Jerry Butler & The Impressions...For Your Precious Love

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

I have done a couple of blogs in the past about the Chattanooga connection of The Impressions and the fact that the group started right here in the 1950's in my Great-Grandparents neighborhood, they were known then as The Roosters or as several old cats have told me 4 Roosters and a Chick...LOL. I found out after my Grandmothers funeral, the Chicks name was Katherine...

They left Chattanooga and the Chick around 1959 and moved to either Chicago or New York and hooked up with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler. One of their first songs titled For Your Precious Love was a top 5 hit during the summer of 1959, it was written by group members Richard Brooks, Arthur Brooks, and Jerry Butler. In the early 90's, I use to talk to Richard Brooks about those times and was thrilled about all the good things he experienced and was also saddened that he no longer cared anything about Jerry Butler or Curtis Mayfield. That story is another blog in itself...


JERRY BUTLER AND THE IMPRESSIONS...FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Stephanie, i have never heard him and Thelma together, but i know it has to be awesome

[Edie Antoinette]

Oh yeah!!! I do. It was a great job you did. I'll try and help you find it.

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Mama Edie, you remember that blog i did a couple of years ago where i had to type out the newspaper article concerning the trial between The Brooks Brothers and The Impressions? i sure wish i remember where it was

[Edie Antoinette]

I just saw Jerry Butler on one of those PBS Specials and he did sound good. I need to do some research too--I've always associated The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield.

Great blog Sole!!

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Brother Will, at some point i will find that blog i did that contained a newspaper article that came out during a trial to determined if The Brooks Brothers could use the name The Original Impressions...In regards to the Jerry Butler top billing, i know for a fact that Jerry was preparing to go solo and the group hated that top billing...Another interesting twist on this song, i was looking at the movie American Me in the early 90's and this song came on, i had remembered Richard saying him and his brother were still getting paid everytime the song was used, so i mentioned to him about it being in this movie, he got very upset because he had never even heard of the movie, not sure what the out come of that was.

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Brother Gene, Jerry has stood the test of time

[KnightD12]

And after all these years... Jerry`s voice is just as clear, strong and smooth as it always was. Just amazing.