Ray Charles and Betty Carter

Skilled scores
Evaluate scores
Supply	Score
Allmusic	^[2]

Ray Charles and Betty Carter is a 1961 album by Betty Carter and Ray Charles. The pair’s recording of “Child, It is Chilly Outdoors” on the album topped the R&B charts. A 1988 CD/LP re-issue included three bonus tracks and the 1998 Rhino Information re-issue mixed, on a single CD, the unique Ray Charles and Betty Carter with the entire Devoted to You.

Observe itemizing

Unique LP launch

“Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” (Cole Porter) – 4:41
“You and I” (Meredith Willson) – 3:28
Intro: “Goodbye”/”We’ll Be Collectively Once more” (Gordon Jenkins)/(Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 3:20
“Individuals Will Say We’re in Love” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:51
“Cocktails for Two” (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:15
“Facet by Facet” (Harry M. Woods, Gus Kahn) – 2:23
“Child, It is Chilly Outdoors” (Frank Loesser) – 4:10
“Collectively” (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 Collectively” (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:45
“Simply You, Simply Me” (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:04

Bonus tracks on 1988 CD/LP re-issue

“However On the Different Hand Child” (Charles, Percy Mayfield) – 3:11
“I By no means See Maggie Alone” (Harry Tilsley, Everett Lynton) – 5:37
“I Wish to Hear It Someday” (Jodie Edwards) – 2:50^[3]

Extra tracks on 1998 Rhino Information re-issue

all 12 tracks from Devoted to You

Personnel

Betty Carter – vocals
Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards

Unique LP tracks

Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
David Fathead Newman – tenor saxophone
Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
Invoice 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 exterior hyperlinks

ABC S 385