The Never Ending Impressions

The Never Ending Impressions is an album by the American soul music group The Impressions which was released on January 9, 1964.[1] It is the first album on which Impressions producer Johnny Pate worked with Curtis Mayfield. It pushed the idea of the trio as a supper-club act and included the ballad "I'm So Proud", a Top 20 hit on both the R&B and pop charts.

The Never Ending Impressions
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 9, 1964 (1964-01-09)[1]
GenreChicago soul
LabelABC-Paramount[2]
The Impressions chronology
The Impressions
(1963)
The Never Ending Impressions
(1964)
Keep on Pushing
(1964)
Singles from Hey America
  1. "I'm So Proud"
    Released: March 21, 1964
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield; except where indicated

  1. "Sister Love"
  2. "Little Boy Blue"
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn)
  4. "Girl You Don't Know Me"
  5. "I Gotta Keep on Moving"
  6. "You Always Hurt the One You Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
  7. "That's What Love Will Do"
  8. "I'm So Proud"
  9. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill)
  10. "Lemon Tree" (Will Holt)
  11. "Ten to One"
  12. "A Woman Who Loves Me"

Personnel

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The Impressions

Charts

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USA - Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1964 Pop Albums 52[5]

USA - Singles

Year Song Chart Peak Position
1964 I'm So Proud Pop Singles 14
Black Singles 14

References

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  1. ^ a b Ostrow, Marty; Howard, Ira; Lichtman, Irv, eds. (January 18, 1964). "ABC-Par's 33 New Albums Is a Record-setting Issue" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on Oct 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Never Ending Impressions - The Impressions | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 464.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 402.