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Carmen McRae
voc, 1922-1994 US, Harlem
Singer / Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Carmen Mercedes McRae Carmen Clarke
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1922 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable. McRae drew inspiration from Billie Holiday, but established her own distinctive voice. She went on to record more than 60 albums, enjoying a rich musical career, performing and recording in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
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Cheek to Cheek on Complete Carmen McRae Masters 1946 - 1957 by Carmen McRae Take Five (with The Dave Brubeck Quartet) - Single Version on Sony Jazz Trios by The Dave Brubeck Quartet When I Fall In Love on Sings Great American Songwriters by Carmen McRae I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket on Blue Moon by Carmen McRae The Sound of Silence on The Sound Of Silence by Carmen McRae I'll Remember April on By Special Request by Carmen McRae What a Little Moonlight Can Do on Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics by Carmen McRae Just a Little Lovin' on Just A Little Lovin' by Carmen McRae Them There Eyes on Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics by Carmen McRae Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye on When You're Away by Carmen McRaeTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics | Carmen McRae | 2018 | Album |
| Four Classic Albums | Carmen McRae | 2014 | Compil. |
| Ladies Of Jazz | Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, June Christy, Carmen McRae & Ethel Waters | 2014 | Compil. |
| Take Five/ Live at Sugar Hill | Carmen McRae | 2013 | Compil. |
| A Collection Of Her Finest Decca Recordings 1955-1958 | Carmen McRae | 2013 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae At The Great American Music Hall Vol. 1 | Carmen McRae | 2013 | Album |
| The Complete 1946-1955 | Carmen McRae | 2013 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae At The Great American Music Hall Vol. 2 | Carmen McRae | 2013 | Album |
| The Very Thought Of You | Carmen McRae | 2012 | Compil. |
| The Singles Collection | Carmen McRae | 2012 | Compil. |
| Eight Classic Albums | Carmen McRae | 2012 | Compil. |
| Skyliner | Carmen McRae | 2012 | Single |
| Standards | Carmen McRae | 2010 | Compil. |
| Jazz Ladies | Ella Fitzgerald & Sarah Vaughan & Carmen McRae | 2008 | Compil. |
| First Sessions | Carmen McRae | 2008 | Compil. |
| I'm Coming Home Again | Carmen McRae | 2008 | Album |
| Une Anthologie | Carmen McRae | 2007 | Compil. |
| Diva (The Diva Series) | Carmen McRae | 2007 | Compil. |
| Jazz Diva's | Carmen McRae | 2007 | Compil. |
| The 1964 Orchestra Recordings | Carmen McRae | 2006 | Compil. |
| 24K Pure Gold | Carmen McRae | 2006 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae For Lovers | Carmen McRae | 2006 | Compil. |
| Live In Tokyo | Carmen McRae | 2005 | Album |
| After Glow + Mad About The Man / Complete Recordings | Carmen McRae & Ray Bryant | 2005 | Compil. |
| Boy Meets Girl | Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae | 2005 | Compil. |
| Take Five / Dat Dere | Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck / Oscar Brown Jr. | 2004 | Single |
| The Complete Ralph Burns Sessions | Carmen McRae Featuring Ben Webster | 2004 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 2004 | Compil. |
| Vocalese Live / Live In Tokyo | The Manhattan Transfer, Carmen McRae | 2004 | Album |
| How Could I Settle For Anything Less/The Good Life | Carmen McRae | 2004 | Single |
| The Art Of Carmen Mcrae/For Once In My Life | Carmen McRae | 2004 | Compil. |
| The Diva Series | Carmen McRae | 2003 | Compil. |
| I Cried For You / Miss Brown To You | Carmen McRae | 2003 | Single |
| At Ratso's Volume 1 | Carmen McRae | 2002 | Album |
| The Sound Of Silence / Portrait Of Carmen | Carmen McRae | 2002 | Compil. |
