The impressions!

HI GANG,JUST SITTING HERE THINKING[stop that snickering Moe]WELL MAYBE NOT THINKING BUT JUST HEARING MUSIC IN MY MIND...[what do you mean-what mind???]ANYHOW THE MUSIC I'M HEARING TODAY IS-THE FABULOUS IMPRESSIONS,IN 1958 WHEN MOTOWN WAS HITSVILLE FIVE YOUNG MEN OUT OF CHICAGO HAD A GROUP CALLED THE ROOSTERS-JERRY BUTLER,FRED CASH,CURTIS MAYFIELD,RICHARD AND ARTHUR BROOKS RECORDED A SONG CALLED[FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE]WITH BUTLER ON LEAD,IT BECAME A HIT BUT THE NEXT SONG[THE GIFT OF LOVE]ALSO WITH BUTLER ON LEAD DIDN'T AND SHORTLY AFTER BUTLER LEFT FOR A SOLO CAREER,SOME YEARS LATER MAYFIELD SANG LEAD ON A SONG HE WROTE CALLED[GYSPSY WOMAN]AND THE IMPRESSIONS WERE ON THEIR WAY WITH SONGS SUCH AS-MINSTREL AND QUEEN-SAD GIRL AND BOY-I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU-NEVER LET ME GO-ALONG THE WAY A SINGER NAMED[SAM GOODARD]JOINED BUT AFTER AWHILE THE BROOKS BROTHERS LEFT AND IT WAS JUST A TRIO BUT THE HITS KEEP COMING..I'M SO PROUD-AMEN-KEEP ON PUSHING-GROW CLOSER TOGETHER-TALKING BOUT MY BABY-YOU MUST BELIEVE ME-NEVER COULD YOU BE-YOU'VE BEEN CHEATING-PEOPLE GET READY-BUT IT'S ALRIGHT-I LOVE YOU YEAH-WE'RE A WINNER-CHOICE OF COLORS-IT'S ALL OVER,CURTIS LEFT AFTER THEIR[1970]HIT-CHECK OUT YOUR MIND,BUT THE IMPRESSIONS RULED THE SIXTIES WITH SOUL AND SOCIAL MESSAGE SONGS..ONE OF THE GREAT VOCAL GROUPS EVER-THE IMPRESSIONS!

And it's Curtis' birth anniversary today!