Randy Crawford
Encyclopedia
Randy Crawford is an American
jazz
and R&B
singer. She has been more successful in Europe
than in the United States
, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100
as a solo artist. She has had multiple top five hits
in the UK, including her 1980 #2 hit, "One Day I'll Fly Away
".
to Saint-Tropez
, but made her name in mid 1970s in New York
, where she sang with jazzmen George Benson
and Cannonball Adderley. Adderley invited her to sing on his album
, Big Man (1975). Crawford recorded
"Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle," produced
by Johnny Bristol
, during her short stint on the Fantasy
label
.
In 1978 former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett had Crawford perform on his second solo album Please Don't Touch
. Hackett discovered Crawford in a Chicago club and was so impressed that he had her sing vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last", the opening song on side two of the album. "I first saw her playing at Park West in Chicago where she was supporting Jaco Pastorius
. I was impressed by her agile vocal style and poignant tone", Hackett said in a July 7, 2010 email interview for this Wikipedia entry.
She led R&B veterans The Crusaders
on the transatlantic hit
"Street Life" (1979). This song
stayed atop the U.S.
jazz chart
for twenty weeks and has since become both a rare groove
and disco
classic. It was featured in the soundtrack
for the film
, Sharky's Machine
, and appeared in commercial
s in the early 2000s. She moved to Warner Bros.
and after "Street Life," recorded and toured Europe with the Crusaders. Crawford was named the 'Most Outstanding Performer' at the 1980 Tokyo Music Festival
.
Her follow-up solo
efforts included "One Day I'll Fly Away
" (1980); "You Might Need Somebody" (1981); and "Rainy Night in Georgia
" (1981); which all became soul
standards
. The album, Secret Combination (1981) stayed on the UK Albums Chart
for sixty weeks, after which her profile dipped, despite a return to the UK Top Ten with "Almaz" in 1986. She remained with Warner Bros. through to the early 1990s, but was unable to score either a big R&B hit or major crossover
success, despite having one of the most readily identifiable voices
and distinctive approaches of any contemporary female vocalist.
Naked And True (1995) brought Crawford back to her roots: it included George Benson
's "Give Me the Night", and confirmed her soul heritage by featuring Funkadelic
ists Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
and the Fred Wesley
Horns. She enjoyed her highest profile of the decade when rising starlet, Shola Ama
, had a worldwide hit with her 1997 cover
of "You Might Need Somebody".
Crawford recorded a live session with Joe Sample
on 24 July 2007 at Abbey Road Studios
for Live from Abbey Road
. The episode she shared with David Gilmour
and Amos Lee
was screened on the Sundance Channel in the U.S. and Channel 4
in the UK
.
She has sung with Bootsy Collins
, Johnny Bristol
, Quincy Jones
, Al Jarreau
, Rick Springfield
, Steve Hackett
, and Joe Sample
amongst others. The soundtrack of The Competition, entitled "People Alone", was revived by Filipina singer Jamie Rivera
in 1999.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
singer. She has been more successful in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
than in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
as a solo artist. She has had multiple top five hits
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in the UK, including her 1980 #2 hit, "One Day I'll Fly Away
One Day I'll Fly Away
"One Day I'll Fly Away" is a song with music by Joe Sample and words by Will Jennings, performed by Randy Crawford and released in 1980.Joe Sample created the chorus based on Impromptus, D...
".
Career
Crawford first performed at club gigs from CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
to Saint-Tropez
Saint-Tropez
Saint-Tropez is a town, 104 km to the east of Marseille, in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. It is also the principal town in the canton of Saint-Tropez....
, but made her name in mid 1970s in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where she sang with jazzmen George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
and Cannonball Adderley. Adderley invited her to sing on his album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Big Man (1975). Crawford recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
"Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle," produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
by Johnny Bristol
Johnny Bristol
Johnny Bristol , was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
, during her short stint on the Fantasy
Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
.
In 1978 former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett had Crawford perform on his second solo album Please Don't Touch
Please Don't Touch
Please Don't Touch! is the second solo album by English guitarist Steve Hackett, and his first after leaving Genesis in 1977.The album featured several guests including R&B singer Randy Crawford, American folk icon Richie Havens, the drummer and vocalist for the progressive rock band Kansas , Frank...
. Hackett discovered Crawford in a Chicago club and was so impressed that he had her sing vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last", the opening song on side two of the album. "I first saw her playing at Park West in Chicago where she was supporting Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
. I was impressed by her agile vocal style and poignant tone", Hackett said in a July 7, 2010 email interview for this Wikipedia entry.
She led R&B veterans The Crusaders
The Crusaders
The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
on the transatlantic hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
"Street Life" (1979). This song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
stayed atop the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
for twenty weeks and has since become both a rare groove
Rare groove
Rare groove is defined as very hard to source or relatively obscure soul or jazz music. Rare groove is primarily associated with funk, jazz and pop, but is also connected to sub-genres including jazz fusion, Latin jazz, soul, R&B, northern soul, and disco. Vinyl records that fall into this...
and disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
classic. It was featured in the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for the film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Sharky's Machine
Sharky's Machine (film)
Sharky's Machine is a 1981 motion picture directed by Burt Reynolds, who stars in the title role. The movie is an adaptation of William Diehl's first novel Sharky's Machine , with a screenplay by Gerald Di Pego....
, and appeared in commercial
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
s in the early 2000s. She moved to Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
and after "Street Life," recorded and toured Europe with the Crusaders. Crawford was named the 'Most Outstanding Performer' at the 1980 Tokyo Music Festival
Tokyo Music Festival
The Tokyo Music Festival was an international music contest that ran from 1972 to 1991. It was organised by the Tokyo Music Festival Association...
.
Her follow-up solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
efforts included "One Day I'll Fly Away
One Day I'll Fly Away
"One Day I'll Fly Away" is a song with music by Joe Sample and words by Will Jennings, performed by Randy Crawford and released in 1980.Joe Sample created the chorus based on Impromptus, D...
" (1980); "You Might Need Somebody" (1981); and "Rainy Night in Georgia
Rainy Night in Georgia
"Rainy Night in Georgia" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970.In 1969, after several years without a major hit, Benton had signed to a new record label, Cotillion Records...
" (1981); which all became soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
standards
Traditional pop music
Traditional pop or classic pop or standards music denotes, in general, Western popular music that either wholly predates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s, or to any popular music which exists concurrently to rock and roll but originated in a time before the appearance of rock and roll,...
. The album, Secret Combination (1981) stayed on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
for sixty weeks, after which her profile dipped, despite a return to the UK Top Ten with "Almaz" in 1986. She remained with Warner Bros. through to the early 1990s, but was unable to score either a big R&B hit or major crossover
Crossover (music)
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical tastes, or genres...
success, despite having one of the most readily identifiable voices
Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
and distinctive approaches of any contemporary female vocalist.
Naked And True (1995) brought Crawford back to her roots: it included George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
's "Give Me the Night", and confirmed her soul heritage by featuring Funkadelic
Funkadelic
Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
ists Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell
George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
and the Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
Horns. She enjoyed her highest profile of the decade when rising starlet, Shola Ama
Shola Ama
Shola Ama is an English singer who scored her biggest hit in 1997 with a cover of Turley Richards' "You Might Need Somebody".-Early life and career:...
, had a worldwide hit with her 1997 cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "You Might Need Somebody".
Crawford recorded a live session with Joe Sample
Joe Sample
Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
on 24 July 2007 at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
for Live from Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season 4 was filmed in 2011...
. The episode she shared with David Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
and Amos Lee
Amos Lee
Amos Lee is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock and soul. Lee has four albums on Blue Note Records and has toured as an opening act for Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Van Morrison, John Prine, Dave Matthews Band and Adele. In...
was screened on the Sundance Channel in the U.S. and Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
She has sung with Bootsy Collins
Bootsy Collins
William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
, Johnny Bristol
Johnny Bristol
Johnny Bristol , was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
Alwin "Al" Lopez Jarreau is a seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz singer.- Background :Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, the fifth of six children. His web site refers to Reservoir, Inc., the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-Day Adventist Church minister and singer, and...
, Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...
, Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
, and Joe Sample
Joe Sample
Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
amongst others. The soundtrack of The Competition, entitled "People Alone", was revived by Filipina singer Jamie Rivera
Jamie Rivera
Jamie Rivera is a pop singer from the Philippines. She was born Mary Jane C. Mendoza on August 29. She graduated from University of Santo Tomas.-Singles:*Heal Our Land...
in 1999.
