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{{short description|American jazz and R&B singer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Randy Crawford
| name = Randy Crawford
| image = Randy Crawford by Stuart Mentiply-2.jpg
| image = Randy Crawford by Stuart Mentiply-2.jpg
| caption = Crawford in 2008
| caption = Crawford in 2008
| background = solo_singer
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Veronica Crawford
| birth_name = Veronica Crawford
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|18}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|18}}
| birth_place = [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher=Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page=125}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher=Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page=125}}</ref>
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[disco]], [[smooth jazz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[disco]], [[smooth jazz]]
| occupation = Singer
| occupation = Singer
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 1975–2018
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[MCA Records|MCA]], [[List of Warner Music Group labels#WEA International|WEA]], PRA
| years_active = 1975–present
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[MCA Records|MCA]], [[List of Warner Music Group labels#WEA International|WEA]], PRA
| associated_acts = [[The Crusaders (Houston group)|The Crusaders]]
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'''Veronica''' "'''Randy'''" '''Crawford''' (born February 18, 1952) 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|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] as a solo artist.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> However, she has appeared on the Hot 100 singles chart twice. First, was in 1979 as a guest vocalist on [[The Crusaders (Houston group)|The Crusaders]]'s top 40 hit "[[Street Life (The Crusaders song)|Street Life]]". She also dueted with [[Rick Springfield]] on the song "Taxi Dancing," which hit #59 as the b-side of Springfield's hit "Bop Til You Drop." She has had five [[UK Singles Chart|Top 20 hits]] in the UK, including her 1980 number 2 hit, "[[One Day I'll Fly Away]]", as well as six UK Top 10 albums. Despite her American nationality, she won Best British Female Solo Artist in recognition of her popularity in the UK at the 1982 [[Brit Awards]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/feb/22/brit-awards-winners-list-2012 | title= Brit awards winners list 2012: every winner since 1977 | work=The Guardian | access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> In the late 2000s she received her first two [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominations.
'''Veronica''' "'''Randy'''" '''Crawford''' (born February 18, 1952) is a retired American [[jazz]] and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] as a solo artist.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> However, she has appeared on the Hot 100 singles chart twice. The first time was in 1979 as a guest vocalist on [[The Crusaders (Houston group)|the Crusaders]]' top-40 hit "[[Street Life (The Crusaders song)|Street Life]]". She also dueted with [[Rick Springfield]] on the song "Taxi Dancing", which hit number 59 as the B-side of Springfield's hit "Bop Til You Drop". She has had five [[UK Singles Chart|top-20 hits]] in the UK, including her 1980 number-two hit, "[[One Day I'll Fly Away]]", as well as six UK top-10 albums. Despite her American nationality, she won Best British Female Solo Artist in recognition of her popularity in the UK at the 1982 [[Brit Awards]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/feb/22/brit-awards-winners-list-2012 | title= Brit awards winners list 2012: every winner since 1977 | work= The Guardian | access-date= 7 December 2016 | archive-date= January 5, 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160105143310/http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/feb/22/brit-awards-winners-list-2012 | url-status= live }}</ref> In the late 2000s, she received her first two [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominations.


