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Betty Carter

Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones, May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting abilities, and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. Vocalist Carmen McRae once remarked, "there's really only one jazz singer – only one: Betty Carter."

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Song	Album	Duration
'Round Midnight	All That Lounge 2005	3:17
'Round Midnight	The Leopard Lounge: Swinging Lounge Tunes from the Warner and Atlantic Vaults 2003	3:17
'Round Midnight	Nighttime Jazz 2003	3:19
'Round Midnight	Atlantic Jazz: Vocal Classics 1998	3:19
'Round Midnight	Best of Jazz Vocal Classics 2003	3:18
'Round Midnight	Atlantic Jazz Vocals: Voices of Cool, Vol. 2 1995	3:17
'Round Midnight	'Round Midnight [1969] 1969	5:53
'Round Midnight	Masters of Jazz, Vol. 5: Female Vocal Classics 1996
'Round Midnight	'Round Midnight [1963] 1963	3:21
'Round Midnight	Unknown Album
All Through the Day	Finally 1969	8:39
All Through the Day	Those Fabulous Ladies of Jazz 1995	8:36
All or Nothing at All	Feed the Fire 1993	8:11
Alone Together	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	4:46
Alone Together	Just You, Just Me 1999	4:47
Alone Together	1955-1969 1998	4:45
Alone Together	The World of Ray Charles [Garland] 1993	4:40
Alone Together	Elegant Lounge: 25 Lazy Grooves 2013
Alone Together	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	4:45
Alone Together	Unknown Album	4:45
Baby It's Cold Outside	Christmas with Sinatra and Friends 2009	4:13
Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit of Christmas 1985	4:13
Baby It's Cold Outside	Sings For Lovers 2009	4:09
Baby It's Cold Outside	Hits by Ray Charles 2013	4:12
Baby It's Cold Outside	The Blues Effect, Vol. 4: 100 Essential Tracks 2013	4:11
Baby It's Cold Outside	101 - Hit the Road Jack: Best of Ray Charles 2012
*Baby It's Cold Outside []**	The Spirit of Christmas [Remastered] [Bonus Track] 1985	4:12
Baby, It's Cold Outside	The Wonderful Sounds of Christmas
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection 1997	4:11
Baby, It's Cold Outside	More Music from Ray 2005	4:10
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	4:10
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Just You, Just Me 1999	4:12
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Christmas with Sinatra and Friends 2009	4:10
Baby, It's Cold Outside	50 Shades of Music For Her 2013	4:10
Baby, It's Cold Outside	The MPL's Treasury of Songs: The Standards 1992	4:08
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Stockings by the Fire 2007	4:11
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Love Songs [Rhino] 1999	4:09
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Simply: Swinging the American Songbook 2013	3:29
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Simply Swinging the American Songbook, Vol. 4 2013	4:11
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles 2011	4:09
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Unknown Album	4:10
Baby, It's Cold Outside [1962]	The World of Ray Charles [Garland] 1993	4:05
Baby, It’s Cold Outside	The Wonderful Sounds of Christmas 2016
Blue Moon	Finally 1969	2:03
Blue Moon	1955-1969 1998	2:04
Body and Soul	At the Village Vanguard 1970	5:21
But Beautiful	Priceless Jazz Sampler, Vol. 5 1999	4:03
But Beautiful	Priceless Jazz 1999	3:59
But Beautiful	Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 1987	5:54
But Beautiful	Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall 1996	5:55
But Beautiful	I Can't Help It 1961	3:58
But Beautiful	The Carmen McRae - Betty Carter Duets	5:55
But Beautiful	Unknown Album	3:58
But on the Other Hand Baby	Just You, Just Me 1999	3:15
But on the Other Hand Baby	The Ultimate Collection 2013	3:10
But on the Other Hand, Baby	Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles 2011	3:15
Call Me Darling	'Round Midnight [1963] 1963	3:55
Candy	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	4:09
Deep Night	The Audience with Betty Carter 1980	2:46
Deep Night	Unknown Album	2:45
Dip Bag	Unknown Album	8:56
East of the Sun	I'm Yours, You're Mine 1996	4:52
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection 1997	4:40
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	4:42
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Just You, Just Me 1999	4:41
