People Get Ready (The Impressions album) explained

People Get Ready
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Impressions
Cover:	Peoplegetreadyimpressions.jpg
Released:	February 1965
Genre:	Chicago soul Gospel
Label:	ABC-Paramount
Producer:	Johnny Pate
Prev Title:	Keep On Pushing
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	The Impressions' Greatest Hits
Next Year:	1965

People Get Ready is a studio album by the Impressions, released on ABC-Paramount in 1965. It contains Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", which was a successful single that had a significant impact on the civil rights movement. The album reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Curtis Mayfield – lead vocals, guitar
• Fred Cash – backing vocals
• Sam Gooden – backing vocals
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
• Johnny Pate – arrangement, production

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1] ^[2]	23
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	1

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1965

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Impressions - Billboard 200. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516063434/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-impressions/chart-history/billboard-200. dead. May 16, 2018. Billboard. January 26, 2018.
2. Web site: The Impressions - Awards. AllMusic. https://web.archive.org/web/20140726184239/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-impressions-mn0000082013/awards. July 26, 2014. January 26, 2018.
3. Web site: The Impressions - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516054629/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-impressions/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums. dead. May 16, 2018. Billboard. January 26, 2018.