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Ramsey Lewis Songs

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Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. (born May 27, 1935) is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. At 15 he joined his first jazz band, the Cleffs. The seven-piece group provided Lewis his first involvement with jazz; he would later join Cleffs drummer Isaac "Red" Holt and bassist Eldee Young to form the Ramsey Lewis Trio. By 1966, Lewis was one of the most successful jazz pianists, topping the US charts with "The In Crowd", "Hang On Sloopy", and "Wade in the Water". All three singles each sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold discs. Many of his recordings attracted a large non-jazz audience. In the 1970s, Lewis often played electric piano, although by later in the decade he was sticking to acoustic and using an additional keyboardist in his group. His mid-seventies collaboraton with Maurice White and Earth, Wind & Fire gained him a strong following amongst jazz-funk fans. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.

Below is a list of Ramsey Lewis songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Cadet 5541
chart position: RandB #3, US #19, US AC #11
written by: Traditional
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Wade in the Water
1966 Cadet
2 record label: Cadet 5640
chart position: RandB #37, US #76, US AC #21
written by: John Lennon
album: Mother Nature's Son
Ramsey Lewis Julia
1969 Cadet
3 record label: Cadet 5541
chart position: UK #31
written by: Lewis
comments: [re release] [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water
1972 Cadet
4 record label: Cadet 5662
chart position: US AC #32
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) and Sylvia Moy
album: Another Voyage
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis My Cherie Amour
1970 Cadet
5 record label: Cadet 5547
chart position: RandB #30, US #49, US AC #37
written by: Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder and Henry Cosby
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Uptight
1966 Cadet
6 record label: Cadet 5573
chart position: US #84, US AC #36
written by: Marvin Gaye, William
album: Dancing in the Street
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Dancing in the Street
1967 Cadet
7 record label: Columbia 46037
chart position: US AC #46
written by: Sonny Rollins
album: Solar Wind
Ramsey Lewis The Everywhere Calypso
1974 Columbia
8 record label: Cadet 5583
chart position: Cashbox R&B #45, US #49
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis Soul Man
1967 Cadet
9 record label: Cadet 5556
chart position: Cashbox RandB #33, US #67
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr., Len Barry, John Medora and David White
album: Goin' Latin
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis One, Two, Three
1967 Cadet
10 record label: Columbia 10235
chart position: RandB #50, US #96
written by: Freddie Harris and Paul Francis Webster
album: Don't It Feel Good
Ramsey Lewis What's the Name of This Funk (Spider Man)
1976 Columbia
11 record label: Cadet 5553
chart position: US #74, US AC #27
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Day Tripper
1966 Cadet
12 record label: Cadet 5609
chart position: US #98
written by: Aretha Franklin and Ted White
album: Maiden Voyage
Ramsey Lewis Since You've Been Gone
1968 Cadet
13 record label: Cadet 5640
chart position: Cashbox RandB #32
written by: R. Lewis
album: Another Voyage
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Do What You Wanna
1969 Cadet
14 record label: Cadet 5593
chart position: US #123
written by: Richard Evans
album: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis Bear Mash
1968 Cadet
15 record label: Cadet 5541
chart position: US #129
written by: Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin), Bobby Rogers and Pete Moore
album: Wade in the Water
Ramsey Lewis Ain't That Peculiar
1966 Cadet
16 record label: Columbia 45634
chart position: RandB #44, US #101
written by: War
album: Upendo Ni Pamoja
Ramsey Lewis Slippin' into Darkness
1972 Columbia
17 record label: Columbia 02704
chart position: RandB #64
written by: Robert Irving III and L. Bates
album: Live At the Savoy
Ramsey Lewis You Never Know
1982 Columbia
18 record label: Columbia 07220
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Maurice White and Robyn Smith
album: Keys to the City
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis 7-11
1987 Columbia
19 record label: Columbia 10571
chart position: RandB #85
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Love Notes
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Spring High
1977 Columbia
20 record label: Columbia 05640
chart position: RandB #88
written by: Morris
album: Fantasy
Ramsey Lewis This Ain't No Fantasy
1985 Columbia
21 record label: Columbia 10382
chart position: RandB #88
written by: Maurice White and Martin Yarbrough
album: Salongo
Ramsey Lewis Brazilica
1976 Columbia
22 record label: Columbia 02043
chart position: RandB #93
written by: M. Henderson, W. Jones and M. Lewis
album: Three Pieces Suite
comments: [smooth jazz ballad] ( Lead vocals: Alice Sanderson Echols)
Ramsey Lewis So Much More
1981 Columbia
23 record label: Columbia 10293
chart position: RandB #99
written by: Charles Stepney
album: Don't It Feel Good
Ramsey Lewis Don't It Feel Good
1976 Columbia




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