| 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. 7 on the US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs and No. 25 on the Billboard Best Selling Soul LPs charts. [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Record Mirror | [4] |
AllMusic gave the album a 2/5 stars rating. [3] With a 4/5 stars rating, Norman Jopling and Peter Jones of Record Mirror declared, "Ramsey gives his own distinctive jazz piano stylings to these soul-tinged pop tunes (hence the title kiddies) and makes a very good job of them." [4]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs [2] | 7 |
| US Billboard Best Selling Soul LP's [2] | 25 |
| US Billboard Top LPs [2] | 52 |
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