==Career==
==Career==
Crawford first performed at club gigs from [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] to [[Saint-Tropez]], but made her name in mid 1970s in New York, where she sang with jazzmen [[George Benson]] and [[Cannonball Adderley]].<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia">{{cite book
Crawford first performed at club gigs from [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] to [[Saint-Tropez]], but made her name in the mid-1970s in New York, where she sang with jazzmen [[George Benson]] and [[Cannonball Adderley]].<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia">{{cite book
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She signed with [[Columbia Records]] and released her first single, "Knock On Wood" / "If You Say the Word" in 1972.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PygEAAAAMBAJ|title=Billboard Magazine, Issue 84|issn=0006-2510|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=1972-10-14|access-date=2013-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186932/bio|title=Biography for Randy Crawford (I)|website=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]|access-date=2013-07-15}}</ref> Adderley invited her to sing on his [[album]], ''Big Man: The Legend Of John Henry'' (1975).<ref name="AMG"/> During a brief tenure at [[Columbia Records]], Crawford [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] "Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle".<ref name="AMG"/> She is also one of the vocalists on [[Fred Wesley]] & The Horny Horns' ''A Blow For Me, A Toot To You'' (1977).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-blow-for-me-a-toot-to-you-mw0000602306/credits|title=A Blow for Me, a Toot to You - Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns, Fred Wesley - Credits |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 24, 2017}}</ref>
She signed with [[Columbia Records]] and released her first single, "Knock On Wood" / "If You Say the Word" in 1972.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PygEAAAAMBAJ|title=Billboard Magazine, Issue 84|issn=0006-2510|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=1972-10-14|access-date=2013-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186932/bio|title=Biography for Randy Crawford (I)|website=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]|access-date=2013-07-15|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319172925/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186932/bio|url-status=live}}</ref> Adderley invited her to sing on his [[album]], ''Big Man: The Legend Of John Henry'' (1975).<ref name="AMG"/> During a brief tenure at [[Columbia Records]], Crawford [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] "Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle".<ref name="AMG"/> She is also one of the vocalists on [[Fred Wesley]] & The Horny Horns' ''A Blow For Me, A Toot To You'' (1977).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-blow-for-me-a-toot-to-you-mw0000602306/credits|title=A Blow for Me, a Toot to You – Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns, Fred Wesley – Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 24, 2017|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225092449/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-blow-for-me-a-toot-to-you-mw0000602306/credits|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1978, Crawford sang vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last", the opening song on side two of ''[[Please Don't Touch!]]'', which was the second solo album by the former [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] guitarist [[Steve Hackett]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Phil|last2=Banks|first2=Tony|last3=Gabriel|first3=Peter |author4=Mike Rutheford |author5=Steve Hackett|title=Genesis: Chapter and Verse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCpUT3K-DzcC&pg=RA1-PA186|year=2007|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0312379568|page=186}}</ref>
In 1978, Crawford sang vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last", the opening song on side two of ''[[Please Don't Touch!]]'', which was the second solo album by the former [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] guitarist [[Steve Hackett]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Phil|last2=Banks|first2=Tony|last3=Gabriel|first3=Peter|author4=Mike Rutheford|author5=Steve Hackett|title=Genesis: Chapter and Verse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCpUT3K-DzcC&pg=RA1-PA186|year=2007|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0312379568|page=186|access-date=August 27, 2016|archive-date=January 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112042446/http://books.google.com/books?id=BCpUT3K-DzcC&pg=RA1-PA186|url-status=live}}</ref>


She led R&B veterans [[The Crusaders (Houston group)|the Crusaders]] on the transatlantic hit "[[Street Life (The Crusaders song)|Street Life]]" (1979).<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/><ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=140}}</ref> A specially re-recorded version was featured in the [[soundtrack]] for the films [[Sharky's Machine (film)|''Sharky's Machine'']] and [[Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture|''Jackie Brown'']],<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3979/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by Ron Wynn |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 8, 2009}}</ref> and appeared in [[television advertisement|commercial]]s in the early 2000s. She later recorded for [[Warner Bros. Records]]. Crawford was named the 'Most Outstanding Performer' at the 1980 [[Tokyo Music Festival]].<ref name="AMG"/> Crawford also recorded the love theme ("People Alone") for the film soundtrack of ''[[The Competition (1980 film)|The Competition]]'' on [[MCA Records]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/randy-crawford/people-alone|title=People Alone by Randy Crawford - Songfacts|website=Songfacts.com|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Crawford-Lalo-Schifrin-Love-Theme-The-Competition-People-Alone/release/3226921|title=Randy Crawford / Lalo Schifrin - Love Theme - The Competition (People Alone)|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
She led R&B veterans [[The Crusaders (Houston group)|The Crusaders]] on the transatlantic hit "[[Street Life (The Crusaders song)|Street Life]]" (1979).<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/><ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=140}}</ref> A specially re-recorded version was featured in the [[soundtrack]] for the films [[Sharky's Machine (film)|''Sharky's Machine'']] and [[Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture|''Jackie Brown'']],<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3979/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by Ron Wynn |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 8, 2009}}</ref> and appeared in [[television advertisement|commercial]]s in the early 2000s. She later recorded for [[Warner Bros. Records]]. Crawford was named the 'Most Outstanding Performer' at the 1980 [[Tokyo Music Festival]].<ref name="AMG"/> Crawford also recorded the love theme ("People Alone") for the film soundtrack of ''[[The Competition (1980 film)|The Competition]]'' on [[MCA Records]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/randy-crawford/people-alone|title=People Alone by Randy Crawford – Songfacts|website=Songfacts.com|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184019/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/randy-crawford/people-alone|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Crawford-Lalo-Schifrin-Love-Theme-The-Competition-People-Alone/release/3226921|title=Randy Crawford / Lalo Schifrin – Love Theme – The Competition (People Alone)|website=Discogs.com|date=March 1981 |access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221142111/https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Crawford-Lalo-Schifrin-Love-Theme-The-Competition-People-Alone/release/3226921|url-status=live}}</ref>


