title: Ray Charles and Betty Carter
text: # 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
  