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook 1990	5:50
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Whatever Happened to Love? 1982	5:48
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	The World of Ray Charles [Garland] 1993	4:35
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	4:41
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Simply: Swinging the American Songbook 2013	2:09
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Sings For Lovers 2009	4:38
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Swings The Great American Songbook 2013
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Unknown Album	5:48
Every Time We Say Goodbye	Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook 1990	5:47
Every Time We Say Goodbye	Whatever Happened to Love? 1982	5:48
Every Time We Say Goodbye	Love for Sale: The Music of Cole Porter 2004	4:41
Every Time We Say Goodbye	'Round Midnight [1969] 1969	5:47
Every Time We Say Goodbye	The American Songbook 1999	3:21
Everybody's Somebody's Fool	'Round Midnight [1963] 1963	2:46
Everything I Have Is Yours	The Audience with Betty Carter 1980	6:16
Everytime We Say Goodbye	Cole Porter Songbook: Night & Day 2005	5:48
Everytime We Say Goodbye	The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks	5:50
Everytime We Say Goodbye	Red, Hot & Blue [Documents] 2005
For All We Know	Just You, Just Me 1999	3:45
For All We Know	Unknown Album	3:44
For You	The Modern Sound of Betty Carter 1960	2:21
Frenesi	Unknown Album	3:14
Glad to Be Unhappy/Where or When	Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall 1996	5:34
Hard Hearted Hannah	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	3:18
How High the Moon	Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve at 50 1994	4:41
I Could Write a Book	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	2:37
I Could Write a Book	Jazz and the City [UMP] 2008	2:41
I Could Write a Book	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant [Bonus Tracks] 1955	2:37
I Could Write a Book	50 Sublimes Chanteuses de Jazz, Vol. 2 2006	2:40
I Could Write a Book	The Audience with Betty Carter 1980	3:42
I Could Write a Book	Romantic Jazz [Sony 1999] 1999
I Could Write a Book	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant/Little Susie 1995	2:41
I Could Write a Book	At the Village Vanguard 1970	2:18
I Could Write a Book	Jazz and the City 2008	2:39
I Could Write a Book	Jazz Divas 2011
I Could Write a Book	Social Call 1991	2:37
I Could Write a Book	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	3:26
I Could Write a Book	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant 1955	2:37
I Could Write a Book	Schmuse Jazz, Vol. 3 1997	2:37
I Could Write a Book	Unknown Album	2:37
I Could Write a Book [Album Version]	Kings of Swing [Sony Germany Box] 2004	2:38
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	2:23
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	The Modern Sound of Betty Carter 1960	2:24
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	Priceless Jazz 1999	2:23
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	I Can't Help It 1961	2:22
I Hear Music	Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall 1996	2:52
I Hear Music	The Carmen McRae - Betty Carter Duets	2:52
I Hear Music	Any Old Time 1986	4:45
I Like to Hear It Sometime	Just You, Just Me 1999	2:49
I Only Have Eyes for You	Finally 1969	2:27
I Only Have Eyes for You	1955-1969 1998	2:27
I Should Care	Unknown Album	3:24
If I Should Lose You	Unknown Album	6:47
Imagination	Look What I Got 1988	4:55
In the Still of the Night	It's Not About the Melody 1992	4:07
In the Still of the Night	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	4:06
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 1987	6:08
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall 1996	6:13
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	The Carmen McRae - Betty Carter Duets	6:10
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	6:12
Josephine	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	2:14
Just You, Just Me	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	2:04
Just You, Just Me	Just You, Just Me 1999	1:58
Just You, Just Me	1955-1969 1998	1:56
Just You, Just Me	The World of Ray Charles [Garland] 1993	1:54
Just You, Just Me	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	2:04
Just You, Just Me	Unknown Album	2:04
