Album:
The Very Thought Of You: The Definitive Singles Collection Disc 1
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:51
Size: 184,1 MB
Art: Front
(2:34) 1. The Very Thought Of You
(2:18) 2. Oh! Look At Me Now
(2:30) 3. The More I See You
(2:39) 4. Show Me The Wat
(2:53) 5. The Party's Over
(3:00) 6. The Next Time it Happens
(3:13) 7. You Don't Have To tell Me
(2:14) 8. Never Loved Him Anyhow
(2:38) 9. Talk to Me
(2:32) 10. What Has She Got
(3:03) 11. Am I The One to Blame
(2:28) 12. Come Down to Earth Mr, Smith
(2:41) 13. Love is Here To Say
(2:17) 14. Take Five
(3:04) 15. As I Love You
(2:46) 16. The Eagle and Be Wrong
(3:02) 17. So Nice to Be Wrong
(2:57) 18. Skyliner
(2:54) 19. Invitation
(3:22) 20. His Eye is on the Sparrow
(2:44) 21. I'll See You Again
(2:17) 22. I Love The Ground You Walk On
(3:04) 23. If I'm Luck(I'iiBe The One)
(2:24) 24. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
(2:56) 25. Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go! Let Her Go)
(2:36) 26. Play for Keeps
(3:01) 27. Rich Man, Poor Man
(3:06) 28. Keep Me In Mind
(2:25) 29. Moon Ray
Album:
The Very Thought Of You: The Definitive Singles Collection Disc 2
Time: 79:59
Size: 185,3 MB
(3:00) 1. Whatever Lola Wants
(3:07) 2. Star Eyes
(2:42) 3. You Don't Know Me
(2:26) 4. It's Like Getting a Donkey to Gallup
(2:51) 5. If You Should Leave Me
(2:47) 6. Georgia Rose
(2:34) 7. Which Way Is Love
(2:51) 8. Big Town
(2:44) 9. Namely You
(3:01) 10. I'll Love You (Till I Die)
(2:18) 11. Ooh (What'cha Doin' to Me)
(3:22) 12. This Will Make You Laugh
(1:51) 13. I Cried for You
(2:57) 14. Lo and Behold
(2:28) 15. Passing Fancy
(2:45) 16. Nightlife
(2:20) 17. How Does the Wine Taste
(2:52) 18. Get Set
(2:41) 19. I Guess I'll Dress Up for the Blues
(2:57) 20. Coax Me
(3:46) 21. Midnight Sun
(2:48) 22. I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All
(2:52) 23. How Many Stars Have to Shine
(2:15) 24. Come On, Come In
(2:30) 25. Miss Brown to You
(2:58) 26. Tonight He's Out To Break Another Heart
(2:43) 27. A Room with a View
(3:09) 28. My One and Only Love
(2:11) 29. They All Laughed
Carmen McRae always had a nice voice (if not on the impossible level of an Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan) but it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretations of lyrics that made her most memorable. She studied piano early on and had her first important job singing with Benny Carter's big band (1944), but it would be another decade before her career had really gained much momentum. McRae married and divorced Kenny Clarke in the '40s, worked with Count Basie (briefly) and Mercer Ellington (1946-1947), and became the intermission singer and pianist at several New York clubs. In 1954 she began to record as a leader' and by then she had absorbed the influences of Billie Holiday and bebop into her own style. McRae would record pretty steadily up to 1989 and, although her voice was higher in the '50s and her phrasing would be even more laid-back in later years, her general style and approach did not change much through the decades. Championed in the '50s by Ralph Gleason, McRae was fairly popular throughout her career. Among her most interesting recording projects were participating in Dave Brubeck's the Real Ambassadors with Louis Armstrong, cutting an album of live duets with Betty Carter, being accompanied by Dave Brubeck and George Shearing, and closing her career with brilliant tributes to Thelonious Monk and Sarah Vaughan. Carmen McRae, who refused to quit smoking, was forced to retire in 1991 due to emphysema. She recorded for many labels including Bethlehem, Decca (1954-1958), Kapp, Columbia, Mainstream, Focus, Atlantic (1967-1970), Black Lion, Groove Merchant, Catalyst, Blue Note, Buddah, Concord, and Novus.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/carmen-mcrae-mn0000185948/biography
The Very Thought Of You: The Definitive Singles Collection Disc 1, Disc 2