IMPRESSIONS, THE. Rhythm n
blues group (fl. 1960s-70s; orig. in Chicago, Illinois). The male quintet was organized in 1957 and composed of Arthur and
Richard Brooks
,
Jerry Butler
,
Sam Gooden
, and
Curtis Mayfield
. The Brooks brothers and Sam Gooden formerly sang with a group, The Roosters, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which also included
Fred Cash
and a female singer. Butler and Mayfield had sung together in a gospel group called the Modern Jubilaires...