Let It Snow	20, No 1's : Jazz Christmas 2016	5:19
Let It Snow	Christmas Jazz [Hip-O] 2016	5:17
Let It Snow	Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album 1996	5:19
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album 1996	5:19
Lonely House	September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill 1997	7:32
Lonely House	I'm Yours, You're Mine 1996	6:30
Make Him Believe	Unknown Album	5:26
Make It Last	Unknown Album	5:45
Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was/All the Things You Are/I ...	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	5:29
Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was/All the Things You Are/I Could W	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	5:29
Moonlight in Vermont	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	3:24
Moonlight in Vermont	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant [Bonus Tracks] 1955	3:23
Moonlight in Vermont	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant/Little Susie 1995	3:28
Moonlight in Vermont	1955-1969 1998	3:24
Moonlight in Vermont	Social Call 1991	3:23
Moonlight in Vermont	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant 1955	3:23
Moonlight in Vermont	Unknown Album	3:25
Moritat (Mack the Knife)	Tokyo 1963 2008	22:06
Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love	Unknown Album	4:27
My Reverie	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	2:49
My Reverie	The Modern Sound of Betty Carter 1960	2:50
My Reverie	Priceless Jazz 1999	2:48
My Reverie	Time for Love: Priceless Jazz 1998	2:50
My Reverie	I Can't Help It 1961	2:47
My Reverie	Unknown Album	2:50
Naima's Love Song	Unknown Album	8:25
Nancy (With the Laughing Face)	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	3:06
Old Devil Moon	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant [Bonus Tracks] 1955	3:59
Old Devil Moon	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant/Little Susie 1995	4:02
Old Devil Moon	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant 1955	3:59
Old Devil Moon	Unknown Album	3:59
*Old Devil Moon []**	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	3:59
On the Alamo	The Modern Sound of Betty Carter 1960	1:57
Once Upon a Summertime	Unknown Album	5:57
Open the Door	Woman in Love, Vol. 1 2005	4:59
Open the Door	American Beauty [Original Soundtrack] 1999	3:11
Open the Door	Blue Note Trip Jazzanova: Scrambled/Mashed 2006	3:11
Open the Door	Blue Note Trip Jazzanova: Mashed 2006	2:49
Open the Door	Inside Betty Carter 1965	3:11
Open the Door	The Audience with Betty Carter 1980	5:09
Open the Door	American Beauty 1999	3:11
Open the Door	Room with a View Too 2000	4:52
Open the Door	Unknown Album	3:11
Open the Door (Theme Song)	The Audience with Betty Carter 1980	5:08
Open the Door (Theme Song)	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	5:02
People Will Say We're in Love	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	2:52
People Will Say We're in Love	Just You, Just Me 1999	2:53
People Will Say We're in Love	The World of Ray Charles [Garland] 1993	2:46
People Will Say We're in Love	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	2:51
People Will Say We're in Love	The Ultimate Collection 2013	2:46
People Will Say We're in Love	Unknown Album	2:51
Remember	Irving Berlin Songbook [GRP] 1997	2:24
Remember	Irving Berlin Songbook 1997	2:26
Rosetta	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	2:33
Round Midnight	Jazz Classics [Blue Note] 1995	5:56
Round Midnight	Ladies Take the Stage 1998	3:19
Ruby	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	3:54
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	Christmas Jazz [Hip-O] 2016	4:25
September Song	I'm Yours, You're Mine 1996	10:19
Side By Side	Swings The Great American Songbook 2013
Side by Side	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	2:24
Side by Side	Just You, Just Me 1999	2:23
Side by Side	The World of Ray Charles [Garland] 1993	2:18
Side by Side	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	2:23
Side by Side	Simply Swinging the American Songbook, Vol. 5 2013	2:22
Side by Side	Unknown Album	2:23
Social Call	Unknown Album	2:29
Sometimes I'm Happy	Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 1987	7:54
Sometimes I'm Happy	Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall 1996	7:56
Sometimes I'm Happy	The Carmen McRae - Betty Carter Duets	7:54