Singles
Most of the following singles charted in various countries.| Year | Song title | U.S. R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... | NL Top 40 | SE Top 20 | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Street Life" - with The Crusaders The Crusaders The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a... |
17, 36 Pop | 5 | 13 | 8 | Street Life |
| 1980 | "Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" | 34 | - | 23 | - | Now We May Begin |
| "Last Night at Danceland" | 68 | 61 | - | - | ||
| "One Day I'll Fly Away One Day I'll Fly Away "One Day I'll Fly Away" is a song with music by Joe Sample and words by Will Jennings, performed by Randy Crawford and released in 1980.Joe Sample created the chorus based on Impromptus, D... " |
- | 2 | 1 | - | ||
| 1981 | "People Alone" (Love Theme from The Competition The Competition (film) The Competition is a 1980 American drama film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving, directed by Joel Oliansky.-Plot:Paul Dietrich is an extremely gifted but disillusioned classical pianist, running out of time to prove himself... ) |
- | - | 25 | - | The Competition |
| "When I Lose My Way" | 58 | - | - | - | Secret Combination | |
| "You Might Need Somebody" | - | 11 | - | - | ||
| "Rainy Night in Georgia Rainy Night in Georgia "Rainy Night in Georgia" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970.In 1969, after several years without a major hit, Benton had signed to a new record label, Cotillion Records... " |
- | 18 | 17 | - | ||
| "Secret Combination" | 70 | 48 | - | - | ||
| 1982 | "Imagine Imagine (song) "Imagine" is a song written and performed by the English musician John Lennon. It is the opening track on his album Imagine, released in 1971... " (Live) - with the Yellowjackets Yellowjackets Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz quartet.-History:The original group, called The Robben Ford Group, was formed in 1977, and consisted of Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Lawson, all top-notch L.A. session musicians... |
69,108 BUB UNDER | 60 | - | 15 | Casino Lights |
| "One Hello" | 50,110 BUB UNDER | 48 | 35 | - | Windsong | |
| "Look Who's Lonely Now" | 68 | - | - | - | ||
| "Your Precious Love" (Live) - with Al Jarreau Al Jarreau Alwin "Al" Lopez Jarreau is a seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz singer.- Background :Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, the fifth of six children. His web site refers to Reservoir, Inc., the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-Day Adventist Church minister and singer, and... |
16,102 BUB UNDER | - | - | - | Casino Lights | |
| "Give Peace a Chance Give Peace a Chance "Give Peace a Chance" is a song written by John Lennon, originally under the moniker Lennon–McCartney, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 13 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1809 in the United States. It is the first solo single issued by Lennon, and... " (Live) |
- | - | - | 6 | Windsong | |
| 1983 | "He Reminds Me" | - | 65 | - | - | |
| "Nightline" | 91 | 51 | 19 | 15 | Nightline | |
| 1984 | "Taxi Dancing" - with Rick Springfield Rick Springfield Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States... |
58 POP, 16 A/C | - | - | - | |
| 1986 | "Can't Stand the Pain" | 58 | - | - | - | Abstract Emotions |
| "Desire" | 90 | - | - | - | ||
| "Almaz" | - | 4 | - | - | ||
| 1989 | "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - featuring Eric Clapton Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and... and David Sanborn David Sanborn David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school... |
4 | 77 | 10 | - | Rich and Poor |
| 1990 | "Wrap-U-Up" | 15 | - | - | - | |
| "I Don't Feel Much Like Crying" | 16 | - | - | - | ||
| "Cigarette in the Rain" | 38 | - | - | - | ||
| 1992 | "Diamante" (with Zucchero Zucchero Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the... ) |
- | 44 | - | - | Through the Eyes of Love |
| "Who's Crying Now Who's Crying Now "Who's Crying Now" is a song recorded by the American rock band Journey. It was written by Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry. It was released in 1981 as the first single from Escape and reached #4 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts... " - featuring Joe Sample Joe Sample Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano... |
30 | - | - | - | ||
| "A Lot That You Can Do A Lot That You Can Do "A Lot That You Can Do" is a song by Randy Crawford, written by German composer team Klarmann/Weber and produced by Michael Powell.Released in 1992 the song unexpectedly hit the American R&B Billboard Charts #74, the R&B Album charts #51 and the Contemporary Jazz Album charts #8.... " |
74 | - | - | - | ||
| 1995 | "Forget Me Nots" | - | - | - | - | |
| 1996 | "Give Me the Night" | 47 | 60 | - | - | Naked and True |
| "Cajun Moon" | 65 | - | - | - | ||
| 1998 | "Bye Bye" | - | - | - | - | Every Kind of Mood: Randy, Randi, Randee |
| "Silence" | 76 | - | - | - | ||
| "Wishing on a Star" | - | - | - | - |
Albums
- Everything Must Change (1976)
- Miss Randy Crawford (1977)
- Raw Silk (1979)
- Now We May Begin (1980)
- Secret Combination (1981)
- Windsong (1982)
- Nightline (1983)
- Abstract Emotions (1986)
- Rich and Poor (1989)
- Through the Eyes of Love (1992)
- Don't Say It's Over (1993)
- Naked and True (1995)
- Every Kind of Mood: Randy, Randi, Randee (1997)
- Play Mode (aka Permanent) (2000)
- Feeling GoodFeeling Good"Feeling Good" is a song written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd starring Cy Grant, who sang the original version of the song...
(with Joe SampleJoe SampleJoseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
) (2006) - No RegretsNo Regrets"No Regrets" is a single by Robbie Williams from 1998. It was released as the second single released from I've Been Expecting You. It became another top five hit for Williams in the United Kingdom...
(with Joe SampleJoe SampleJoseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
) (2008)
Compilation albums
- The CompetitionThe Competition (film)The Competition is a 1980 American drama film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving, directed by Joel Oliansky.-Plot:Paul Dietrich is an extremely gifted but disillusioned classical pianist, running out of time to prove himself...
(1980, soundtrackSoundtrackA soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
, OscarAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
nominated theme song "People Alone") - Sharky's Machine (1981 soundtrack, new version of "Street Life")
- Greatest Hits (1984)
- WildcatsWildcats (film)Wildcats is a 1986 film starring Goldie Hawn and costarring Jan Hooks and Swoosie Kurtz. It is the film debut of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. They also appeared together in White Men Can't Jump and Money Train...
(1986 soundtrack, song "Don't Wanna Be Normal") - Love Songs (1987)
- The Very Best of Randy Crawford (1993)
- Best of Randy Crawford (1996)
- Jackie BrownJackie Brown (film)Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch by American novelist Elmore Leonard and pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films....
(1997, soundtrack, "Street Life" - Sharky's Machine newer version) - Best of Randy Crawford and Friends (2000)
- Love Songs: The Very Best of Randy Crawford (2000)
- Hits (2002)
- The Ultimate Collection (2005)
- Pop-Jazz Volume One (2006)
- The Best of Randy Crawford (2011)
Guest appearances
- "Hoping Love Will Last", on Steve HackettSteve HackettStephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
's album, Please Don't TouchPlease Don't TouchPlease Don't Touch! is the second solo album by English guitarist Steve Hackett, and his first after leaving Genesis in 1977.The album featured several guests including R&B singer Randy Crawford, American folk icon Richie Havens, the drummer and vocalist for the progressive rock band Kansas , Frank...
. - "Come Il Sole All'improvviso" and "Imagine" on ZuccheroZuccheroAdelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the...
's album, Zucchero Live at the Kremlin. - "Taxi Dancing", on Rick SpringfieldRick SpringfieldRick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States...
's album, Hard to HoldHard to HoldHard to Hold is an album released by Rick Springfield in 1984 as the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The single "Love Somebody" reach #5 on the US Hot Singles chart.The Album was originally released on RCA-Victor as ABL1-4935.-Track listing:...
. - "Fallen", on Presuntos ImplicadosPresuntos ImplicadosPresuntos Implicados is a Spanish pop band, created in March 1983 in Yecla, Murcia.- About the band :The band was originally composed of the siblings Sole and Juan Luis Giménez, and their friend Pablo Gómez. In the same year 1983, they won a radio contest and their first recording, Danzad, Danzad...
' live album, La Noche