Ray Charles and Betty Carter

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.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated September 10, 1961, peaking at No. 52 during a fifteen-week run on the chart.

Track listing

Original LP release

1. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" <small>(Cole Porter)</small> – 4:41
2. "You and I" <small>(Meredith Willson)</small> – 3:28
3. Intro: "Goodbye"/"We'll Be Together Again" <small>(Gordon Jenkins)/(Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine)</small> – 3:20
4. "People Will Say We're in Love" <small>(Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)</small> – 2:51
5. "Cocktails for Two" <small>(Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston)</small> – 3:15
6. "Side by Side" <small>(Harry M. Woods, Gus Kahn)</small> – 2:23
7. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" <small>(Frank Loesser)</small> – 4:10
8. "Together" <small>(Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson)</small> – 1:35
9. "For All We Know" <small>(J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)</small> – 3:44
10. "Takes Two to Tango" <small>(Al Hoffman, Dick Manning)</small> – 3:22
11. "Alone Together" <small>(Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)</small> – 4:45
12. "Just You, Just Me" <small>(Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)</small> – 2:04

Bonus tracks on 1988 CD/LP re-issue

1. <li value="13">"But On the Other Hand Baby" <small>(Charles, Percy Mayfield)</small> – 3:11
2. "I Never See Maggie Alone" <small>(Harry Tilsley, Everett Lynton)</small> – 5:37
3. "I Like to Hear It Sometime" <small>(Jodie Edwards)</small> – 2:50

Additional tracks on 1998 Rhino Records re-issue

• all 12 tracks from Dedicated to You

Personnel

• Ray Charles - vocals, keyboards
• Betty Carter - vocals

Original LP tracks

• Bill Pitman - guitar
• Edgar Willis - bass guitar
• Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr - drums
• Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
• David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone
• Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone
• The Jack Halloran Singers - background vocals
• Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
• Sid Feller - producer

Recorded - Radio Recorders, Hollywood on June 13–14, 1961.

Charts

References and external links

• ABC S 385