Her follow-up [[solo (music)|solo]] efforts included "[[One Day I'll Fly Away]]" (1980) and "[[You Might Need Somebody]]" (1981), which became soul standards, and a cover of the [[Tony Joe White]] song, popularised by [[Brook Benton]], "[[Rainy Night in Georgia]]". The album, ''[[Secret Combination (Randy Crawford 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 (song)|Almaz]]" in 1986.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> In June 1981, Crawford also released another hit, "One Hello", from the album ''Windsong''. She continued to record for Warner Bros through the 1990s, but was unable to score either a big R&B hit or major [[Crossover (music)|crossover]] success.<ref name="AMG"/>
Her follow-up [[solo (music)|solo]] efforts included "[[One Day I'll Fly Away]]" (1980) and "[[You Might Need Somebody]]" (1981), which became soul standards, and a cover of the [[Tony Joe White]] song, popularised by [[Brook Benton]], "[[Rainy Night in Georgia]]". The album, ''[[Secret Combination (Randy Crawford 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 (song)|Almaz]]" in 1986.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> In June 1981, Crawford also released another hit, "One Hello", from the album ''Windsong''. She continued to record for Warner Bros through the 1990s, but was unable to score either a big R&B hit or major [[Crossover (music)|crossover]] success.<ref name="AMG"/>
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''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]] members [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Bernie Worrell]] and the [[Fred Wesley]] Horns.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> 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".<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/>
''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]] members [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Bernie Worrell]] and the [[Fred Wesley]] Horns.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> 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".<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/>


Crawford recorded a live session with [[Joe Sample]] on July 24, 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 US and [[Channel 4]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/live-from-abbey-road-uk/show-8-1107940/|title=Live From Abbey Road: Show 8|website=TV.com|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
Crawford recorded a live session with [[Joe Sample]] on July 24, 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 US and [[Channel 4]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/live-from-abbey-road-uk/show-8-1107940/|title=Live From Abbey Road: Show 8|website=TV.com|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184258/http://www.tv.com/shows/live-from-abbey-road-uk/show-8-1107940/|url-status=live}}</ref>


She has sung with Bootsy Collins, [[Johnny Bristol]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Al Jarreau]], Rick Springfield, [[Katri Helena]], [[Michael Kamen]], [[Zucchero]], [[David Sanborn]], Steve Hackett, the Spanish band [[Presuntos Implicados]], the Norwegian jazz-rock band [[Lava (band)|Lava]] and [[Joe Sample]] amongst others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/randy-crawford-mn0000333573/credits|title=Randy Crawford - Credits - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 23, 2018}}</ref>
She has sung with Bootsy Collins, [[Johnny Bristol]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Al Jarreau]], [[ Rick Springfield]], [[Katri Helena]], [[Michael Kamen]], [[Zucchero]], [[David Sanborn]], Steve Hackett, the Spanish band [[Presuntos Implicados]], the Norwegian jazz-rock band [[Lava (band)|Lava]] and [[Joe Sample]] amongst others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/randy-crawford-mn0000333573/credits|title=Randy Crawford – Credits – AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 23, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023200213/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/randy-crawford-mn0000333573/credits|url-status=live}}</ref>


