Love Notes (Ramsey Lewis album)

Love Notes
Love Notes
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis
Released	1977
Recorded	1976-1977
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:08
Label	Columbia
Producer	Ramsey Lewis, Bert DeCoteaux
Ramsey Lewis chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Cashbox	(favourable)^[2]
People	(favourable)^[3]

Love Notes is a jazz album by Ramsey Lewis that was recorded in 1976–77 and released in 1977 by Columbia.^[4] The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 31 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.^[5]^[6]

Overview[edit]

This album features Lewis's collaboration with Motown artist Stevie Wonder on the songs "Spring High" and the title track, which Wonder wrote and arranged.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Spring High"	Stevie Wonder	4:16
2.	"Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)"	Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams	4:28
3.	""Shining""	Zuri Raheem, Byron Gregory	4:37
4.	"Love Notes"	Stevie Wonder	6:17
5.	"Chili Today, Hot Tamale"	Zuri Raheem	5:10
6.	"The Messenger"	Byron Gregory	5:15
7.	"Stash Dash"	Zuri Raheem	4:51

Charts[edit]

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)	79
US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard)^[5]	7
US Top Soul LPs (Billboard)^[6]	31

References[edit]

^ "Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes". allmusic.com.
^ "Album Reviews". archive.org. Cashbox. May 7, 1977. p. 24.
^ "Picks and Pans Review: Love Notes". people.com. People. July 4, 1977.
^ Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes. Columbia Records. 1977.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard Jazz LPs". Billboard. June 11, 1977. p. 94.
^ ^a ^b "Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.

[1] "Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes". allmusic.com.

[2] "Album Reviews". archive.org. Cashbox. May 7, 1977. p. 24.

[3] "Picks and Pans Review: Love Notes". people.com. People. July 4, 1977.

[Album-4] Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes. Columbia Records. 1977.

[BBD-5] "Billboard Jazz LPs". Billboard. June 11, 1977. p. 94.

[BBD1-6] "Ramsey Lewis: Love Notes (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.

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Studio albums	Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Swing (1956) Ramsey Lewis and his Gentle-men of Jazz (1958) Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1958) Down to Earth (1959) An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1959) Stretching Out (1960) More Music from the Soil (1961) Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962) Country Meets the Blues (1962) Bossa Nova (1962) Pot Luck (1963) Barefoot Sunday Blues (1963) Bach to the Blues (1964) More Sounds of Christmas (1964) You Better Believe Me (1964) Wade in the Water (1966) The Movie Album (1966) Goin' Latin (1967) Up Pops Ramsey Lewis (1967) Maiden Voyage (1968) Mother Nature's Son (1968) Another Voyage (1969) The Piano Player (1969) Back to the Roots (1971) Upendo Ni Pamoja (1972) Funky Serenity (1973) Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits (1973) Solar Wind (1974) Sun Goddess (1974) Don't It Feel Good (1975) Salongo (1976) Love Notes (1977) Tequila Mockingbird (1977) Legacy (1978) Routes (1980) Chance Encounter (1982) Les Fleurs (1983) The Two of Us (1984) Fantasy (1985) Keys to the City (1987) We Meet Again (1989) Ivory Pyramid (1992) Sky Islands (1993) Urban Knights I (1994) Urban Knights II (1997) Appassionata (1999)
Live albums	The Ramsey Lewis Trio in Chicago (1960) The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns (1964) The In Crowd (1965) Hang On Ramsey! (1965) Dancing in the Street (1967) Them Changes (1970) The Groover (1972)
Singles	"The 'In' Crowd" "Hang On Sloopy" "Wade in the Water" "Sun Goddess"