| Up Pops Ramsey Lewis | ||||
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| Released | February 1968 | |||
| Recorded | July and October 1967 | |||
| Studio | Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:49 | |||
| Label | Cadet | |||
| Producer | Richard Evans | |||
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Up Pops Ramsey Lewis is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis which was issued in February 1968 on Cadet Records. [1] The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. [2]
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