One by One (The Impressions album)

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One by One
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Studio album by
Released1965
Genre Chicago soul
Label ABC-Paramount [1]
Producer Johnny Pate
The Impressions chronology
The Impressions' Greatest Hits
(1965)
One by One
(1965)
Ridin' High
(1966)
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One by One is an album by the American soul music group the Impressions, released in 1965. It consists mostly of cover songs, with only a few originals.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Twilight Time" (Artie Dunn, Al Nevins, Buck Ram, Morty Nevins) – 2:17
  2. "I Wanna Be Around" (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstadt) – 2:15
  3. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 2:24
  4. "Just One Kiss from You" (Curtis Mayfield) – 2:37
  5. "I Want to Be with You" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 3:17
  6. "Answer Me, My Love" (Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler) – 2:43
  7. "It's Not Unusual" (Gordon Mills, Leslie Reed) – 2:20
  8. "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 3:18
  9. "Falling in Love with You" (Mayfield) – 2:56
  10. "My Prayer" (Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy) – 2:58
  11. "Mona Lisa" (Jay Livingston, Raymond Evans) – wrongly credited to Sallie M. Sefrit and Mana Zucca – 2:28
  12. "Lonely Man" (Mayfield) – 2:43

Personnel

The Impressions

with:

Charts

USA – Album

YearChartPeak position
1965Black Albums4
Pop Albums104 [4]

USA – Singles

YearSongChartPeak Position
1965Just One Kiss from YouPop Singles76

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References

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