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 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 4:41 "You and I" (Meredith Willson) – 3:28 Intro: "Goodbye"/"We'll Be Together Again" (Gordon Jenkins)/(Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 3:20 "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:51 "Cocktails for Two" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:15 "Side by Side" (Harry M. Woods, Gus Kahn) – 2:23 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) – 4:10 "Together" (Lew Brown, Buddy De Sylva, Ray Henderson) – 1:35 "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:44 "Takes Two to Tango" (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning) – 3:22 "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:45 "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:04
Bonus tracks on 1988 CD/LP re-issue "But On the Other Hand Baby" (Charles, Percy Mayfield) – 3:11 "I Never See Maggie Alone" (Harry Tilsley, Everett Lynton) – 5:37 "I Like to Hear It Sometime" (Jodie Edwards) – 2:50link
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
Chart (1961) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs (150 Best-Selling Monoraul LP's)52 References and external links ABC S 385