| Impressions | The Impressions | 1976 | Single |
| Originals | The Impressions | 1976 | Compil. |
| You'll Never Find | The Impressions | 1976 | Album |
| Same Thing It Took | The Impressions | 1975 | Single |
| Sooner Or Later / Miracle Woman | The Impressions | 1975 | Single |
| First Impressions | The Impressions | 1975 | Single |
| The Best Of The Impressions With Curtis Mayfield | The Impressions | 1975 | Compil. |
| First Impressions | The Impressions | 1975 | Album |
| Three The Hard Way (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | The Impressions | 1974 | Album |
| Wendy | The Impressions | 1974 | Single |
| Something's Mighty, Mighty Wrong / Three The Hard Way | The Impressions | 1974 | Single |
| Chart Busters! | The Impressions | 1974 | Compil. |
| Finally Got Myself Together | The Impressions | 1974 | Album |
| Believe In Me (Creed En Mi) | Curtis Mayfield Con The Impressions | 1974 | Compil. |
| Finally Got Myself Together (I'm A Changed Man) / I'll Always Be Here | The Impressions | 1974 | Single |
| People Get Ready / Amen | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| Thin Line | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| The Best Of Curtis Mayfield With The Impressions | Curtis Mayfield With The Impressions | 1973 | Compil. |
| If It's In You To Do Wrong | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| People Get Ready / We're Rolling On | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| Preacher Man | The Impressions | 1973 | Album |
| Color Us All Gray / I'm Loving You | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| I Can't Stay Away From You / I'm So Proud | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| I Can't Stay Away From You / I'm So Proud | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| Preacher Man / Times Have Changed | The Impressions | 1973 | Single |
| Times Have Changed | The Impressions | 1972 | Album |
| Gypsy Woman / I've Been Tryin | The Impressions | 1972 | Single |
| Our Love Goes On And On | The Impressions | 1972 | Single |
| Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) / Johnny B. Goode | The Impressions / Jimi Hendrix | 1972 | Single |
| This Loves For Real | The Impressions | 1972 | Single |
| The Best Of Jerry Butler And The Impressions | Jerry Butler And The Impressions | 1972 | Compil. |
| I Need To Belong To Someone / Love Me | The Impressions | 1972 | Single |
| Curtis Mayfield Featuring The Impressions | Curtis Mayfield Featuring The Impressions | 1972 | Compil. |
| Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) / We Must Be In Love | The Impressions | 1971 | Single |
| Love Me / Do You Wanna Win | The Impressions | 1971 | Single |
| The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam & Fred | The Impressions | 1970 | Compil. |
| Ain't Got Time / I'm So Proud | The Impressions | 1970 | Single |
| Check Out Your Mind | The Impressions | 1970 | Single |
| Check Out Your Mind! | The Impressions | 1970 | Album |
| (Baby) Turn On To Me / Soulful Love | The Impressions | 1970 | Single |
| Amen (1970) | The Impressions | 1970 | Single |
| Wherever She Leadeth Me | The Impressions | 1970 | Single |
| They Don't Know - Loves Happening - Choice Of Colors - Mighty, Mighty Spade & Withey | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| My Deceiving Heart / You Want Somebody Else | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| Seven Years / The Girl I Find | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| Just Before Sunrise / East Of Java | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| Choice Of Colors | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| The Golden Records | The Isley Brothers / James Brown / The Impressions / Clarence Carter | 1969 | Single |
| Say You Love Me / You'll Be Always Mine | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| The Versatile Impressions | The Impressions | 1969 | Album |
| Can't Satisfy / You've Been Cheatin' | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| The Impressions (Lp Sampler) | The Impressions | 1969 | Single |
| The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | The Impressions | 1969 | Album |
| The Versatile Impressions | The Impressions | 1969 | Album |
| This Is My Country / My Woman's Love | The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| We're A Winner | The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| The O'Kaysions / The Impressions | The O'Kaysions / The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| We're Rolling On | The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| We're A Winner | The Impressions | 1968 | Album |
| We're A Winner | The Impressions | 1968 | Album |
| This Is My Country | The Impressions | 1968 | Album |
| Winners | The Impressions | 1968 | Compil. |
| Don't Cry My Love / Sometimes I Wonder | The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| I Loved And I Lost / Up Up And Away | The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| Big Sixteen Vol. 2 | The Impressions | 1968 | Compil. |
| Soul Impressions | The Impressions | 1968 | Compil. |
| Fool For You | The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| The Best Of The Impressions | The Impressions | 1968 | Compil. |
| Somos Ganadores / Nada Puede Pararme | The Impressions | 1968 | Single |
| The Fabulous Impressions | The Impressions | 1967 | Album |
| Little Girl / You Always Hurt Me | The Impressions | 1967 | Single |
| We're A Winner / It's All Over | The Impressions | 1967 | Single |
| I Can't Stay Away From You / You Ought To Be In Heaven | The Impressions | 1967 | Single |
| You've Got Me Runnin' / It's Hard To Believe | The Impressions | 1967 | Single |
| Falling In Love With You / Since I Lost The One I Love | The Impressions | 1966 | Single |
| You've Been Cheatin | The Impressions | 1966 | Single |
| Too Slow / No One Else | The Impressions | 1966 | Single |
| Ridin' High | The Impressions | 1966 | Single |
| Can't Satisfy / Too Slow | The Impressions | 1966 | Single |
