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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Rhino / Wea
Salesrank: 65091
Released: April 21, 1998 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You Track Listing:
1. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
2. You and I - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
3. Intro: Goodbye/We'll Be Together Again - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
4. People Will Say We're in Love - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
5. Cocktails for Two - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
6. Side by Side - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
7. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
8. Together - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
9. For All We Know - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
10. Takes Two to Tango - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
11. Alone Together - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
12. Just You, Just Me - Betty Carter, Ray Charles
13. Hard Hearted Hannah - Ray Charles
14. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) - Ray Charles
15. Margie - Ray Charles
16. Ruby - Ray Charles
17. Rosetta - Ray Charles
18. Stella by Starlight - Ray Charles
19. Cherry - Ray Charles
20. Josephine - Ray Charles
21. Candy - Ray Charles
22. Marie - Ray Charles
23. Diane - Ray Charles
24. Sweet Georgia Brown - Ray Charles
Editorial Review:
Ray Charles's decision to cut an album of duets with then-rising jazz singer Betty Carter defines the phrase "unerring instinct." Charles responds to Carter's gorgeous voice and compelling melodic changes with some of his softest singing; you might say that this already masterful conduit of emotion got in touch with his feminine side on this 1961 date. The opening and closing cuts of the girls'-names theme album Dedicated to You, another '61 LP that fills out this 78-minute disc, demonstrate Brother Ray's touch for transforming unlikely material into expressions of his own funky essence. His amused big-band celebrations of "Hardhearted Hannah" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" sit alongside sublime portraits of "Stella by Starlight" and "Ruby" on an underappreciated set that's a perfect match for the Charles-Carter sides. --Rickey Wright
Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You Reviews:
Betty Carter/Ray Charles great together 
2008-08-30 - I always considered Ray Charles a blues singer, and still
do, but his voice and style compliment jazz artist Betty
Walker's on this album to a T. I love their rendition of "Alone
Together" and "Every Time We Say Goodbye" is excellent.
If you want to hear Ray Charles at his softest, get this album. The only criticism I have is there is too much accompaniment by the orchestra and back-up singers.
Baby It's Cold Outside 
2008-06-26 - I had been looking for "Baby It's Cold Outside" by Ray Charles & Betty Carter together. I got more than I bargained for. I listened to the clips and wow, I had to buy the whole thing. Cost was not a factor. I had to have it and I got it. Great CD!
love it
2008-06-20 - I was named after the song "Diane" which was popular during WWII but can only remember it sung by my dad , who is no longer with us. We all know about Ruby and Georgia but Nancy with the laughing face is so good . The portion with Betty Carter is a hoot and fun listening to them together , especially "Baby it's cold outside ". I would not have known about this CD , had not my brother told me he heard it on serius radio and said he liked Ray's version of "Diane".
A Classic
2008-02-13 - This is one of the very finest collaborations ever recorded. Carter and Charles are at their peak here and the arrangements support their artistry magnificently. This is an absolute treasure--at least that part of the CD that has both of them singing. The Charles addendum of his own solo songs is mediocre at best.
it doesn't get any better than this !!
2007-12-16 - I am a big "Moonlighting" fan and searched for years, after the show went out of production, to find a copy of the recording played over the last three minutes of the "Blue Moon Detective Agency". Nothing pervious or since has captured the pathos of those moments; then end of a love affair and the hope that tomorrow, " We may be together again". Ray and Betty bring those feelings to life better than anyone who has ever recorded that musical prose. I play that song once or twice a week and never get tired of hearing it.
