Responsible for nurturing two of soul music's greatest talents in Curtis
Mayfield and Jerry Butler, The Impressions were a Chicago R&B institution who
helped pave the way for a host of classic harmony groups. Originally formed as
The Roosters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the band moved to Chicago in 1958, where
they were transformed by the recruitment of Butler and scored the hits Your
Precious Love and Come Back My Love. Mayfield took over as front man in 1960 as
their slices of soulful pop developed with the times and started to tackle
racial politics and social inequality on US ...