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Original albums, 1950s

Carmen McRae, Bethlehem.1954. Reissued on CD in 1994 by Bethlehem.

A Foggy Day, Stardust LP (with Ivie Anderson) 1955.

By Special Request, Decca, 1955. Reissued on CD, Here To Stay, 1992.

Torchy
, Decca, 1955. Reissued on CD by MCA in 1999 with Blue Moon

Blue Moon, Decca, 1956, Reissued on CD by MCA in 1999 with Torchy.

Boy Meets Girl, Decca,1957 with Sammy Davis, Jr. Reissued on CD Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen McRae on Decca, 2005.

After Glow, Decca, Recorded in 1957. Reissued on CD Carmen McRae and Ray Bryant, 2005

Mad About the Man, Decca, 1957. Reissued on CD Carmen McRae and Ray Bryant, 2005

Carmen for Cool Ones, Decca, 1957.

Porgy and Bess, 1958 (under Sammy Davis, Jr.’s name). Reissued on CD Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen McRae on Decca, 2005.

Birds of a Feather, Decca, 1958.

Book of Ballads
, Kapp, recorded in 1958.

When You’re Away
, Kapp, 1959.

Something to Swing About, Kapp, 1959. Reissued on CD, Here To Stay, 1992.

Original albums, 1960s

Original albums, 1970s

Original albums, 1980s

Later releases, 1990s


BLUE MOON
LABEL: Decca
YEAR: 1958
NO. DL 8347 LP
MUSICIANS: Tadd Dameron Orchestra (Side One, tracks 1, 3, 5, 6)
Jimmy Mundy Orchestra (all other tracks)

LINER NOTES: NA

SIDE ONE:
1. Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 2:35
2. My Foolish Heart (Victor Young, Ned Washington,) 3:
3. I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 2:49
4. Summer Is Gone (D. Costa, J. Raker) 3:27
5. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket (Irving Berlin) 2:24
6. Nowhere (Joe Mooney) 2:45

SIDE TWO
1. Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman,
Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols) 3:23
2. Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) 3:37
3. Even If It Breaks My Heart (D. Carter, B. Henry) 2:35
4. Laughing Boy (Jack Segal) 3:01
5. Lilacs in the Rain (Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish) 2:52
6. All This Could Lead to Love (M. Lowe ,W. Bishop Sr.) 3:12


 

 










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