The 1950s
Original albums, 1950s
Carmen McRae, Bethlehem.1954. Reissued on CD in 1994 by Bethlehem.
A Foggy Day, Stardust LP (with Ivie Anderson) 1955.
By Special Request,
Decca, 1955. Reissued on CD,
Here To Stay, 1992.
Torchy, Decca, 1955. Reissued on CD by MCA in 1999 with
Blue
Moon
Blue Moon, Decca, 1956, Reissued on CD by MCA in 1999 with
Torchy.
Boy Meets Girl, Decca,1957 with Sammy Davis, Jr. Reissued
on CD Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen McRae on Decca, 2005.
After Glow, Decca, Recorded in 1957. Reissued on CD Carmen
McRae and
Ray Bryant, 2005
Mad About the Man,
Decca, 1957. Reissued on CD Carmen McRae
and Ray
Bryant, 2005
Carmen for Cool Ones, Decca, 1957.
Porgy and Bess, 1958 (under Sammy Davis, Jr.’s name). Reissued
on CD Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen McRae on Decca, 2005.
Birds of a Feather, Decca, 1958.
Book of Ballads, Kapp, recorded in 1958.
When You’re Away, Kapp, 1959.
Something to Swing About,
Kapp, 1959. Reissued on CD,
Here To Stay, 1992.
Original albums, 1970s
Original albums, 1980s
Later releases, 1990s
PORGY AND BESS (included in Boy Meets Girl CD reissue)
With Sammy Davis, Jr.
Decca 1958/9
DL-8854
LP 12”
With Jack Pleis, Buddy
Bregman and Marty Stevens
orchestras
SIDE ONE
1. Summertime*
2. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
3. My Man's Gone Now*
4. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
5. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
SIDE TWO
1. It Ain't Necessarily So
2. I Loves You, Porgy* (duet)
3. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
4. Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
5. Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way
* sung by Carmen
