''People Get Ready – A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield'' is a

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

of various artists, celebrating the music of

Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the " Gentle Genius", he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and socially conscious Afric ...

Track listing

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Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" is a song, written by Curtis Mayfield. Overview The first recording to be released was by Major Lance, as a single in December 1963, produced by Okeh label president Carl Davis. Chart performance The song was Major L ...

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Don Covay Donald James Randolph (March 24, 1936 – January 31, 2015), better known by the stage name Don Covay, was an American R&B, rock and roll, and soul singer-songwriter most active from the 1950s to the 1970s. His most successful recordings incl ...

Angela Strehli Angela Strehli (born November 22, 1945) is an American electric blues singer and songwriter. She is also a Texas blues historian and impresario. Despite a sporadic recording career, Strehli spends time each year performing in Europe, the US an ...

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He Will Break Your Heart "He Will Break Your Heart", is a song originally performed and co-written by Jerry Butler. It was a top-ten hit in 1960. In 1975, Tony Orlando and Dawn released the song under the title "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)". Their version toppe ...

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Delbert McClinton Delbert McClinton (born November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist. From his first professional stage appearance in 1957 to his most recent national tour in 2018, h ...

# " Choice of Colors" –

Jerry Butler Jerry Butler Jr. (December 8, 1939 – February 20, 2025) was an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician. He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, who were inducted into the Rock and ...

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People Get Ready "People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by the Impressions, and the title track from the '' People Get Ready'' album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number three on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and number 14 on the ''Billboard'' ...

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David Sanborn David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing the saxophone at the age o ...

& Jonathan Sanborn # " Got a Right to Cry" –

# " It's All Right" –

Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News (formerly known as Huey Lewis & The American Express) are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singl ...

# "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" – Michael Hill &

Vernon Reid Vernon Alphonsus Reid (born 22 August 1958) is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the founder of the rock band Living Colour. Reid was named No. 66 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 2003 list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Ti ...

# "I Gotta Keep on Moving" –

Bunny Wailer Neville O'Riley Livingston (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. ...

# "You Must Believe Me" –

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I'm So Proud ''I'm So Proud'' is an album by American singer Deniece Williams which was released in 1983 by Columbia Records. The album reached No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Top Soul Albums chart. Singles " Do What You Feel" reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' ...

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Steve Cropper Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He was the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as ...

& Lani Groves # " Gypsy Woman" –

Kim Wilson Kim Wilson (born January 6, 1951) is an American blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for The Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s, " Tuff Enuff" (which was the group's only Top ...

Personnel

Will Calhoun William Calhoun (born July 22, 1964) is an American drummer who is a member of the rock band Living Colour. Career Calhoun was born in the Bronx, New York. He moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a mu ...

– drums *

– guitar * Paul Griffin – keyboards *Jonathan Sanborn – bass *The Uptown Horns: Crispin Cioe (as, bs), Arno Hecht (ts), Bob Funk (tb), Larry Etkin (tp)

References

External links

* *https://secondhandsongs.com/release/5533 {{DEFAULTSORT:People Get Ready A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield Curtis Mayfield tribute albums 1993 compilation albums Rhythm and blues compilation albums