Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Together [HD]

Ray Charles and Betty Carter sing 'Together' from their 1961 ABC-Paramount album 'Ray Charles and Betty Carter'. The lyrics are below with comments about the song and album.

[Vinyl/11-Images/WAV]

Together (Singers: Ray Charles and Betty Carter)

We strolled the lane together
Laughed at the rain together
Sang love's refrain together
And we both pretend
It would never end

One day we cried together
Cast love aside together
Oh, you're gone from me
But in my memory
We'll always be like one

One day we cried together
Cast love aside together
Oh, you're gone from me
But in my memory
We'll always be like one

Songwriters: Ray Henderson (Music), Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown (Lyrics)
[Lyrics transcribed from song audio]

Album 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 - United Studios, Hollywood on June 13–14, 1961.

Wikipedia states:

"Together" is a 1928 popular song with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. The most popular 1928 recording of the song, by Paul Whiteman, with Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, was a #1 hit for two weeks.

The song was included in a 1944 movie, Since You Went Away. This gave rise to a revival of the song, and it was recorded by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest in a duet. Their recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 23349. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on October 5, 1944 and lasted 10 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3. This recording was paired on a single with "It Had to Be You," a #4 hit, producing a big two-sided hit.

"Together" became a Top Ten hit in the summer of 1961 via a recording by Connie Francis cut in New York City on 3 June 1961 with Cliff Parman acting as arranger and conductor. After focusing on new material for her recent singles releases, Francis with "Together" reverted to the mode of remaking traditional pop songs which had provided her with her biggest hits in the 1950s.

"Together" was the title cut for a 1964 collaborative album by Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells which - apart from the original songs "Once Upon a Time" and "What's the Matter with You Baby" released as a single- consisted of remakes of traditional pop songs. "Together" was also the title cut of a 1976 Anne Murray album. See Together (Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells album); Together (Anne Murray album).

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.