Top song of my morning commute: Ramsey Lewis' instrumental version of The "In" Crowd.
I have the song from a compilations called Essential Jazz: Cool and Blue and wish I had more Ramsey Lewis. I will remedy this gap once I'm up and running again. It looks like I just missed out on the chance to hear his morning radio show, his station switched to Spanish language format and his last show was May 22, 2009.
Lewis was born in Chicago in 1935 and the song was a hit for Ramsey Lewis Trio in 1965 (#5 on the pop charts and a #2 album.) Written by Billy Page and arranged by his brother Gene, the song had already been a hit (#13 on the charts) that year for Dobie Gray. This Sesame Street adaptation is fun too.
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