Ray Charles and Betty Carter

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Ray Charles and Betty Carter is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by Betty Carter and Ray Charles. The pair's recording of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" on the album topped the R&B charts. 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.

Track listing

Original LP release

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

Bonus tracks on 1988 CD/LP re-issue

13. "But On the Other Hand Baby" (Charles, Percy Mayfield) – 3:11
14. "I Never See Maggie Alone" (Harry Tilsley, Everett Lynton) – 5:37
15. "I Like to Hear It Sometime" (Jodie Edwards) – 2:50

Additional tracks on 1998 Rhino Records re-issue

• all 12 tracks from Dedicated to You

Personnel

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

Original LP tracks

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

Recorded - United Studios, Hollywood on June 13–14, 1961.

References and external links

• ABC S 385