| Black Magic | Carmen McRae | 2001 | Compil. |
| Live At Umbria Jazz | Carmen McRae | 2001 | Album |
| Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual - Two Original Shows On One CD! | Carmen McRae, Mel Tormé, Jimmy Rushing | 2001 | Album |
| Portrait Of Carmen | Carmen McRae | 2001 | Single |
| Jazz Classics | Carmen McRae | 2001 | Compil. |
| Ralph J Gleason's Jazz Casual - Two Original Shows On One CD! | Mel Tormé / Carmen McRae | 2001 | Compil. |
| Ralph J Gleason's Jazz Casual | Sonny Rollins / Carmen McRae | 2001 | Album |
| Something Wonderful | Carmen McRae | 2001 | Compil. |
| New York State Of Mind | Carmen McRae | 2001 | Album |
| Carmen McRae's Finest Hour | Carmen McRae | 2000 | Compil. |
| Ms. Jazz | Carmen McRae | 2000 | Compil. |
| Live At Midem | Carmen McRae With Thad Jones And Cat Anderson | 2000 | Album |
| Fine And Mellow | Carmen McRae | 2000 | Compil. |
| I'm Coming Home Again (New York, 1978) | Carmen McRae | 2000 | Album |
| Carmen McRae & Friends | Carmen McRae, Thad Jones, Cat Anderson, Joe Williams | 2000 | Compil. |
| Live In Tokyo | Carmen McRae | 1999 | Album |
| Ballad Essentials | Carmen McRae | 1999 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1999 | Album |
| Keep Me In Mind | Carmen McRae | 1999 | Single |
| Torchy & Blue Moon | Carmen McRae | 1999 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Collected Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1998 | Compil. |
| Dream Of Life | Carmen McRae | 1998 | Album |
| Jazz Masters (100 Ans De Jazz) | Carmen McRae | 1997 | Album |
| The Carmen McRae - Betty Carter Duets: Live At The Creat American Music Hall, San Francisco | Carmen McRae, Betty Carter | 1996 | Compil. |
| 6 Queens Of Jazz Vocal | Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Carmen McRae, Peggy Lee, Helen Merrill, Monica Zetterlund | 1996 | Album |
| The Best Of Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae & Her Trio Live | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Album |
| I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket / Namely You | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Single |
| The Masquerade Is Over | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Compil. |
| I'll Be Seeing You (A Tribute To Carmen McRae) | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Compil. |
| For Lady Day Volume 2 | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Album |
| Body And Soul | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Compil. |
| For Lady Day Volume 1 | Carmen McRae | 1995 | Album |
| Carmen McRae VS Chris Connor | Carmen McRae, Chris Connor | 1994 | Album |
| Joe Williams & Friends | Joe Williams, Carmen McRae, Cat Anderson, Thad Jones And His Ensemble | 1994 | Compil. |
| Black Magic | Carmen McRae | 1993 | Compil. |
| Body & Soul | Carmen McRae Featuring Thad Jones, Cat Anderson | 1993 | Compil. |
| The Ultimate Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1993 | Compil. |
| Out Of This World | Chris Connor / Carmen McRae | 1993 | Compil. |
| Sings Great American Songwriters | Carmen McRae | 1993 | Compil. |
| New York State Of Mind | Carmen McRae | 1992 | Album |
| Here to Stay | Carmen McRae | 1992 | Compil. |
| Black Magic 'Live' | Carmen McRae | 1992 | Album |
| A Special Sellection Of Jazz Vocals | Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee | 1992 | Compil. |
| My Greatest Songs | Carmen McRae | 1992 | Compil. |
| Sarah - Dedicated To You | Carmen McRae | 1991 | Album |
| Woman Talk(Live At The Village Gate) | Carmen McRae | 1991 | Album |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1991 | Compil. |
| Carmen Sings Monk | Carmen McRae | 1990 | Album |
| Invitation | Carmen McRae | 1989 | Compil. |
| Setting Standards | Carmen McRae | 1988 | Compil. |
| Fine And Mellow - Live At Birdland West | Carmen McRae | 1988 | Album |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1987 | Album |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1987 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1987 | Compil. |
| Live At The Great American Hall San Francisco | Carmen McRae, Betty Carter | 1987 | Album |
| Take Five (All About Take Five) | The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Carmen McRae / Free Flight | 1987 | Compil. |
| Bethlehem's Girlfriends | Chris Connor, Julie London, Carmen McRae | 1986 | Album |
| Ms. Magic | Carmen McRae | 1986 | Album |
| Live | Carmen McRae | 1986 | Album |
| Any Old Time | Carmen McRae | 1986 | Album |
| You're Lookin' At Me | Carmen McRae | 1984 | Album |
| Perfil De Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1984 | Compil. |
| 20 Hits | Carmen McRae | 1983 | Compil. |
| I Hear Music | Chris Connor, Carmen McRae | 1983 | Album |
| Love Songs | Carmen McRae | 1982 | Album |
| Heat Wave | Cal Tjader ▪ Carmen McRae | 1982 | Album |
| Ms. Magic | Carmen McRae | 1982 | Album |
| Recorded Live At Bubba's | Carmen McRae | 1981 | Album |
| I'm Coming Home Again | Carmen McRae | 1980 | Album |
| Two For The Road | Carmen McRae - George Shearing | 1980 | Album |
| I'm Coming Home Again | Carmen McRae | 1980 | Album |
| Carmen McRae And Joe Williams In Concert | Carmen McRae & Joe Williams | 1979 | Album |
| Livin' | Carmen McRae | 1979 | Compil. |
| Ms. Jazz | Carmen McRae | 1978 | Compil. |
| Ronnie Scott's Presents Carmen McRae 'Live' | Carmen McRae | 1977 | Album |
| The Greatest Of Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1977 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae At The Great American Music Hall | Carmen McRae | 1977 | Album |
| Sessions, Live | Carmen McRae, Jeri Southern, Stuff Smith And Chamber Jazz Sextette | 1976 | Album |
| Only Women Bleed / Music | Carmen McRae | 1976 | Single |
| Can't Hide Love | Carmen McRae | 1976 | Album |
| Who Gave You Permission | Carmen McRae | 1975 | Single |
| November Girl | Carmen McRae / Clarke-Boland Big Band | 1975 | Album |
| Live At Century Plaza | Carmen McRae | 1975 | Album |
| Velvet Soul | Carmen McRae | 1975 | Compil. |
| I Am Music | Carmen McRae | 1975 | Album |
| Ms. Jazz | Carmen McRae | 1974 | Album |
| It Takes A Whole Lot Of Human Feeling | Carmen McRae | 1974 | Album |
| As Time Goes By / Carmen McRae Alone / Live At The Dug | Carmen McRae | 1974 | Album |
| Live And Doin' It | Carmen McRae | 1974 | Album |
| Ladies Of Mainstream | Sarah Vaughan / Ruth Brown / Morgana King / Carmen McRae | 1974 | Compil. |
| Alive! | Carmen McRae | 1973 | Compil. |
| Here To Stay | Carmen McRae | 1973 | Compil. |
| It Takes A Whole Lot Of Human Feeling | Carmen McRae | 1973 | Single |
| Carmen | Carmen McRae | 1972 | Album |
| I Only Have Eyes For You | Carmen McRae | 1972 | Single |
| The Great American Songbook | Carmen McRae | 1972 | Album |
| I'll Never Pass This Way Again | Carmen McRae | 1972 | Single |
| I Want You | Carmen McRae | 1972 | Compil. |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1971 | Album |
| The Best Of Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1971 | Compil. |
| Carry That Weight | Carmen McRae With The Dixie Flyers | 1971 | Single |
| Carmen's Gold | Carmen McRae | 1971 | Album |
| Just A Little Lovin' | Carmen McRae | 1970 | Single |
| Just A Little Lovin' | Carmen McRae | 1970 | Single |
| Just A Little Lovin' | Carmen McRae | 1970 | Album |
| I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know | Carmen McRae | 1969 | Single |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1969 | Single |
| Gloomy Sunday / My Heart Reminds Me | Carmen McRae | 1968 | Single |
| The Sound Of Silence | Carmen McRae | 1968 | Single |
| Elusive Butterfly / I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco | Carmen McRae | 1968 | Single |
| Portrait Of Carmen | Carmen McRae | 1968 | Album |
| The Sound Of Silence | Carmen McRae | 1968 | Album |
| Love Is Here To Stay / Perdido | Carmen McRae | 1968 | Single |
| "Live" & Wailing | Carmen McRae | 1968 | Album |
| Live For Life / Cottage For Sale | Carmen McRae & Herbie Mann | 1967 | Single |
| For Once In My Life | Carmen McRae | 1967 | Album |
| This Is Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 1967 | Compil. |
| For Once In My Life / Got To Get You Into My Life | Carmen McRae | 1967 | Single |
| Woman Talk (Live At The Village Gate) | Carmen McRae | 1966 | Album |
| Alfie | Carmen McRae | 1966 | Album |
| Alfie | Carmen McRae | 1966 | Single |
| It's A Raggy Waltz / Travellin' Blues | Carmen McRae, Dave Brubeck | 1965 | Single |
| Haven't We Met? | Carmen McRae | 1965 | Album |
| Haven't We Met? / Smirnoff Mule | Carmen McRae | 1965 | Single |
| When Sunny Gets Blue / Cutie Pants | Carmen McRae | 1964 | Single |
| Second To None | Carmen McRae | 1964 | Album |
| Bittersweet | Carmen McRae | 1964 | Album |
| Something Wonderful | Carmen McRae | 1963 | Album |
| Live At Sugar Hill San Francisco | Carmen McRae | 1963 | Album |
| The Real Ambassadors | Louis Armstrong And His Band, Dave Brubeck, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Carmen McRae | 1962 | Album |
| Take Five / It's A Raggy Waltz / Tonight Only | Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck | 1962 | Single |
| Take Five (Recorded Live At Basin Street East) | Carmen McRae - Dave Brubeck | 1962 | Album |
| Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics | Carmen McRae | 1962 | Album |
| Take Five | Carmen McRae With The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1962 | Single |
| How Does The Wine Taste | Carmen McRae | 1962 | Single |
| Play Dave Brubeck's Points On Jazz | Gold And Fizdale, Dave Brubeck, The Dave Brubeck Trio, Carmen McRae | 1961 | Album |
| Strange Meadowlark | Carmen McRae And The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1961 | Single |
| Take Five | Dave Brubeck, Carmen McRae | 1961 | Single |
| Carmen McRae At The Flamingo Jazz Club | Carmen McRae | 1961 | Album |
| What Has She Got? / Big Town | Carmen McRae | 1960 | Single |
| Happy To Make Your Acquaintance / Baby It's Cold Outside | Sammy Davis Jr., Carmen McRae | 1960 | Single |
| Perform Music From The Subterraneans - Original Sound Track Album | André Previn, Gerry Mulligan, Carmen McRae | 1960 | Album |
| So Much | Carmen McRae | 1960 | Single |
| The Very Thought Of You / Oh! Look At Me Now | Carmen McRae | 1960 | Single |
| Something To Swing About | Carmen McRae | 1960 | Album |
| The More I See You | Carmen McRae | 1959 | Single |
| When You're Away | Carmen McRae | 1959 | Album |
| Show Me The Way / Talk To Me | Carmen McRae | 1959 | Single |
| Porgy And Bess | Sammy Davis Jr. / Carmen McRae | 1959 | Album |
| Book Of Ballads | Carmen McRae | 1959 | Album |
| I'll Love you (Till I Die) | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Single |
| Skyliner / If You Should Leave Me | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Single |
| I'll Love You / I Love The Ground You Walk On | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Album |
| A New Voice In Jazz | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Single |
| Georgia Rose | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Single |
| Carmen For Cool Ones | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Album |
| Birds Of A Feather | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Album |
| Mad About The Man, Carmen McRae Sings Noel Coward | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Album |
| Come On, Come In / I Love The Ground You Walk On | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Single |
| My Foolish Heart | Carmen McRae | 1958 | Album |
| After Glow | Carmen McRae | 1957 | Album |
| Boy Meets Girl | Sammy Davis Jr. And Carmen McRae | 1957 | Single |
| It's Like Getting A Donkey To Gallop | Carmen McRae | 1957 | Single |
| Cheek To Cheek | Sammy Davis Jr. And Carmen McRae | 1957 | Single |
| Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) | Carmen McRae with Dave Lambert Quartet | 1957 | Single |
| London's Girl Friends No. 3 | Carmen McRae | 1957 | Single |
