Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994) was a U.S. jazz singer, songwriter, and p… Read Full Bio ↴Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994) was a U.S. jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist.
McRae was born in Harlem, New York, on the 8th April 1920, and studied piano as a child. As a teenager she came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings Wilson. Through their influence, one of McRae’s early songs, "Dream of Life", was recorded by Wilson’s longtime collaborator Billie Holiday.
By the late 1940s she was well known among the modern jazz musicians who gathered at Minton's Playhouse, Harlem’s most famous jazz club, where she was the intermission pianist. But it was while working in Brooklyn that she came to the attention of Decca’s Milt Gabler. Her five year association with Decca yielded twelve LPs.
The musicians she sang with include Benny Carter, Mercer Ellington, Count Basie, Sammy Davis Jr, Dave Brubeck, and Louis Armstrong. She was married once (and briefly), to drummer Kenny Clarke.
McRae died on the 10th November 1994.
McRae was born in Harlem, New York, on the 8th April 1920, and studied piano as a child. As a teenager she came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings Wilson. Through their influence, one of McRae’s early songs, "Dream of Life", was recorded by Wilson’s longtime collaborator Billie Holiday.
By the late 1940s she was well known among the modern jazz musicians who gathered at Minton's Playhouse, Harlem’s most famous jazz club, where she was the intermission pianist. But it was while working in Brooklyn that she came to the attention of Decca’s Milt Gabler. Her five year association with Decca yielded twelve LPs.
The musicians she sang with include Benny Carter, Mercer Ellington, Count Basie, Sammy Davis Jr, Dave Brubeck, and Louis Armstrong. She was married once (and briefly), to drummer Kenny Clarke.
McRae died on the 10th November 1994.
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I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute To Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae Lyrics
A Ghost Of A Chance I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
Ain't Misbehavin' No one to talk with All by myself No one to walk…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or…
By Myself The party's over, the game is ended, the dreams I…
Bye Bye Blackbird Pack up all my cares and woe Here I go, singing…
Dream of Life My life was empty when you went away Even the blue…
Exactly Like You I used to have a perfect sweetheart Not a real one,…
Flamingo Flamingo Like a flame in the sky Flying over the Island To m…
Good Morning, Heartache Good morning heartache You old gloomy sight Good morning hea…
I Only Have Eyes For You My love must be a kind of blind love I can't…
I'll Be Seeing You Ill be seeing you; In all the old, familiar places; That thi…
I'll See You Again Though my world may go awry In my heart 't will…
I'm Glad There Is You Said I many times Love is allusion A feeling result of confu…
I'm Thru With Love I'm thru with love, I'll never fall again. Said I do to…
If I Were a Bell Ask me how do I feel, ask me now that…
Invitation You and your smile Hold a strange invitation Somehow it seem…
Lush Life I used to visit all the very gay places Those come…
Midnight Sun Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, warmer…
Perdido Perdido, I look for my heart It`s perdido I lost it way down…
Please Be Kind This is my first affair, please be kind Handle my heart…
Skyliner Skyliner, skyliner Flying so freely We seem to really Tou…
Something To Live For I have almost ev'ry thing a human could desire, Cars and…
Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away…
Star Eyes Star eyes, That to me is what your eyes are, Soft as…
The More I See You Each time I look at you is like the first…
The Thrill Is Gone The thrill is gone The thrill is gone I can see it…
Until the Real Thing Comes Along I'd work for you, I'd slave for you I'd be a…
When Your Lover Has Gone From ages to ages the poets and sages, Of love glorious…