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Infobox musical artist | name = Randy Crawford| image = Randy_Crawford by Stuart Mentiply.jpg| caption =| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Veronica Crawford| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1952|2|18 Macon, Georgia|Macon , Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia , United States | death_date =| origin =| instrument = Human voice|Vocals | genre = Jazz , Rhythm and blues|R& B , disco | occupation = Singing|Singer | years_active = 1970s–present| label = Warner Bros. Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments =Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952, Macon, Georgia|Macon , Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia ) is an United States|American jazz and Rhythm and blues|R& B singing|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 UK Singles Chart|top five hits in the UK, including her 1980 #2 hit, " One Day I'll Fly Away ".
Career
Crawford first performed at club gigs from Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati to Saint-Tropez , but made her name in mid 1970s in New York City|New York , where she sang with jazzmen George Benson and Cannonball Adderley .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 1998 | title= Guinness Rockopedia | edition= 1st | publisher= Guinness Publishing Ltd. | location= London | page= 100 | isbn= 0-85112-072-5 Adderley invited her to sing on his album , Big Man (1975). Crawford sound recording and reproduction|recorded "Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle," record producer|produced by Johnny Bristol , during her short stint on the Fantasy Records|Fantasy record label|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 wikt:transatlantic|transatlantic hit record|hit "Street Life" (1979). This song stayed atop the United States|U.S. jazz record chart|chart for twenty weeks and has since become both a rare groove and disco classic.Citation needed|date=September 2009 It was featured in the soundtrack for the film , '' Sharky's Machine (film)|Sharky's Machine '',cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3979/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Ron Wynn |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=September 8, 2009 and appeared in television advertisement|commercial s in the early 2000s. She moved to Warner Bros. Records|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 (music)|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 music|soul traditional pop music|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 40|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 (music)|crossover success, despite having one of the most readily identifiable human voice|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 (George Benson song)|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 version|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 (United States)|Sundance Channel in the U.S. and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom|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.
Discography
Singles
Most of the following singles charted in various countries.
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Persondata | NAME =Crawford, Randy | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =Crawford, Veronica | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American jazz and Rhythm and blues|R& B singer | DATE OF BIRTH =February 18, 1952 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Macon, Georgia , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Randy Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:African American singers Category:American female singers Category:American jazz singers Category:Brit Award winners Category:People from Macon, Georgia