| Twilight Time / Mona Lisa | The Impressions | 1966 | Single |
| Ridin' High | The Impressions | 1966 | Album |
| Can't Satisfy / This Must End | The Impressions | 1966 | Single |
| The Impressions With Jerry Butler And Betty Everett | The Impressions With Jerry Butler And Betty Everett | 1965 | Compil. |
| Soulfully | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| People Get Ready | The Impressions | 1965 | Album |
| One By One | The Impressions | 1965 | Album |
| Greatest Hits | The Impressions | 1965 | Compil. |
| Never Could You Be / I Need You | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| Woman's Got Soul | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| Keep On Pushing | The Impressions | 1965 | Album |
| People Get Ready / I've Been Trying | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| Just One Kiss From You / Twilight Time | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| I've Found That I've Lost / Meeting Over Yonder | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| You've Been Cheatin' | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| People Get Ready | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| One By One | The Impressions | 1965 | Single |
| The Never Ending Impressions | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| It's all right | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| The Never Ending Impressions | The Impressions | 1964 | Album |
| I'm So Proud / I Made A Mistake | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| Say That You Love Me / Senorita I Love You | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| The Golden Years Of The Impressions | The Impressions | 1964 | Compil. |
| You Must Believe Me / See The Real Me | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| You Must Believe Me / See The Real Me | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| Talking About My Baby / What Kind Of Fool | The Impressions / The Tams | 1964 | Single |
| It's All Right | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| Amen / Long, Long Winter | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| Keep On Pushing / I Love You (Yeah) | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| Keep On Pushing / I'm So Proud | The Impressions | 1964 | Single |
| The Impressions | The Impressions | 1963 | Compil. |
| Esta Bién "It's All Right" | The Impressions | 1963 | Single |
| Talking About My Baby / Never Too Much Love | The Impressions | 1963 | Single |
| The Impressions | The Impressions | 1963 | Album |
| You've Come Home | The Impressions | 1963 | Single |
| It's All Right | The Impressions | 1963 | Single |
| For Your Precious Love... | The Impressions With Jerry Butler | 1963 | Album |
| The Impressions | The Impressions | 1963 | Album |
| Sad, Sad Girl And Boy | The Impressions | 1963 | Single |
| Little Young Lover / Never Let Me Go | The Impressions | 1962 | Single |
| I Need Your Love / I'm The One Who Loves You | The Impressions | 1962 | Single |
| Grow Closer Together | The Impressions | 1962 | Single |
| I Need Your Love / Don't Leave Me | The Impressions | 1962 | Single |
| Gypsy Woman / As Long As You Love Me | The Impressions | 1961 | Single |
| Listen / Shorty's Got To Go | The Impressions | 1959 | Single |
| Lovely One / Senorita I Love You | The Impressions | 1959 | Single |
| Come Back My Love | The Impressions Featuring Jerry Butler | 1958 | Single |
| The Gift Of Love / At The County Fair | The Impressions | 1958 | Single |
| A New Love / That You Love Me | The Impressions | 1958 | Single |
| For Your Precious Love / Sweet Was The Wine | Jerry Butler And The Impressions | 1958 | Single |
| I'm So Proud / Never Let Me Go | The Impressions | Single | |
| Senorita I Love You/Say That You Love Me | The Impressions | Single | |
| At The County Fair / Young Lover | The Impressions | Single | |
| I'm So Proud / It's Okay | The Impressions, The Sunglows | Single | |
| Amen | The Impressions | Single | |
| Old School Funk Vol. 9 | Marvin Gaye / The Temptations / Curtis Mayfield / The Impressions | Album | |
| I need your love | The Impressions | Single | |
| Sad, Sad Girl And Boy / Twist And Limbo | The Impressions | Single | |
| For Your Precious Love | The Impressions Featuring Curtis Mayfield And Jerry Butler | Compil. | |
| Keep On Pushing / I Love You (Yeah) | The Impressions | Single | |
| Can't Satisfy / Never Let Me Go | The Impressions | Single | |
| Isley Brothers & The Impressions | The Isley Brothers, The Impressions | Compil. | |
| Keep On Pushing / We're A Winner | The Impressions | Single | |
| I'm Still Waitin' | The Impressions | Single | |
| Thin Line / But If It's In You To Do Wrong | The Impressions | Single | |
| Merry Christmas / Happy New Year | The Impressions | Single | |
| Choice Of Colors | The Impressions | Single | |
| I'm So Proud / My Deceiving Heart | The Impressions | Single | |
| Senorita I Love You / Sunday Kind Of Love | The Impressions / The Harptones | Single | |
| Amen / Wherever She Leadeth Me | The Impressions | Single | |
| You've Been Cheatin' | The Impressions | Single | |
| Need To Belong To Someone / Preacher Man | The Impressions | Single | |
| Love Me / This Love's For Real | The Impressions | Single | |
| Betty Everett And The Impressions | Betty Everett And The Impressions | Compil. | |
| I'm So Proud / Don't Be Afraid | The Impressions / Frankie Karl | Single | |
| LP Sampler | The Impressions | Single | |
| Gypsy Woman / It's All Right | The Impressions | Single | |
| Let 'Em Try / Just Another Dance | Rosco Gordon / The Impressions | Single | |
| Come See What's Left Of Me / Falling In Love With You | Bobby Hutton / The Impressions | Single | |
| Check Out Your Mind / Turn On To Me (Baby) | The Impressions | Single | |
| Say You Love Me / Amen | The Impressions | Single | |
| Sooner Or Later / Same Thing It Took | The Impressions | Single | |
| I'm So Proud / Woman's Got Soul | The Impressions | Single | |
| Keep On Pushin' / Gone Away | The Impressions | Single |
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