Artist info
Carmen McRae aka Carmen McCrea, Carmen McCrae, Carmen Mc Rae, Carmen MacRay, Carmen McRay, Carmen Mc Rea
Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994) was a U.S. jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist. McRae was born in Harlem, New York, on the 8th April 1920, and studied piano as a child. As a teenager she came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings Wilson. Through their influence, one of McRae’s early songs, "Dream of Life", was recorded by Wilson’s longtime collaborator Billie Holiday. By the late 1940s she was well known among the modern jazz musicians who gathered at Minton's Playhouse Read more on Last.fm
Album info
Also from this album: I Ain't Got Nobody,Cheek to Cheek,Get Happy,Some Of These Days,Puttin' On The Ritz,The Man That Got Away,What Is This Thing Called Love,Blues in the Night,I Can't Give You Anything but Love,Georgia On My Mind,I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues,Skylark,You Are Too Beautiful,What'll I Do,My Melancholy Baby,I'm Through With Love,Lush Life,After You've Gone,More Than You Know,Embraceable You,I'm Beginning to See the Light,I Get a Kick Out of You,Autumn in New York,April Showers,You Go to My Head,Alexander's Ragtime Band,The Man I Love,Out of Nowhere,'S Wonderful,I Only Have Eyes for You,Night and Day,Isn't This A Lovely Day?,A Fine Romance,Last Night When We Were Young,They Say It's Wonderful,Taking a Chance on Love,Jeepers Creepers,Why Was I Born?,Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart,How Long Has This Been Going On,As Long As I Live,Brother, Can You Spare a Dime,Little Girl Blue,My Funny Valentine,Baltimore Oriole,If I Had You,There Will Never Be Another You,One Morning in May,Nice Work If You Can Get It,I'll Be Around
