Carmen McRae

Carmen McRae

Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 8, 1920 (New York City), Died November 10, 1994 (Beverly Hills)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1966

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano, lyricist, composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	23993	10-in.	1/20/1939	Dream of life	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Decca	86914		10/8/1954	Keep me in mind	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	86915		10/8/1954	Ooh	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	86916		10/8/1954	They all laughed	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	86917		10/8/1954	If I'm lucky	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	87464		2/21/1955	Get set	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	87465		2/21/1955	Whatever Lola wants	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	87466		2/21/1955	Am I the one to blame	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	87467		2/21/1955	You don't have to tell me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	87850		5/2/1955	A fine romance	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	87851		5/2/1955	I go for you	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88140		6/14/1955	Just one of those things	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88141		6/14/1955	Sometimes I'm happy	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88142		6/14/1955	Something to live for-1	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88143		6/14/1955	Love is here to stay	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88144		6/14/1955	I can't get started	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88145		6/14/1955	This will make you laugh	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88146		6/14/1955	Suppertime-2	Carmen McRae		vocalist, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	88147		6/16/1955	My one and only love	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88148		6/16/1955	Yardbird suite	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88149		6/16/1955	Give me the simple life	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88150		6/16/1955	I'll remember April	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88151		6/16/1955	You took advantage of me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88860		11/3/1955	Tonight he's out to break another heart	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88861		11/3/1955	Come on, come in	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88862		11/3/1955	The next time it happens	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	88863		11/3/1955	Come down to earth, Mr. Smith	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89011		12/16/1955	My future just passed	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89012		12/16/1955	If you'd stay the way I dream about you	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89013		12/16/1955	Speak low	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89014		12/16/1955	But beautiful	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89015		12/16/1955	I guess I'll dress up for the blues	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89093		12/29/1955	Yesterdays	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89094		12/29/1955	Midnight sun	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89095		12/29/1955	Last night when we were young	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89096		12/29/1955	Good morning heartache	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89097		12/30/1955	I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89098		12/30/1955	We'll be together again	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89099		12/30/1955	I'm a dreamer, aren't we all ?	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89100		12/30/1955	Star eyes	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89629		3/28/1956	Blue moon	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89630		3/28/1956	I was doing all right	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89631		3/28/1956	I'm putting all my eggs in one basket	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89632		3/28/1956	Nowhere	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89653		3/29/1956	My foolish heart	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89654		3/29/1956	Lush life	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89655		3/29/1956	Until the real thing comes along	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89656		3/29/1956	Laughing boy	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89683		3/30/1956	Summer is gone	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89684		3/30/1956	Lilacs in the rain	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89685		3/30/1956	All this could lead to love	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89686		3/30/1956	Even if it breaks my heart	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89904		5/4/1956	You don't know me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89905		5/4/1956	Never loved him anyhow	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89906		5/4/1956	Skyliner	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	89907		5/4/1956	If you should leave me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	100557		9/4/1956	The party's over	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	100558		9/4/1956	Namely you	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101700		2/18/1957	Tea for two	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101701		2/18/1957	Cheek to cheek	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101702		2/18/1957	The things we did last Summer	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101703		2/18/1957	They didn't believe me	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101704		2/18/1957	Baby it's cold outside	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101705		2/18/1957	There's a small hotel	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101706		2/9/1957	People will say we're in love	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101707		2/19/1957	Happy to make your acquaintance	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101708		2/19/1957	Two sleepy people	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101709		2/19/1957	Who cares	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101710		2/19/1957	You're the top	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101865		3/5/1957	It's like gettin' a donkey to gallop	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101866		3/5/1957	How many stars have to shine?	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101867		3/5/1957	As I love you	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101868		3/5/1957	So nice to be wrong	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101873		3/6/1957	East of the sun (West of the moon)	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101874		3/6/1957	Guess who I saw today	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101875		3/6/1957	My funny Valentine	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101876		3/6/1957	Dream of life	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101877		3/6/1957	Perdido (Lost)	Carmen McRae		vocalist, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	101878		3/6/1957	Exactly like you	Carmen McRae		vocalist, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	101879		3/6/1957	I can't escape from you	Carmen McRae		vocalist, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	101880		3/6/1957	The little things that mean so much	Carmen McRae		vocalist, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	101881		3/7/1957	The moon looks down and laughs	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101882		3/7/1957	Just squeeze me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101883		3/7/1957	I never felt this way before	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	101884		3/7/1957	All my life	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102291		4/18/1957	All my life	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102292		4/18/1957	Nice work if you can get it	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102293		4/18/1957	Between the devil and the deep blue sea	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102294		4/18/1957	I'm through with love	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102703		6/18/1957	Zigeuner	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102704		6/18/1957	I'll see you again	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102705		6/18/1957	Some day I'll find you	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102706		6/18/1957	I'll follow my secret heart	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102707		6/19/1957	If love were all	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102708		6/19/1957	Mad about the boy	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102709		6/19/1957	World weary	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102710		6/19/1957	A room with a view	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102711		6/20/1957	I can't do anything at all	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102712		6/20/1957	Never again	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102713		6/20/1957	Poor little rich girl	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	102714		6/20/1957	Why does love get in the way	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	103307		9/13/1957	Rich man, poor man	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	103308		9/13/1957	Coax me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	103309		9/13/1957	Passing fancy	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	104513		3/5/1958	Invitation	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	104514		3/5/1958	Free and easy	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	104515		3/5/1958	Moonray	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	104516		3/5/1958	Lo and behold	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105331		7/18/1958	Love me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105332		7/18/1958	I'll love you (till I die)	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105333		7/18/1958	I love the ground you walk on	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105334		7/18/1958	[Unknown title(s)]	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105400		8/4/1958	Mister Meadowlark	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105401		8/4/1958	Skylark	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105402		8/4/1958	Bye bye blackbird	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105403		8/4/1958	Flamingo	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105404		8/4/1958	A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105405		8/4/1958	When the swallows come back to Capistrano	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105406		8/6/1958	His eye is on the sparrow	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105407		8/6/1958	The eagle and me	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105408		8/6/1958	When the red, red robbin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105409		8/6/1958	Georgia Rose	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105410		8/8/1958	Bob White	Ralph Burns Orchestra		vocalist
Decca	105411		8/8/1958	Baltimore oriole	Ralph Burns Orchestra		vocalist
Decca	105456		8/8/1958	Chicken today, feathers tomorrow	Ralph Burns Orchestra		vocalist
Decca	105912		10/29/1958	My man's gone now	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	105913		10/29/1958	Summertime	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	117712		7/14/1966	Georgia Rose	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10646		12/5/1957	You're mine	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10647		12/5/1957	I remember Clifford	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10648		12/5/1957	A shoulder to cry on	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10649		12/5/1957	Dreamy	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10650		12/5/1957	Weak for the man	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10668		12/16/1957	All the things you are	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10669		12/16/1957	(What can I say) After I say I'm sorry	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10670		12/16/1957	If I were a bell	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10671		12/16/1957	Any old time	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10672		12/16/1957	What's new	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10673		12/16/1957	Without a word of warning	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10674		12/16/1957	The night we called it a day	Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 10927		4/21/1958	I get a kick out of you-1	Milt Bernhart ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 11270		12/8/1958	I loves you Porgy	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist
Decca	L 11271		12/8/1958	Buenas noches, mi amor	Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Carmen McRae		vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McRae, Carmen," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/206635.

McRae, Carmen. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/206635.

"McRae, Carmen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.