Don't It Feel Good
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Don't It Feel Good is a 1975
jazz
album
by Ramsey Lewis
released on Columbia Records
.The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums and #5 on the R&B Albums chart. The single Spiderman made its way to number 6 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. This album also reunited him with former Chess Records
producer, Charles Stepney
.
1975 in music
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jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
released on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
.The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums and #5 on the R&B Albums chart. The single Spiderman made its way to number 6 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. This album also reunited him with former Chess Records
Chess Records
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....
producer, Charles Stepney
Charles Stepney
Charles Stepney was a producer, arranger, songwriter and musician famous for his Orchestral Psychedelic soul sound with Chicago's Cadet/Chess records in the 1960s/1970s and afterwards with Earth, Wind & Fire....
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Tracklist
Musicians
- Byron Gregory - Guitar
- Morris Jennings - Drums, Tambourine, Bells
- Ramsey LewisRamsey LewisRamsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
- Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet - Brenda Mitchell-Stewart - Vocals
- Tiaz Palmer - Bass
- Derf Reklaw-Raheem - Flute, Conga, Tambourine
- Paul Serrano - Horn
- Charles StepneyCharles StepneyCharles Stepney was a producer, arranger, songwriter and musician famous for his Orchestral Psychedelic soul sound with Chicago's Cadet/Chess records in the 1960s/1970s and afterwards with Earth, Wind & Fire....
- Synthesizer, Moog Synthesizer - Morris Stewart - Vocals
Production
- Paul Serrano - Engineer
- Charles Stepney - Producer
- Ramsey Lewis - Producer
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Black Albums |
5 |
| 1975 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 3 |
| 1975 | Billboard Pop Albums | 46 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Don't It Feel Good | Black Singles | 99 |
| 1975 | Spider Man | Dance Music/Club Play Singles | 6 |