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Betty Carter (1929–1998) was a prominent U.S. jazz singer, renowned for her… Read Full Bio ↴Betty Carter (1929–1998) was a prominent U.S. jazz singer, renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style. Carter expanded the role of the vocalist in jazz, to a full, improvising member of the band. Although her voice was not as admired by the public as such vocalists as Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald, many consider her to have exercised mastery of the human voice previously unheard in jazz. Carmen McRae once claimed that "there's really only one jazz singer - only one: Betty Carter."

Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones on 16th May 1929 in Flint, Michigan and grew up in Detroit, where her father led a church choir. She studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory. She won a talent contest and became a regular on the local club circuit, singing and playing piano. When she was sixteen, she sang with Charlie Parker. She later performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis and toured with Lionel Hampton (from whom she received the nickname "Betty Bebop"), when she perfected her scat singing of bebop.

Her career was eclipsed somewhat during the 1960s and 1970s, though a series of duets with Ray Charles in 1961, including the R&B-chart-topping "Baby, It's Cold Outside", brought her a measure of popular recognition. She recorded for various labels during this period, including Peacock, ABC-Paramount, and Atco, but was rarely satisfied with the resulting product. An episode in which a record company A&R man tried to abscond with a set of her master recordings led her to establish her own record label, Bet-Car, in 1970. Some of her most outstanding recordings were first issued on Bet-Car, including the double album The Audience with Betty Carter (1980). She was well-received at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1977 and 1978. In 1987 Carter signed with Verve Records. She won a Grammy in 1988 for her album Look What I Got! and sang in a guest appearance on The Cosby Show in that year.

She died on 26th September 1998.
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Betty Carter Lyrics


'round Midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty well…
Alone Together Alone together, beyond the crowd, Above the world, we're no…
Babe's Blues small children pound babe's blues around blues made them cry…
Beware My Heart Beware my heart You're getting in too deep Take care, my h…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or…
By The Bend Of The River Have you ever seen such an evening? Have you ever seen…
Call Me Darling Call me darlin', call me sweetheart, call me dear Thrill me…
Cocktails For Two In some secluded rendezvous That overlooks the avenue With s…
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Everytime we say goodbye, I die a little, Everytime we say…
Everybody's Somebody's Fool The tears I cried for you could fill an ocean, But…
For All We Know For all we know We may never meet again Before we go Make…
For You Princess cards she sends me with her regards Oh, bar-room e…
Foul Play You threw my love away It didn't have to be Why did you…
Frenesi It was fiesta down in Mexico And so I stopped…
Gone with the Wind Gone with the wind, Just like a leaf that has blown…
Heart And Soul Heart and Soul, I fell in love with you. Heart and soul, The…
I Can't Help It I can't help it - Betty Carter I can't help it That's…
I Could Write a Book If they ask me, I could write a book About the…
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire I don't ever care to rise to power I would rather…
I Wonder I wonder, my little darling Where can you be this moment…
Make It Last Hold me close While we kiss Let me linger in heaven like…
Moonlight in Vermont Pennies in a stream Falling leaves a sycamore Moonlight in v…
My Favorite Things Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper ket…
My Reverie Our love is a dream, but in my reverie I can…
New England Yes, the winters are cold But the folks got hearts of…
Nothing More to Look Forward To Nothing more to look forward to Why were you so sweet? Nothi…
Old Devil Moon I look at you and suddenly Something in your eyes I…
On The Alamo Where the moon swings low On the Alamo, In a garden fair…
One Note Samba In Brazil, they have a samba with a simple melody Just…
Open The Door Open the door, dear. I must get in your heart! You're making…
People Will Say We're In Love Why do they think up stories that link my name…
Remember Remember the night The night you said, "I love you" Remember…
Side By Side Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money, Maybe we're ragged…
Social Call I happened to pass your doorway Gave you a buzz, that's…
Some Other Time Laughin' till it pisses everybody off Pullin' up my dress a…
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most Once I was a sentimental thing; Threw my heart away each…
Stormy Weather Don't know why There's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather S…
Takes Two to Tango You can haunt any house by yourself Be a man or…
Tell Him I Said Hello When you see him Tell him things are slow There's a reason…
The Good Life Oh, the good life Full of fun, seems to be the…
The Way You Look Tonight Some day, when I'm awfully low, When the world is…
There Is No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
There's No You There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
This Is Always This isn′t sometimes This is always This isn't maybe, this i…
Thou Swell Thou swell thou witty thou sweet thou grand Wouldst kiss me…
Together Alone together, beyond the crowd, Above the world, we're n…
Two Cigarettes In The Dark Two, two cigarettes in the dark He strikes a match 'til…
What A Little Moonlight Can Do Ooh, ooh, ooh What a little moonlight can do Ooh, ooh, ooh W…
When I Fall in Love When I fall in love, it will be forever Or I′ll…
Who What Why Where When Why Him? What can I say about his face, Except his…
You and I If I should lose you The stars would fall from the…
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me Every kiss, every hug Seems to act just like a drug You're…


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