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3 unusual facts about Ramsey Lewis


Fu-Gee-La

The song, which was produced by Salaam Remi, contains a sample of "If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right" by Ramsey Lewis, and its chorus is based on "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie.

Rick van der Linden

Soon after, they discovered there was another Dutch band with the name "The In Crowd" (derived from Ramsey Lewis's 1962 hit of the same name) so they changed their name to Ekseption, a Dutch spelling of "exception".

Smooth Radio 100.4

100.4 Jazz FM broadcast its daytime shows from its Manchester station, but specialist shows such as Dinner Jazz and Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis were networked from its London sister station 102.2 Jazz FM.


Arts Club of Chicago

Aside from visual artists, the Club also has hosted lectures and performances from such prominent musicians as John Cage, Philip Glass, Ramsey Lewis and Igor Stravinsky, and poets W. H. Auden, Gertrude Stein and William Butler Yeats.

Jane Monheit

She has appeared on numerous television shows including Emeril, Ramsey Lewis' Legends of Jazz, Letterman, The View, and The Today Show.

Never Too Young

The series featured several musical guests who performed at The High Dive, including: The Castaways, The Sunrays, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Rivers, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Mel Carter, Freddie Cannon, Ramsey Lewis Trio and The Girls.

Ronnie Laws

Laws has also recorded with numerous other artists, including Arthur Adams, Howard Hewett, Brian Culbertson, Ramsey Lewis, Jeff Lorber, Hugh Masekela, Alphonse Mouzon, David Sea, and Sister Sledge.

The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns

The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns is a live album by the Ramsey Lewis Trio which was recorded in 1964 at the Bohemian Caverns nightclub in Washington D.C. and released on the Argo label.

Tommy Muellner

Tommy has worked with many "world class" jazz stars such as Ira Sullivan, Eddie Daniels, Marvin Stamm, Bobby Ojeda, John Fedchock, Warren Kime, Mark Colby, Richie Cole, Von Freeman, Ron Dewar, Michael S. Smith, Isaac Redd Holt (of the Ramsey Lewis Trio fame), Donny Osborne and the late Barrett Deems of Louis Armstrong fame, to name just a few.


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