found: His Chance encounter [SR] c1982:label (Ramsey Lewis, piano)
found: Ramsey Lewis Trio. Reunion [SR] p1983:labels (Ramsey Lewis; Ramesey Lewis)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Lewis, Ramsey (Emmanuel, Jr.); b. May 27, 1935, Chicago; pianist)
found: African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Lewis, Ramsey, Jr.; Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr.; jazz musician, pianist; born 27 May 1935 in Chicago, Ilinois, United States; studied at Chicago Musical College (1947-1954), the University of Illinois (1953-1954), and DePaul University (1954-1955); formed the Ramsey Lewis Trio (1956); the recording of “The In Crowd,” which reached number five on the pop charts, was a turning point in his career (1965); created hit recordings of “Hang On Sloopy” and “Wade in the Water” and his very popular album The Sound of Christmas; hosted the weekly syndicated radio show Legends of Jazz; the host of a highly rated PBS television series, also called Legends of Jazz (2006); became the artistic director of the Ravinia Music Festival's jazz series; created the Ramsey Lewis Foundation (2005); was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship)
found: Washington post WWW site, viewed Sept. 13, 2022(in obituary dated Sept. 13, 2022: Ramsey Lewis, a Grammy-winning pianist who had a major crossover pop hit in the 1960s with "The 'In' Crowd” and was a central figure in combining jazz with electronic music and other styles, died Sept. 12 at his home in Chicago. He was 87. Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. was born May 27, 1935, in Chicago)
