Don't It Feel Good

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Don't It Feel Good
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Studio album by
Ramsey Lewis
Released1975
Recorded1974–1975
Genre Funk, jazz-funk
Label Columbia
Producer Charles Stepney, Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Sun Goddess
(1974)		Don't It Feel Good
(1975)		 Salongo
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Pittsburgh Press (favourable) [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Don't It Feel Good is a 1975 funk/jazz-funk album by Ramsey Lewis released on Columbia Records. [4] The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. [5] [6]

Contents

Overview

The single "What's the Name of This Funk (Spider Man)" reached number 6 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart.

The album reunited Lewis with former Chess Records producer, Charles Stepney. Bassist Cleveland Eaton had left for a solo career by then and was replaced by Tiaz Palmer. Added to the group was former member of The Pharaohs, Derf Reklaw-Raheem on percussion and flute and guitarist Byron Gregory, both of whom appeared as additional musicians on the previous album, Sun Goddess .

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't It Feel Good" Charles Stepney 5:23
2."Juaacklyn"Morris Stewart5:03
3."What's the Name of This Funk (Spider Man)"Stepney, Stewart, Derf Reklaw Raheem3:20
4."Something About You"Stepney, Cash McCall 4:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."That's the Way of the World"Stepney, Maurice White, Verdine White 5:44
6."Fish Bite"Byron Gregory, Reklaw-Raheem3:50
7."I Dig You"Stepney, McCall5:35
8."Can't Function"Stepney, Stewart3:26

Credits

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1975)Position
US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard ) [7] 46
US Top Soul Albums ( Billboard ) [6] 5
US Top Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [5] 3

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1975"Don't It Feel Good"Soul Singles99
1975"Spider Man"Dance Music/Club Play6

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References

  1. ↑ Elias, Jason. "Ramsey Lewis: Don't It Feel Good". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Reiland, Randy (December 28, 1978). "'Cuckoo' Is Just That - Its Uninspiring Album". newspapers.com. Pittsburgh Press. p. 98.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  126. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. 1 2 3 Ramsey Lewis: Don't It Feel Good. Columbia Records. 1975.
  5. 1 2 "Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 87, no. 50. December 13, 1975. p. 32.
  6. 1 2 "Ramsey Lewis Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard .
  7. ↑ "Ramsey Lewis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard .
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