''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.

Track listing

#" Twilight Time" (Artie Dunn,

Al Nevins Albert "Al" Nevins (born Albert Tepper; May 3, 1915 – January 25, 1965) was an American musician, producer, arranger, guitarist and violinist. He was also a member of pop trio The Three Suns, and is considered one of the major forces behind the ...

Buck Ram Samuel "Buck" Ram (November 21, 1907 – January 1, 1991) was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger. He was one of BMI's top five songwriters/air play in its first 50 years, alongside Paul Simon, Kris Kristofferson, Jimm ...

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I Wanna Be Around "I Wanna Be Around" is a popular song. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken. The song is credited to Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer. Origins Vimmers ...

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Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...

, Sadie Vimmerstadt) – 2:15 #" Nature Boy" ( eden ahbez) – 2:24 #"Just One Kiss from You" ( Curtis Mayfield) – 2:37 #"I Want to Be with You" ( Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 3:17 #"

Answer Me, My Love "Answer Me" is a popular song, originally titled "Mütterlein", with German lyrics by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch. "Mütterlein" was published on 19 April 1952. English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman, and the song was published as "Answer ...

" (Fred Rauch,

Carl Sigman Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in ...

, Gerhard Winkler) – 2:43 #"

It's Not Unusual "It's Not Unusual" is a song written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills, first recorded by a then-unknown Tom Jones, after having first been offered to Sandie Shaw. He intended it as a demo for her, but when she heard it she was so impressed with h ...

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Gordon Mills Gordon William Mills (15 May 1935 – 29 July 1986) was a successful London-based music industry manager and songwriter. He was born in Madras, British India and grew up in Trealaw in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. During the 1960s and 1970s ...

, Leslie Reed) – 2:20 #" Without a Song" (

Edward Eliscu Edward Eliscu (April 2, 1902 – June 18, 1998) was an American lyricist, playwright, producer and actor, and a successful writer of songs for films. Life Eliscu was born in Manhattan, New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in ...

Billy Rose Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg; September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. For years both before and after World War II, Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with sh ...

, Vincent Youmans) – 3:18 #"Falling in Love with You" (Mayfield) – 2:56 #" My Prayer" ( Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy) – 2:58 #"Mona Lisa" (

Jay Livingston Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison, March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a song-writing duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote music and Evans t ...

, Raymond Evans) – wrongly credited to Sallie M. Sefrit and

Mana Zucca Mana-Zucca (25 December 18858 March 1981) was an American actress, singer, pianist and composer. Biography Mana-Zucca was born Gussie Zuckermann in New York City on December 25, 1885. The daughter of Polish immigrants, she was a child prodigy ...

– 2:28 #"Lonely Man" (Mayfield) – 2:43

Personnel

;The Impressions * Curtis Mayfield – vocals *

Fred Cash Fred Cash (born October 8, 1940) is an American soul singer. He was a member of The Impressions, a group in which he replaced Jerry Butler in 1960. As one of the group's longest-serving members, he is also a 1991 inductee into the Rock and Rol ...

– tenor vocals *

Sam Gooden Samuel Gooden (September 2, 1934 – August 4, 2022) was an American soul singer. He was best known for being an original member of the successful 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted R&B group The Impressions, from its beginnings as The ...

– bass vocals with: * Johnny Pate – arrangements, conductor

Charts

USA – Album USA – Singles

References

1965 albums The Impressions albums ABC Records albums Albums produced by Johnny Pate Covers albums {{1960s-album-stub