Discography and Biography of Impressions. Listen to all their hits.
Impressions Songs

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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 the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The Impressions are best known for their 1960s string of hits, many of which were heavily influenced by gospel music and served as inspirational anthems for the Civil Rights Movement. They are also 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees for their hit "People Get Ready", and are winners of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award (in 2000) .

Below is a list of Impressions 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: ABC Paramount 10487
chart position: RandB #1 (5 weeks) US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
The Impressions It's Alright
1963 ABC Paramount
2 record label: ABC Paramount 10554
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Keep On Pushing / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
The Impressions Keep On Pushing
1964 ABC Paramount
3 record label: ABC Paramount 10602
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Curtis Mayfield & Johnny Pate
album: Keep On Pushing / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
The Impressions Amen
1964 ABC Paramount
4 record label: ABC Paramount 10544
chart position: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Never Ending Impressions / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Impressions I'm So Proud
1964 ABC Paramount
5 record label: ABC Paramount 10511
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #12
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Keep On Pushing
The Impressions Talking About My Baby
1964 ABC Paramount
6 record label: ABC Paramount 10581
chart position: RandB #3, US #15
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: People Get Ready
The Impressions You Must Believe Me
1964 ABC Paramount
7 record label: Curtom 1943
chart position: RandB #1, US #21
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
comments: [ballad]
The Impressions Choice of Colors
1969 Curtom
8 record label: ABC 11022
chart position: RandB #1, US #14
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: We're A Winner
The Impressions We're a Winner
1967 ABC
9 record label: ABC Paramount 10622
chart position: RandB #3, US #14
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: People Get Ready
comments: [ballad]
The Impressions People Get Ready
1965 ABC Paramount
10 record label: Curtom 1997
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Finally Got Myself Together
The Impressions Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)
1974 Curtom
11 record label: Curtom 1951
chart position: RandB #3, US #28
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Check Out Your Mind
The Impressions Check Out Your Mind
1970 Curtom
12 record label: Curtom 1932
chart position: RandB #3, US #22
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: This Is My Country / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
The Impressions Fool for You
1968 Curtom
13 record label: ABC Paramount 10241
chart position: RandB #2, US #20
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
The Impressions Gypsy Woman
1961 ABC Paramount
14 record label: ABC Paramount 10647
chart position: RandB #9, US #29
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: People Get Ready
The Impressions Woman's Got Soul
1965 ABC Paramount
15 record label: ABC Paramount 10750
chart position: RandB #12, US #33
written by: Curtis Mayfield
comments: [northern soul]
The Impressions You've Been Cheatin
1965 ABC Paramount
16 record label: Curtom 1934
chart position: RandB #8, US #25
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: This Is My Country
The Impressions This Is My Country
1968 Curtom
17 record label: Curtom 0103
chart position: RandB #3, US #68
written by: Ed Townsend
album: First Impressions
The Impressions Sooner or Later
1975 Curtom
18 record label: Curtom 0106
chart position: RandB #3, US #75
written by: Ed Townsend, Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
album: First Impressions
The Impressions Same Thing It Took
1975 Curtom
19 record label: Curtom 1954
chart position: RandB #6, US #56
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions (Baby) Turn On to Me
1970 Curtom
20 record label: Curtom 1946
chart position: RandB #10, US #58
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
The Impressions Say You Love Me
1969 Curtom
21 record label: ABC 11103
chart position: RandB #9, US #61
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: We're a Winner
The Impressions I Loved and I Lost
1968 ABC
22 record label: ABC Paramount 10670
chart position: RandB #12, US #48
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions Meeting Over Yonder
1965 ABC Paramount
23 record label: Curtom 16638
chart position: UK #16
written by: Ed Townsend
album: First Impressions
The Impressions First Impressions
1975 Curtom
24 record label: Curtom 1957
chart position: RandB #12, US #53
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions Ain't Got Time
1971 Curtom
25 record label: ABC 10831
chart position: RandB #12, US #65
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions Can't Satisfy
1966 ABC
26 record label: Curtom 0110
chart position: RandB #11, US #103
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Loving Power
The Impressions Loving Power
1976 Curtom
27 record label: ABC 11071
chart position: RandB #17, US #59
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions We're Rolling On
1968 ABC
28 record label: Curtom 1940
chart position: RandB #15, US #84
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
The Impressions Seven Years
1969 Curtom
29 record label: ABC 10900
chart position: RandB #20, US #96
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Fabulous Impressions
The Impressions You Always Hurt Me
1967 ABC
30 record label: Curtom 1937
chart position: RandB #23, US #104
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
The Impressions My Deceiving Heart
1969 Curtom
31 record label: His Master's Voice 1498
chart position: Cashbox R&B #23, US #76
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: One by One
The Impressions Just One Kiss from You
1965 His Master's Voice
32 record label: Curtom 1959
chart position: RandB #25, US #94
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions Love Me
1971 Curtom
33 record label: ABC Paramount 10710
chart position: RandB #26, US #64
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions I Need You
1965 ABC Paramount
34 record label: ABC 11135
chart position: RandB #44, US #71
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions Don't Cry My Love
1968 ABC
35 record label: ABC Paramount 10761
chart position: Cashbox R&B #28, US #90
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions Since I Lost the One I Love
1966 ABC Paramount
36 record label: ABC Paramount 10386
chart position: US #73
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions I'm The One Who Loves You
1963 ABC Paramount
37 record label: His Master's Voice 1526
chart position: Cashbox R&B #28, US #91
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Ridin' High
The Impressions Too Slow
1966 His Master's Voice
38 record label: ABC Paramount 10328
chart position: Cashbox R&B #30, US #96
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
The Impressions Little Young Lover
1962 ABC Paramount
39 record label: ABC 10964
chart position: RandB #34, US #80
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Fabulous Impressions
The Impressions I Can't Stay Away from You
1967 ABC
40 record label: Curtom 1994
chart position: RandB #26
written by: Larry Brownlee and Lowrell (as Lowrell Simon)
album: Finally Got Myself Together
The Impressions If It's in You to Do Wrong
1974 Curtom
41 record label: ABC-Paramount 10357
chart position: Cashbox RandB #27
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
The Impressions Minstrel And Queen
1962 ABCParamount
42 record label: ABC Paramount 10431
chart position: US #84
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
The Impressions Sad, Sad Girl and Boy
1963 ABC Paramount
43 record label: Curtom 2003
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Rich Tufo, Lowrell (as Lowrell Simon) and T. Green
album: Three the Hard Way: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Impressions Something's Mighty, Mighty Wrong
1974 Curtom
44 record label: Curtom 1948
chart position: RandB #31, US #128
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
comments: US B side to Amen (1970)
The Impressions Wherever She Leadeth Me
1970 Curtom
45 record label: His Master's Voice 1408
chart position: RandB #35, US #133
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Keep On Pushing / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
comments: US B side to People Get Ready
The Impressions I've Been Trying
1965 His Master's Voice
46 record label: ABC Paramount 10289
chart position: Cashbox R&B #46, US #99
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
The Impressions Grow Closer Together
1962 ABC Paramount
47 record label: ABC Paramount 4510602
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Curtis Mayfield
comments: US B side to Amen
The Impressions Long, Long Winter
1965 ABC Paramount
48 record label: ABC 10710
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Curtis Mayfield
comments: US B side to I Need You
The Impressions Never Could You Be
1965 ABC
49 record label: Curtom 0116
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt
The Impressions Sunshine
1976 Curtom
50 record label: Cotillion 44210
chart position: RandB #40
written by: McKinley Jackson and Shirley Jones
album: It's About Time
The Impressions This Time
1977 Cotillion
51 record label: Curtom 1970
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Leroy Hutson and Michael Hawkins
The Impressions This Loves for Real
1972 Curtom
52 record label: Cotillion 44222
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Ellis and Richmond
The Impressions Can't Get Along
1977 Cotillion
53 record label: Curtom 1948
written by: Jerry Goldsmith
comments: re release
The Impressions Amen (1970)
1970 Curtom
54 record label: ABC 4510932
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions You've Got Me Runnin'
1967 ABC
55 record label: Chi Sound 2500
chart position: RandB #58
written by: Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler
album: Fan the Fire
comments: [ballad]
The Impressions For Your Precious Love (new version)
1981 Chi Sound
56 record label: MCA 52995
chart position: RandB #91
The Impressions Can't Wait 'Til Tomorrow
1986 MCA
57 record label: Cotillion 44214
chart position: RandB #99
written by: Mervin Steals and Melvin Steals
The Impressions You'll Never Find
1977 Cotillion
-- record label: Cotillion 9912
written by: Mervin Steals and Melvin Steals
album: It's About Time
comments: [album cut]
The Impressions In The Palm Of My Hands
1976 Cotillion
-- record label: Curtom 8003
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods\' Forgotten Story
comments: [album cut]
The Impressions The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
1969 Curtom
-- record label: Curtom 0116
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Loving Power
The Impressions I Wish I'd Stayed In Bed
1976 Curtom
-- record label: Chi Sound 2500
written by: E. Record, P. Henderson
album: Fan The Fire
The Impressions Fan The Fire
1981 Chi Sound
-- record label: Curtom 8003
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods\' Forgotten Story
comments: [album cut]
The Impressions Love's Miracle
1969 Curtom
-- record label: Curtom
written by: Mayfield, Hathaway
album: This Is My Country / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
comments: [beat ballad album cut]
The Impressions Gone Away
1968 Curtom
-- record label: Curtom 8012
written by: C. Mayfield
album: Times Have Changed
comments: [album cut]
The Impressions Potent Love
1972 Curtom
-- record label: Curtom 1954
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods\' Forgotten Story
comments: [ballad]
The Impressions Soulful Love
1970 Curtom
-- record label: Curtom 1943
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
The Impressions Mighty Mighty Spade and Whitey
1969 Curtom
-- record label: Buddah 2011124 (UK)
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Times Have Changed
The Impressions Our Love Goes On And On
1972 Buddah
-- record label: Curtom 8003
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods\' Forgotten Story
comments: [album cut]
The Impressions Jealous Man
1969 Curtom
-- record label: Curtom 8003
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods\' Forgotten Story
comments: [ballad album cut]
The Impressions The Girl I Find
1969 Curtom




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