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Randy Crawford (born Veronica Crawford, February 18, 1952, in Macon, Georgia), is a jazz and R&B singer.
Crawford first polished her craft at club gigs from Cincinnati to St. Tropez, but made her name in mid 1970s in New York, where she sang with jazzmen George Benson and Cannonball Adderley.
She then led R&B veterans The Crusaders on the transatlantic big hit “Street Life” (1979). Her follow up solo efforts included “‘One Day I’ll Fly Away” (1980, Grand Prize for Tokyo International Music Festival); “You Might Need Somebody” (1981); and “Rainy Night In Georgia” (1981); which all became soul standards. Secret Combination (1981) stayed on the Billboard album chart for 60 weeks, after which her profile dipped, despite a return to the Top 10 with “Almaz” in (1986).
Naked And True (1995) brought Crawford back to her roots: it included Benson’s “Give Me The Night”, and confirmed her soul heritage by featuring Funkadelicists Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell and The Fred Wesley Horns. But she enjoyed her highest profile of the decade when rising starlet Shola Ama had a worldwide hit with a cover of “You Might Need Somebody” in 1997.
She still continues to make great R&B hits.
Crawford first polished her craft at club gigs from Cincinnati to St. Tropez, but made her name in mid 1970s in New York, where she sang with jazzmen George Benson and Cannonball Adderley.
She then led R&B veterans The Crusaders on the transatlantic big hit “Street Life” (1979). Her follow up solo efforts included “‘One Day I’ll Fly Away” (1980, Grand Prize for Tokyo International Music Festival); “You Might Need Somebody” (1981); and “Rainy Night In Georgia” (1981); which all became soul standards. Secret Combination (1981) stayed on the Billboard album chart for 60 weeks, after which her profile dipped, despite a return to the Top 10 with “Almaz” in (1986).
Naked And True (1995) brought Crawford back to her roots: it included Benson’s “Give Me The Night”, and confirmed her soul heritage by featuring Funkadelicists Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell and The Fred Wesley Horns. But she enjoyed her highest profile of the decade when rising starlet Shola Ama had a worldwide hit with a cover of “You Might Need Somebody” in 1997.
She still continues to make great R&B hits.
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Randy Crawford: Street Life
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Randy Crawford-ALMAZ
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Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia (1981)
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custumers wrote:
I love this singer so much. I got all his albums here http://www.last.fm/music/Randy+Crawford
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sayheyheyhey wrote:
Love Randy? Love divas? Well if you're suffering a rainy night in Georgia, follow the streetlife saying one hello to Divas!, a brand new Last.FM group where you can celebrate the music of the greatest divas in the world - http://www.last.fm/group/Divas%21
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peotech wrote:
Voice of an angel. There has never been, and will never be a voice like this again.
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i love when i get over you
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DocterD wrote:
how i love her cover of imagine from john lennon. always makes me cry :*)
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Unconditional_7 wrote:
Rely DOES
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superstar_ wrote:
one of best female voices on the earth...
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josecharts wrote:
i have just discovered her... thanks to one day i'll fly away and noticed she sings you might need somebody... i wonder if its the same one shola ama did in the 90s
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marttigood wrote:
Music from 80's give people moor dan New Technologis,because people all time knockin on Heaven's Door.
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DocterD wrote:
what a smile :)
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febie wrote:
OMG! what a voice !!!! how did you do that? you suddenly change the tempo
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zygocactus wrote:
Great singer! So underrated...
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hodayathink wrote:
Is it just me, or does she have 2 billion scrobbles? Looks like I've found an error in the database!
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2Serenity wrote:
80s fever - Street Life!!
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magnoz wrote:
Street Life <333
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Colfire wrote:
You Might Need Somebody too!!!
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LilleFluff wrote:
Ooh and the Jackie Brown soundtrack version of Street Life is amazing. I guess I just can't get enough <3
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krisix wrote:
Great soul singer, rainy night in Georgia pretty good too.
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LilleFluff wrote:
No shouts? Oh well. I love [i]Street Life[/i] and [i]One Day I'll Fly Away[/i] since my mother used to play those when i was a little kid.
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