Randy Crawford

Randy Crawford (2008)

Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952 in Macon , Georgia ) is an American jazz and soul singer . Along with Ella Fitzgerald , Nina Simone , Aretha Franklin and Dee Dee Bridgewater, she is one of the most successful interpreters of this genre.

biography

Crawford was discovered when she stood out in the church choir for her expressive voice. As a teenager, her father took her on tour through the USA and Europe, where she caused a sensation with her first live appearances in clubs. She had her breakthrough with the band The Crusaders and the soundtrack for the film Sharky's Machine , from which the successful song Street Life originates. The highlights of her career include appearing together with Al Jarreau in 1981 at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the duet with the Italian star Zucchero in the Moscow Kremlin in 1990.

With her warm, varied voice, Crawford has won many followers around the world in over three decades. In the 1980s she was even more successful in Europe than in the USA, with a few singles, especially in Great Britain, she reached high chart positions. Her best-known songs include One Day I'll Fly Away , Almaz and You Might Need Somebody . Her later albums were released on smaller record labels . In 2006 she released the album Feeling Good , on which she was accompanied by Joe Sample , founder of the Crusaders. In 2012 she gave several concerts in Germany with the Joe Sample Trio. Randy Crawford is a committed UNICEF ambassador.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	Now We May Begin	-	-	-	UK10 silver (16 weeks)UK	US180 (7 weeks) US
1981	Secret Combination	-	-	-	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (60 weeks)UK	US71 (19 weeks) US
1982	Windsong	-	-	-	UK7th silver (15 weeks)UK	US148 (10 weeks) US
1983	Nightline	-	-	-	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	US164 (5 weeks) US
1986	Abstract emotions	-	-	CH18 (6 weeks) CH	UK14th silver (10 weeks)UK	US178 (4 weeks) US
1989	Rich and Poor	-	-	CH15th gold (5 weeks)CH	UK63 (1 week) UK	US159 (13 weeks) US
1992	Through the eyes of love	DE57 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH8 (11 weeks) CH	-	-
1993	Don't say it's over	-	-	CH29 (2 weeks) CH	-	-
1995	Naked and True	DE64 (9 weeks) DE	AT38 (9 weeks) AT	CH25 (5 weeks) CH	-	-
1997	Every Kind of Mood - Randy, Randi, Randee	DE70 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
2000	Play mode	DE13 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH26 (12 weeks) CH	-	-
2006	Feeling good	DE44 platinum (8 weeks)DE	-	-	-	-	with Joe Sample

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• 1976: Everything Must Change
• 1977: Miss Randy Crawford
• 1979: Raw Silk
• 2008: No Regrets (with Joe Sample)
• 2012: Live (with Joe Sample, Steve Gadd and Nicklas Sample)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	Miss Randy Crawford - The Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK10 silver (17 weeks)UK	-
1987	The Love Songs	-	-	-	UK27 gold (13 weeks)UK	-
1993	The very best of	-	-	-	UK8 (14 weeks) UK	-
1999	Hits	DE52 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
2000	Love Songs - The Very Best Of	-	-	-	UK22nd silver (4 weeks)UK	-
	The Best of Randy Crawford & Friends	DE42 (6 weeks) DE	AT48 (3 weeks) AT	CH52 (5 weeks) CH	-	-
2005	The Ultimate Collection	-	-	-	UK31 silver (4 weeks)UK	-
2011	The best of	-	-	-	UK7th silver (6 weeks)UK	-

More compilations

• 1982: Pastel Highway (live album)
• 1985: The Very Best Of
• 1990: The Collection
• 1991: The Best of Randy Crawford
• 1996: Best of Randy Crawford
• 2013: Original Album Series (box with 5 CDs)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	Street Life Street Life (The Crusaders Album)	-	-	-	UK5 (11 weeks) UK	US36 (16 weeks) US	The Crusaders with Randy Crawford
1980	Last Night at Danceland Now We May Begin	-	-	-	UK61 (2 weeks) UK	-
	One Day I'll Fly Away Now We May Begin	-	-	-	UK2 silver (11 weeks)UK	-
1981	You Might Need Somebody Secret Combination	-	-	-	UK11 (13 weeks) UK	-
	Rainy Night in Georgia Secret Combination	-	-	-	UK18 (9 weeks) UK	-
	Secret Combination Secret Combination	-	-	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-
1982	Imagine	-	-	-	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	-
	One Hello Windsong	-	-	-	UK48 (4 weeks) UK	-
1983	He Reminds Me Windsong	-	-	-	UK65 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1982
	Give Peace a Chance	-	AT18 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-
	Nightline Nightline	-	-	-	UK51 (5 weeks) UK	-
1984	Taxi dancing	-	-	-	-	US59 (10 weeks) US	Rick Springfield with Randy Crawford
1986	Almaz Abstract Emotions	-	-	-	UK4 (18 weeks) UK	-
1989	Knockin 'on Heaven's Door Rich And Poor	-	-	-	UK77 (5 weeks) UK	-	with Eric Clapton and David Sanborn
1992	Diamante Through The Eyes Of Love	DE20 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (14 weeks) CH	UK44 (7 weeks) UK	-	Zucchero feat. Randy Crawford
1997	Give Me the Night '97	-	-	-	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	-
1998	Wishing on a Star Every Kind Of Mood - Randy, Randi, Randee	DE83 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK90 (1 week) UK	-

More singles

1972: Knock on Wood 1976: I'm Easy 1976: Take It Away from Her (Put It on Me) 1979: Endlessly 1980: Same Old Story (Same Old Song) 1980: Tender Falls the Rain 1981: People Alone 1981: When I Lose My Way 1981: Rio de Janeiro Blue 1982: Your Precious Love (with Al Jarreau and Yellowjackets ) 1982: Look Who's Lonely Now 1982: Your Precious Love (with Al Jarreau) 1983: Why 1986: Higher Than Anyone Can Count 1986: Can't Stand the Pain 1986: Everybody Needs a Little Rain (with Gerard Joling ) 1986: Gettin 'Away with Murder 1986: Desire 1988: The Best of Me (with Egil Eldøen) 1989: Cigarette in the Rain 1989: Wrap-U-Up

1991: Se io fossi un uomo (with Grazia di Michele) 1992: Who's Crying Now 1992: A Lot That You Can Do 1992: Shine 1993: In My Life 1995: Forget Me Nots 1995: Cajun Moon 1995: Give Me the Night 1995: September Morn (with Amii Stewart ) 1997: Are You Sure? 1997: Silence 1998: Captain of Her Heart 1998: Bye Bye 2000: I'll Be Around (Randy Crawford meets Tiefschwarz ) 2000: Unwounded 2000: Merry Go Round 2001: permanent 2006: Rio de Janeiro Blue (with Joe Sample )

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Netherlands
  • 1980: for the album Now We May Begin

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	200,000	musikindustrie.de
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	50,000	nvpi.nl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	8 × silver8th	gold1	platinum1	1,070,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	8 × silver8th	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2

Web links

• Randy Crawford at Allmusic (English)
• Randy Crawford at Discogs (English)
• Information about Randy Crawford (English)
• Complete discography (including cover and all collaborations)
• Randy Crawford at laut.de
• Information on Randy Crawford and Joe Sample at JazzEcho

Individual evidence

1. ^ Who's Right, Who's Wrong
2. ↑ "Imagine"
3. ↑ Overview of the Randy Crawford concerts in Germany in 2012 ( memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 24, 2012
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE Singles DE Albums AT CH UK US1 US2
5. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .