Ray Charles and Betty Carter
# Ray Charles and Betty Carter

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Ray Charles and Betty Carter is a 1961 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

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

### Bonus tracks on 1988 CD/LP re-issue

* "But On the Other Hand Baby" (Charles, Percy Mayfield) – 3:11
* "I Never See Maggie Alone" (Harry Tilsley, Everett Lynton) – 5:37
* "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 guitar
* Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr - drums
* The Jack Halloran Singers - background vocals
* Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
* Sid Feller - producer

Recorded - Radio Recorders, Hollywood on June 13–14, 1961.

## References and external links

* ABC S 385
* ↑ Schmitt, Al; Droney, Maureen (2018). Al Schmitt - On The Record: The Magic Behind the Music. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 35. ISBN 9781538137666.
* ↑ Ginell, Richard S.. Ray Charles and Betty Carter at AllMusic
* ↑ link Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
