Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Carmen McRae

  • Listeners

    395.1K

  • Scrobbles

    2.6M

  • Listeners

    395.1K

  • Scrobbles

    2.6M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
8 April 1920
Born In
Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Died
10 November 1994 (aged 74)
Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994) was a U.S. jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist. McRae was born in Harlem, New York, on the 8th April 1920, and studied piano as a child. As a teenager she came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings Wilson. Through their influence, one of McRae’s early songs, "Dream of Life", was recorded by Wilson’s longtime collaborator Billie Holiday. By the late 1940s she was well known among the modern jazz musicians who gathered at Minton's Playhouse, Harlem’s most famous jazz club, where she was the intermi… read more
Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994) was a U.S. jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist. McRae was born in Harlem, New York, on the 8th April 1920, and studied piano as a child. As a teenager she came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings Wilson. Through their … read more
Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994) was a U.S. jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist. McRae was born in Harlem, New York, on the 8th April 1920, and studied piano as a child. As a teenager she came to the attention of Teddy Wilson and his wife, the composer Irene Kitchings Wilson. Through their influence, one of McRae’s early songs, "Dream of Life", was re… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Chris Connor

  2. Avatar for Helen Merrill

  3. Avatar for Anita O'Day
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Take Five (with The Dave Brubeck Quartet) - Single Version Take Five (with The Dave Brubeck Quartet) - Single Version
  • Loading
 100 listeners
2 Here To Stay I'll Remember April
  • Loading
 97 listeners
3 Play track Sings Great American Songwriters Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
  • Loading
 63 listeners
4 Play track People Get Ready The Sound Of Silence
  • Loading
 54 listeners
5 Play track Atlantic Jazz - Great Moments In Jazz Just A Little Lovin'
  • Loading
 54 listeners
6 Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics Them There Eyes
  • Loading
 53 listeners
7 Play track Carmen McRae's Finest Hour Whatever Lola Wants
  • Loading
 35 listeners
8 Play track Sings Great American Songwriters Blue Moon
  • Loading
 34 listeners
9 Sings Great American Songwriters When I Fall In Love
  • Loading
 32 listeners
10 Play track How Long Has This Been Going On - MJ Cole Remix How Long Has This Been Going On - MJ Cole Remix
  • Loading
 32 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 96,338 listeners

    1 Jan 1993 · 20 tracks

    Sings Great American Songwriters
    • Loading

  2. 60,811 listeners

    1986 · 19 tracks

    Velvet Soul
    • Loading

  3. 38,852 listeners

    1 Jan 2000 · 19 tracks

    Carmen McRae's Finest Hour
    • Loading

  4. 27,485 listeners

    1 Jan 1968 · 12 tracks

    The Sound Of Silence
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
190
168
135
162
172
162
174
170
193
178
164
165
154
167
159
148
146
164
167
163
150
164
155
178
168
181
174
164
162
184
160
174
169
188
172
162
171
159
172
140
162
167
178
168
165
177
186
154
187
161
160
167
169
169
160
162
146
154
156
155
159
179
160
169
171
140
165
159
142
147
164
151
163
144
141
144
154
151
146
163
153
158
139
150
136
147
154
145
157
147
148
143
156
141
155
141
120
139
127
151
153
164
157
148
171
147
150
149
155
147
134
153
172
156
142
160
142
141
164
149
148
142
143
166
145
161
157
167
164
169
163
132
152
141
143
156
157
145
140
149
152
153
151
153
151
136
149
152
158
147
157
154
165
182
152
178
151
171
160
166
170
141
159
161
146
171
138
149
149
140
168
160
132
160
162
175
157
174
166
169
138
149

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 108,144 listeners

    Avatar for Chris Connor

  2. 161,097 listeners

    Avatar for Helen Merrill

  3. 424,569 listeners

    Avatar for Anita O'Day

  4. 1,000,434 listeners

    Avatar for Sarah Vaughan

  5. 397,997 listeners

    Avatar for Lena Horne

  6. 1,002,625 listeners

    Avatar for Dinah Washington

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls