Latest Release
- 19 JAN 2024
- 20 Songs
- Northern Soul - 20 Original Classics · 1992
- It's All Right · 1963
- The Young Mods' Forgotten Story · 1969
- Essential Classics, Vol. 230: The Impressions · 2024
- Essential Classics, Vol. 230: The Impressions · 2024
- This Is My Country · 1968
- We're a Winner · 1968
- The Young Mods' Forgotten Story · 1969
- People Get Ready · 1965
- The Iceman · 1963
Artist Playlists
- Fuelled by Curtis Mayfield, they brought soul to the civil rights movement.
- 2017
Appears On
- Curtis Mayfield
About The Impressions
The quintessential Chicago soul group, the Impressions' place in R&B history would be secure if they'd done nothing but launch the careers of soul legends Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield. But far more than that, the Impressions recorded some of the most distinctive vocal-group R&B of the '60s under Mayfield's guidance. Their style was marked by airy, feather-light harmonies and Mayfield's influentially sparse guitar work. If their sound was sweet and lilting, it remained richly soulful thanks to the group's firm grounding in gospel tradition. Furthermore, Mayfield's interest in the civil rights movement led to some of the first socially conscious R&B songs ever recorded. ~ Steve Huey
- ORIGIN
- Chicago, IL, United States
- FORMED
- 1958
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul