The Impressions

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musical group rhythm and blues group soul music group vocal group

The Impressions were an influential American soul and R&B vocal group, best known for their socially conscious hits in the 1960s and for launching Curtis Mayfield’s career.

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Label Occurrences
The Impressions canonical 8
Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions 1
Jerry Butler & The Impressions 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
rhythm and blues group ⓘ
soul music group ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
activePeriod 1958–2018 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Impressions ⓘ
surface form: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions

The Impressions ⓘ
surface form: Jerry Butler & The Impressions
associatedAct Curtis Mayfield ⓘ
Jerry Butler ⓘ
The Roosters ⓘ
Bob Marley and the Wailers ⓘ
surface form: The Wailers
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedAs The Roosters ⓘ
genre Chicago soul ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
Vocal Group Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1991 ⓘ
2003 ⓘ
hasTheme black pride ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
influenced Al Green ⓘ
Bob Marley ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
The O’Jays ⓘ
Bob Marley and the Wailers ⓘ
surface form: The Wailers
knownFor influencing Chicago soul ⓘ
launching Curtis Mayfield’s career ⓘ
socially conscious songs in the 1960s ⓘ
laterBasedIn Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
lyricist Curtis Mayfield ⓘ
notableMember Arthur Brooks ⓘ
Curtis Mayfield ⓘ
Fred Cash ⓘ
Jerry Butler ⓘ
Richard Brooks ⓘ
Sam Gooden ⓘ
notableWork Amen ⓘ
Gypsy Woman ⓘ
It’s All Right ⓘ
Keep On Pushing ⓘ
People Get Ready ⓘ
We’re A Winner ⓘ
origin Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee
recordLabel ABC Records ⓘ
surface form: ABC-Paramount Records

Curtom Records ⓘ
Vee-Jay Records ⓘ
startTime 1950s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Curtis Mayfield → associatedBand → The Impressions ⓘ
Curtis Mayfield → memberOf → The Impressions ⓘ
ABC-Paramount → notableArtist → The Impressions ⓘ
Johnny Pate → workedWith → The Impressions ⓘ
Jerry Butler → memberOf → The Impressions ⓘ
Jerry Butler → associatedAct → The Impressions ⓘ
The Impressions → alsoKnownAs → The Impressions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerry Butler & The Impressions
The Impressions → alsoKnownAs → The Impressions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
People Get Ready → artist → The Impressions ⓘ
People Get Ready → performer → The Impressions ⓘ