Ray Charles and Betty Carter
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Released | August 1961 | |||
Recorded | August 23, 1960 – June 14, 1961 | |||
Studio | Radio Recorders (Hollywood)[1] | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:38 | |||
Label | ABC | |||
Producer | Sid Feller | |||
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Ray Charles and Betty Carter is a 1961 album by Betty Carter and Ray Charles. A 1988 CD/LP re-issue included three bonus tracks and the 1998 Rhino Records re-issue combined, on a single CD, the original Ray Charles and Betty Carter with the complete Dedicated to You.
Track listing
[edit]Original LP release
[edit]- "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 4:41
- "You and I" (Meredith Willson) – 3:28
- Intro: "Goodbye"/"We'll Be Together Again" (Gordon Jenkins)/(Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 3:20
- "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:51
- "Cocktails for Two" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:15
- "Side by Side" (Harry M. Woods, Gus Kahn) – 2:23
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) – 4:10
- "Together" (Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson) – 1:35
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:44
- "Takes Two to Tango" (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning) – 3:22
- "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:45
- "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:04
Bonus tracks on 1988 CD/LP re-issue
[edit]- "But On the Other Hand Baby" (Charles, Percy Mayfield) – 3:11
- "I Never See Maggie Alone" (Harry Tilsley, Everett Lynton) – 5:37
- "I Like to Hear It Sometime" (Jodie Edwards) – 2:50[3]
Additional tracks on 1998 Rhino Records re-issue
[edit]- all 12 tracks from Dedicated to You
Personnel
[edit]- Betty Carter - vocals
- Ray Charles - vocals, keyboards
Original LP tracks
- Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
- David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone
- Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone
- Bill Pitman - guitar
- Edgar Willis - bass guitar
- Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr - drums
- The Jack Halloran Singers - background vocals
- Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
- Sid Feller - producer
Recorded - Radio Recorders, Hollywood on June 13–14, 1961.
References and external links
[edit]- ABC S 385
- ^ Schmitt, Al; Droney, Maureen (2018). Al Schmitt - On The Record: The Magic Behind the Music. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 35. ISBN 9781538137666.
- ^ Ginell, Richard S.. Ray Charles and Betty Carter at AllMusic
- ^ link Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine