Up Pops Ramsey Lewis

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]

Up Pops Ramsey Lewis
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
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
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Dancing in the Street (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1968) Maiden Voyage (1968)

Reception

Professional ratings

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]

Track listing

1. "Soul Man" (David Porter, Isaac Hayes) - 2:50
2. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:22
3. "Respect" (Otis Redding) - 3:00
4. "Goin' Out of My Head" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) - 3:42
5. "Party Time" (Richard Evans) - 3:40
6. "Bear Mash" (Evans) - 3:00
7. "I Was Made to Love Her" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Stevie Wonder) - 3:15
8. "Alfie" (Bacharach, David) - 2:45
9. "Why Am I Treated So Bad" (Roebuck Staples) - 2:50
10. "Jade East" (Evans) - 3:25^[1]

Personnel

• Ramsey Lewis - piano
• Cleveland Eaton - bass
• Maurice White - drums
• Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans^[1]

Charts

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