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Impressions (Musical group)

LC control no.n 83046978
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Corporate name headingImpressions (Musical group)
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Beginning date1957
LocatedChicago, Ill.
Field of activitySoul music Doo-wop (Music) Gospel music Rhythm and blues music
Found inIts Greatest hits [SR] c1982: label (The Impressions) container (Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden, Fred Cash)
All music guide WWW site, June 6, 2013 (the Impressions; Chicago soul group; formed 1957 [sidebar has 1958] as a doo wop group, the Roosters [no publications in OCLC], Chicago, IL; disbanded 1983)
Oxford music online, June 6, 2013: Grove music online (the Impressions; American soul vocal group, formed in Chicago in 1957 as the Roosters; its original members were Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden, and the brothers Arthur and Richard Brooks) Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (the Impressions; formed in Chicago in 1957 and originally known as the Roosters; although Mayfield, Butler, [Fred] Cash and Gooden have, on occasions, re-formed, the latter pair have also kept active their version of the Impressions)
Wikipedia, June 6, 2013 (the Impressions; American music group from Chicago, originally formed in 1958; their repertoire includes doo-wop, gospel, soul, and R&B; founded as the Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks, and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their line-up to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions; years active, 1958-present)