Wade in the Water (album)

Wade in the Water is an album by Ramsey Lewis, issued in 1966 on Cadet Records. The album rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

Critical reception
The track "Hold It Right There" won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance - Vocal or Instrumental.

Singles
The album's title track got to No. 3 on the Billboard Top Soul Singles chart.

Side 1

 * 1) "Wade in the Water" 	(Traditional) (3:46)
 * 2) "Ain't That Peculiar" 	(Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin) (2:48)
 * 3) "Tobacco Road" 		(John D. Loudermilk) (4:34)
 * 4) "Money in the Pocket" 	(Joe Zawinul) (2:41)
 * 5) "Message to Michael" 	(Burt Bacharach, Hal David) (3:09)

Side 2

 * 1) "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Henry Cosby, Stevie Judkins, Sylvia Moy) (5:44)
 * 2) "Hold It Right There" 	(Richard Evans) (2:24)
 * 3) "Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (3:07)
 * 4) "Mi Compasion" 		(Esmond Edwards) (3:06)
 * 5) "Hurt So Bad"           (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, Robert Harshman)  (3:04)

Personnel

 * Ramsey Lewis – keyboards
 * John Avant – trombone
 * Cleveland Eaton – bass
 * Richard Evans – arrangements, conductor
 * Maurice White – drums
 * Technical
 * Bob Kidder, Bruce Swedien – recording engineer
 * Don Bronstein – cover photography