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 and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. The vocalist Carmen McRae once remarked, "There's really only one jazz singer – only one: Betty Carter."
Early life
Carter was born in Flint, Michigan, and grew up in Detroit, where her father, James Jones, was the musical director of a Detroit church and her mother, Bessie, was a housewife. As a child, Carter was raised to be extremely independent and to not expect nurturing from her family. Even thirty years after leaving home, Carter was still very aware of and affected by the home life she was raised in, and was quoted saying:
Despite the isolation from her family that Carter felt due to their lack of support, it is possible to attribute her fighting spirit and determination to make it in the music business to this sense of abandonment, leading her to be the legend that she is today. She studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory at the age of fifteen, but did not exceed a modest level of expertise.
Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard
Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard (original title Betty Carter) is a 1970 live album by Betty Carter featuring her performing with her trio at the Village Vanguard. It was Carter's first live album to be released, and the first album issued on her own label, Bet-Car Records. Originally eponymously titled, it was given its present title for its 1993 release on CD by Verve Records.
The track listing and personnel on Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard is very similar to that of the album Finally, Betty Carter, which she recorded six months earlier. However, the original producer of Finally ran off with the master recording, and it remained unreleased until 1975. Carter released At the Village Vanguard on her own label to effectively supplant the stolen album in her discography. Despite the superficial similarities between the two albums, the more intimate setting and Carter's lively interplay with the audience give At the Village Vanguard a very different feel from Finally, which was recorded at the Judson Hall Theatre.
Finally, Betty Carter
Finally, Betty Carter is a live album by Betty Carter. Though it was recorded in 1969, its release was delayed until 1975 because the master recording was stolen. A second album of material recorded from the same concert, Round Midnight, was released the same year.
Track listing
Podcasts:
Betty Carter
ALBUMS
- Ray Charles and Betty Carter released: 2012
- Priceless Jazz Collection released: 1999
- I'm Yours, You're Mine released: 1996
- The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets released: 1996
- Feed the Fire released: 1994
- At the Village Vanguard released: 1993
- Inside Betty Carter released: 1993
- 'Round Midnight released: 1992
- I Can't Help It released: 1992
- It's Not About the Melody released: 1992
- Social Call released: 1990
- Compact Jazz: Betty Carter released: 1990
- Droppin' Things released: 1990
- The Bebop Girl released: 1989
- Look What I Got! released: 1988
- The Audience With Betty Carter released: 1979
- Now It's My Turn released: 1976
- Finally released: 1975
- 'Round Midnight released: 1975
- The Betty Carter Album released: 1972
- The Modern Sound of Betty Carter released: 1960
- Out There With Betty Carter released: 1958
- Betty Carter's Finest Hour released:
- Dedicated to You & Have a Smile With Me released:
- Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant released:
- Ray Charles and Betty Carter & Dedicated to You released:
- The Carmen McRae and Betty Carter Duets released:
- 'Round Midnight (The Roulette Years) released:
- Ray Charles and Betty Carter released:
Priceless Jazz Collection
Released 1999- You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)
- My Reverie
- Babe's Blues
- Blue Bird of Happiness
- You're Getting to be a Habit With Me
- Remember
- Make It Last
- Mean to Me
- By the Bend of the Rivver
- Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)
- But Beautiful
- Stormy Weather (Keep Rainin' All the Time)
- Something Wonderful
- Don't Weep for the Lady
- Foul Play
- At Sundown
- I Don't Want to set the World on Fire
- On the Isle of May
- I Can't Help It
I Can't Help It
Released 1992- I Can't Help It
- By the Bend of the River
- Babe's Blues
- You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
- But Beautiful
- All I've Got
- You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)
- Foul Play
- On the Isle of May
- Make It Last
- The Blue Bird of Happiness
- Something Wonderful
- For You
- What a Little Moonlight Can Do
- Remember
- At Sundown
- Mean to Me
- I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
- On the Alamo
- Jazz (Ain't Nothin' But Soul)
- There's No You
- Stormy Weather (Keep's Rainin' All the Time)
- My Reverie
- Don't Weep for the Lady
Betty Carter's Finest Hour
- You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)
- I Can't Help It
- Babe's Blues
- Medley: I Didn't Know What Time It Was/All the Things You Are/I Could Write a Book
- Tight
- Open The Door (Theme Song)
- The Trolley Song
- I Could Write A Book
- Social Call
- What A Little Moonlight Can Do
- It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- The Good Life
- Droppin' Things
- In The Still Of The Night
Dedicated to You & Have a Smile With Me
- Hardhearted Hannah
- Nancy
- Margie
- Ruby
- Rosetta
- Stella by Starlight
- Chery
- Josephine
- Candy
- Marie
- Diane
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Smack Dab in the Middle
- Feudin' and Fightin'
- Two Ton Tessie
- I Never See Maggie Alone
- Move It on Over
- Ma (She's Making Eyes at Me)
- The Thing
- The Man With the Weird Beard
- The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
- Who Cabes (For Me)
- Without a Song, Part 1
- Without a Song, Part 2
Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant
- Let's Fall in Love
- Social Call
- Run Away
- Frenesi
- Moonlight in Vermont
- Thou Swell
- I Could Write a Book
- Gone With the Wind
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Tell Him I Said Hello
- Can't We Be Friends
- Sneaking Around
- Old Devil Moon
- Willow Weep for Me
- What Is This Thing Called Love
- Threesome
- No Moon at All
- Bryant's Folly
- Get Happy
Ray Charles and Betty Carter & Dedicated to You
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- You and I
- Intro: Goodbye / We'll Be Together Again
- People Will Say We're in Love
- Cocktails for Two
- Side by Side
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Together
- For All We Know
- Takes Two to Tango
- Alone Together
- Just You, Just Me
- Hardhearted Hannah
- Nancy
- Margie
- Ruby
- Rosetta
- Stella by Starlight
- Cherry
- Josephine
- Candy
- Marie
- Diane
- Sweet Georgia Brown
Ray Charles and Betty Carter
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- You and I
- Intro: Goodbye / We'll Be Together Again
- People Will Say We're in Love
- Cocktails for Two
- Side by Side
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Together
- For All We Know
- Takes Two to Tango
- Alone Together
- Just You, Just Me
- But on the Other Hand Baby
- I Never See Maggie Alone
- I Like to Hear It Sometime
- Funny But I Still Love You
- I Wonder Who
- Don't You Know
- What Would I Do Without You
- Lonely Avenue
- I Want to Know
- Leave My Woman Alone
- It's Alright
Born: 1929-05-16
Died: 1998-09-26
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The Audience With Betty Carter
by: Betty CarterOpen the door, dear.
I must get in your heart!
You're making it hard
to be true
So please, come open the door, dear
And then, perhaps, you'll find
you've had me on your mind.
No matter
how you tried to avoid me,
you can't get away so easy
If you will not come to me I'll come
to you
Open the door, please.
Why make me beg and beg?
Why torture me
like this?
Can't you see,
I've got love,
plenty love to give you.
I've got love,
lots of
love to give to you.
I've got love...
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