title: People Get Ready (The Impressions album)
text: # People Get Ready (The Impressions album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | AllMusic | |
  
  People Get Ready is a studio album by the Impressions, released on ABC-Paramount in 1965. It contains Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", which was a successful single that had a significant impact on the civil rights movement. The album reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Credits adapted from liner notes.
  
  * Curtis Mayfield – lead vocals, guitar
  * Fred Cash – backing vocals
  * Sam Gooden – backing vocals
  * The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
  * Johnny Pate – arrangement, production
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Billboard 200 | 23 |
  | US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 1 |
  