Sometimes I'm Happy	Feed the Fire 1993	3:33
Sophisticated Lady	Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 1987	3:32
Sophisticated Lady	Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall 1996	3:36
Stay as Sweet as You Are	It's Not About the Melody 1992	7:11
Stella By Starlight	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	3:50
Stella By Starlight	Swings The Great American Songbook 2013
Stella By Starlight	Unknown Album	3:50
Stella by Starlight	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	3:50
Stella by Starlight	Simply: Swinging the American Songbook 2013	4:31
Sunday Monday or Always	The Betty Carter Album 1972	4:19
Sunday, Monday or Always	The Betty Carter Album 1972	4:19
Takes Two To Tango	Swings The Great American Songbook 2013
Takes Two to Tango	Ray Charles & Betty Carter 1961	3:23
Takes Two to Tango	Duets 1998
Takes Two to Tango	Just You, Just Me 1999	3:24
Takes Two to Tango	The World of Ray Charles [Garland] 1993	3:17
Takes Two to Tango	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated to You 1998	3:22
Takes Two to Tango	Simply Swinging the American Songbook, Vol. 1 2013	3:21
Takes Two to Tango	Simply: Swinging the American Songbook 2013	4:11
Takes Two to Tango	The Ultimate Collection 2013	3:18
Takes Two to Tango	Unknown Album
Tell Him I Said Hello	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	2:33
Tell Him I Said Hello	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant [Bonus Tracks] 1955	2:32
Tell Him I Said Hello	Social Call 1991	2:32
That Old Devil Moon	Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall 1996	3:49
The Good Life	All Night Long [Wea International] 2006	2:32
The Good Life	Look What I Got 1988	6:58
The Good Life	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	6:59
The Good Life	'Round Midnight [1963] 1963	2:38
The Good Life	Leopard Lounge Presents: All Nite Long - Swinging Vocals 2006	2:35
The Good Life	Unknown Album	5:47
The Huckle Buck	50 Sublimes Chanteuses de Jazz: 1940-1953 2005	3:09
The Hucklebuck	Me & You, You & Me: Great Jazz Duets 2003	3:10
*The Hucklebuck []**	Zoot Suit Riot: Instrumental R'n'B Smash Hits of the 1950s 2005	3:07
The Man I Love	'S Wonderful: The Gershwin Songbook 1992	7:42
The Man I Love	The Gershwin Songbook: 'S Wonderful	7:41
The Man I Love	The Complete Gershwin Songbooks 1995	7:39
The Man I Love	Definitive Collection 2006	7:43
The Man I Love	Look What I Got 1988	7:40
The Trolley Song	The Audience with Betty Carter 1980	3:37
The Trolley Song	Jazz Singing 2002	3:39
The Trolley Song	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	3:31
The Trolley Song	Unknown Album	3:31
The Way You Look Tonight	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	2:42
The Way You Look Tonight	Bar Jazz Best 2008	2:42
The Way You Look Tonight	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant [Bonus Tracks] 1955	2:41
The Way You Look Tonight	Bar Jazz, Vol. 4 2002	2:43
The Way You Look Tonight	Tokyo 1963 2008	1:49
The Way You Look Tonight	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant/Little Susie 1995	2:45
The Way You Look Tonight	1955-1969 1998	2:43
The Way You Look Tonight	Social Call 1991	2:42
The Way You Look Tonight	Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant 1955	2:41
The Way You Look Tonight	Unknown Album	2:41
There Is No Greater Love [#]	Inside Betty Carter 1965	3:46
There's No You	Unknown Album
Tight! / Mr. Gentleman	Unknown Album	4:31
Two Cigarettes in the Dark	'Round Midnight [1963] 1963	2:10
What A Little Moonlight Can Do	The Modern Sound of Betty Carter 1960	2:06
What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Let´s Fall In Love (Remastered) 2005	2:04
What a Little Moonlight Can Do	I Can't Help It 1961	2:04
What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Whatever Happened to Love? 1982	10:25
What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Betty Carter's Finest Hour 2003	10:17
What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Unknown Album
When It's Sleepy Time Down South	It's Not About the Melody 1992	7:45
Why Him? / Where or When / What's New?	Unknown Album	15:46
You Go to My Head	It's Not About the Melody 1992	5:35
You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me	Priceless Jazz 1999	2:31
You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me	I Can't Help It 1961	2:30

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