| Baby, It's Cold Outside / Happy To Make Your Acquaintance | Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae | 1957 | Single |
| Boy Meets Girl | Sammy Davis Jr. And Carmen McRae | 1957 | Album |
| As I Love You / Passing Fancy | Carmen McRae | 1957 | Single |
| Torchy! Part 1 | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| What Do You See In Her? | Jeri Southern / Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| Torchy! Part 2 | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| Easy To Love - Part 1 | Carmen McRae with The Mat Mathews Quartet | 1956 | Single |
| The Party's Over / I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| By Special Request | Carmen McRae With Mat Matthews Quintet | 1956 | Album |
| Blue Moon | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Album |
| Star Eyes / I'm A Dreamer (Aren't We All) | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Album |
| Bethlehem's Girlfriends | Chris Connor, Julie London, Carmen McRae | 1956 | Compil. |
| Torchy! Part 3 | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| Blue Moon Vol. 2 | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| Namely You / I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Album |
| You Don't Know Me | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| Tonight He's Out To Break Another Heart / Star Eyes | Carmen McRae | 1956 | Single |
| Torchy! | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Album |
| I Go For You / A Fine Romance | Sammy Davis Jr. And Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| That Old Black Magic / A Fine Romance | Sammy Davis Jr., Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Come Down To Earth , Mr. Smith | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Love Is Here To Stay / This Will Make You Laugh | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae, The Mat Mathews Quartet, The Tony Scott Quartet | 1955 | Album |
| By Special Request (Part 3) | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| By Special Request Part 1 | Carmen McRae, Mat Mathews Quintet | 1955 | Single |
| Am I The One To Blame / Lovers Live Longer | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Come Down To Earth , Mr. Smith | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Come On, Come In | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| By Special Request (Part 2) | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Coax Me / Rich Man, Poor Man | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Get Set / You Don't Have To Tell Me | Carmen McRae | 1955 | Single |
| Whatever Lola Wants / Am I The One To Blame | Carmen McRae With Dave Lambert Quartet | 1955 | Single |
| Ooh (What'cha Doin' To Me) / If I'm Lucky (I'll Be The One) | Carmen McRae | 1954 | Single |
| My One And Only Love | Carmen McRae | 1952 | Single |
| Georgia Rose / The Eagle And Me | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| I'm Glad There Is you | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| Play For Keeps / Which Way Is Love | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| You Don't Know Me | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| Too Good / Love In Vain | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| Invitation / Lo And Behold | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| As I Love You / Passing Fancy | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| Summertime / His Eye Is On The Sparrow | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| Live At Bubba's - Superwoman | Carmen McRae | Album | |
| Comes Love / That's For Me / How Little Me Know / I Couldn't Care Less | Carmen McRae Accompagnée Par The Ernie Wilkins Orchestra | Single | |
| Silent Spring | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| Am I Going Out Of Your Mind? | Carmen McRae | Single | |
| Hotel / This Year | Carmen McRae | Single |
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