Decca released her first album as lead, “Carmen McRae,” in 1954 which led to Down Beat Magazine voting her "Best new female vocalist of 1954," a year when there was plenty of competition for that slot ...

The legendary Carmen McRae would have turned 102 this month, and we're giving one of her best LPs a spin this week in our Classic Album series. Recorded in the late '80s, McRae hit the studio to ...

Carmen and Betty's influence started to fade. Yet they stayed true to their respective styles - and both McRae and Carter made comebacks - producing some of their finest albums during their later ...

On this program, we’ll explore those early years for McRae, focusing on her many albums for Decca Records in the late 1950s. Carmen McRae in March 1957 with the Rodgers and Hart song “My Funny ...

Singer Christine Tobin joins Alyn Shipton to pick the highlights from the more than 60 albums that McRae made before her death in 1994. Composer: Mercer Performers: Carmen McRae (vocals), Ben ...