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Carmen Mcrae

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 150,006

195
Decades
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  76
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  204
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  159
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  285
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  5,509
- 2000s
  
  of 10,561
  
  0
Genres
- Broadway & Vocalists
  
  of 240
  
  15
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  91
- Pop
  
  of 13,662
  
  823

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1950s

2.3420

1960s

2.4162

1970s

2.5469

1980s

2.4956

1990s

1.2552

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Carmen Mcrae is ranked overall as 3.0365 out of 4 stars

3.0365

Carmen Mcrae Biography

Formed:

April 1920

Disbanded:

November 1994

Genres:

Broadway & Vocalists, Classical, Classic Rock, Jazz, Miscellaneous, Pop, R&B & Soul

Labels:

Acrobat/city Hall, Allegro Corporation, Atlantic/q Records, Bmg Heritage/sbme, Capitol/emi/sbk/chrysalis, Cbs/epic/wtg Records, Charly Records, Classic World Productions Inc., Collectables Records, Concord Jazz/universal, Drg Records, Ember (tko Magnum), Empire Music Group, Fine Tune, Galaxy Sound If Jazz

History:

Carmen McRae always had a nice voice (if not on the impossible level of an Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan) but it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretations of lyrics that made her most memorable. She studied piano early on and had her first important job singing with Benny Carter's big band (1944) but it would be another decade before her career really had much momentum. McRae married and divorced Kenny Clarke in the 1940s, worked with Count Basie (briefly) and Mercer ...more

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