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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, 1960s

Original albums, 1970s

Original albums, 1980s

Later releases, 1990s

CARMEN McRAE
Bethlehem
1954

MUSICIANS:
Herbie Mann (f, ts), Tony Scott (cl, p), Mundell Lowe (g), Skip Fawcett, Wendell Marshall (b), Dick Katz (p), Matt Matthews (pac), Kenny Clarke, Osie Johnson (d)

 1. You’d Be So Easy To Love (Cole Porter) 05:01
 2. If I'm Lucky (I'll Be The One)
(C. Darwin, Paulette Girard) 02:40
 3. Old Devil Moon (E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) 02:40
 4. Tip Toe Gently (Matt Matthews, Paulette Girard) 02:09
 5. You Made Me Care (Hubert Giraud, C. Darwin) 03:05
 6. The Last Time For Love alt. take (Carmen McRae) 03:53
 7. Misery (Tony Scott) 02:30

 SIDE TWO

 1. Too Much In Love To Care (Carroll Coates, Kriegsmann)
 2. Too Much In Love To Care alt.take Carroll Coates, Kriegsmann)
 
3. Old Devil Moon alt. take
 4. You Made Me Care alt. take (Hubert Giraud, C. Darwin) 03:05
 5. Too Much In Love To Care alt. take (Carroll Coates, Kriegsmann)
 6.  The Last Time For Love (Carmen McRae) 03:53

 

 









Something to Swing About