Randy Crawford was set to perform "The Farewell South Africa" tour in [[Cape Town]] and [[Pretoria]] in October 2018 but it was cancelled due to her suffering a stroke.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randy Crawford's SA farewell concert cancelled due to medical setback|url=https://www.702.co.za/articles/320257/randy-crawford-s-sa-farewell-concert-cancelled-due-to-medical-setback|access-date=2020-11-03|website=702|language=en-ZA}}</ref> This would have been Crawford's final performance prior to retiring.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randy Crawford is coming to South Africa for farewell tour|url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2018-06-12-randy-crawford-is-coming-to-south-africa-for-farewell-tour/|access-date=2020-11-03|website=SowetanLIVE|language=en-ZA}}</ref>
Randy Crawford was set to perform "The Farewell South Africa" tour in [[Cape Town]] and [[Pretoria]] in October 2018 but it was cancelled due to her suffering a stroke.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randy Crawford's SA farewell concert cancelled due to medical setback|url=https://www.702.co.za/articles/320257/randy-crawford-s-sa-farewell-concert-cancelled-due-to-medical-setback|access-date=2020-11-03|website=702|language=en-ZA|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924044526/http://www.702.co.za/articles/320257/randy-crawford-s-sa-farewell-concert-cancelled-due-to-medical-setback|url-status=live}}</ref> This would have been Crawford's final performance prior to retiring.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randy Crawford is coming to South Africa for farewell tour|url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2018-06-12-randy-crawford-is-coming-to-south-africa-for-farewell-tour/|access-date=2020-11-03|website=SowetanLIVE|language=en-ZA|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131034911/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2018-06-12-randy-crawford-is-coming-to-south-africa-for-farewell-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
{{Main|Randy Crawford discography}}
{{Main|Randy Crawford discography}}
* ''[[Everything Must Change]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Everything Must Change (Randy Crawford album)|Everything Must Change]]'' (1976)
* ''Miss Randy Crawford'' (1977)
* ''Miss Randy Crawford'' (1977)
* ''Raw Silk'' (1979)
* ''Raw Silk'' (1979)
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* ''[[Nightline (album)|Nightline]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Nightline (album)|Nightline]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Abstract Emotions]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Abstract Emotions]]'' (1986)
* ''Rich and Poor'' (1989)
* ''[[Rich and Poor (album)|Rich and Poor]]'' (1989)
* ''Through the Eyes of Love'' (1992)
* ''[[Through the Eyes of Love (Randy Crawford album)|Through the Eyes of Love]]'' (1992)
* ''[[The Very Best of Randy Crawford]]'' (1993)
* ''Don't Say It's Over'' (1993)
* ''Don't Say It's Over'' (1993)
* ''Naked and True'' (1995)
* ''[[Naked and True]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Every Kind of Mood — Randy, Randi, Randee]]'' (1997)
* ''Live in Zagreb'' (1995)
* ''Best of Randy Crawford'' (1996)
* ''[[Permanent/Play Mode]]'' (2001)
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* ''Every Kind of Mood: Randy, Randi, Randee'' (1997)
* ''Permanent'' (2000)
* ''Play Mode'' (2001)
* ''Feeling Good'' (2006)
* ''Feeling Good'' (2006)
* ''No Regrets'' (2008)
* ''No Regrets'' (2008)


== Collaboration ==
== Collaboration ==
* 1978 : ''[[Please Don't Touch!]]'' by [[Steve Hackett]] - Lead vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last".
* 1978: ''[[Please Don't Touch!]]'' by [[Steve Hackett]] – Lead vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last".
* 2017: ''Time and the River'' by [[ David Sanborn]] – Lead vocals on “Windmills of my Mind”.


==Awards==
==Awards==
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{{end}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/randy-crawford|title=Randy Crawford|website=Grammy.com|access-date=29 November 2018|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908210736/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/randy-crawford/10974|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Brit Awards===
===Brit Awards===
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002305/Randy-Crawford.html Randy Crawford biography at musicianguide.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090201071317/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/crawford_randy/artist.jhtml Randy Crawford at Vh1] Retrieved 11 April 2023.
* [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/crawford_randy/artist.jhtml Randy Crawford at Vh1]
* {{IMDb name | id = 0186932 | name = Randy Crawford }}
* {{IMDb name | id = 0186932 | name = Randy Crawford }}


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For the American tennis player, see Randy Crawford (tennis).

Randy Crawford
Crawford in 2008
Crawford in 2008
Background information
Birth nameVeronica Crawford
Born (1952-02-18) February 18, 1952 (age 72)
Macon, Georgia, U.S.[1]
GenresJazz, R&B, disco, smooth jazz
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1975–2018
LabelsColumbia, Warner Bros., MCA, WEA, PRA

Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952) is a retired 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.[1] However, she has appeared on the Hot 100 singles chart twice. The first time was in 1979 as a guest vocalist on the Crusaders' top-40 hit "Street Life". She also dueted with Rick Springfield on the song "Taxi Dancing", which hit number 59 as the B-side of Springfield's hit "Bop Til You Drop". She has had five top-20 hits in the UK, including her 1980 number-two hit, "One Day I'll Fly Away", as well as six UK top-10 albums. Despite her American nationality, she won Best British Female Solo Artist in recognition of her popularity in the UK at the 1982 Brit Awards.[2] In the late 2000s, she received her first two Grammy Award nominations.

Career[edit]

Crawford first performed at club gigs from Cincinnati to Saint-Tropez, but made her name in the mid-1970s in New York, where she sang with jazzmen George Benson and Cannonball Adderley.[3] She signed with Columbia Records and released her first single, "Knock On Wood" / "If You Say the Word" in 1972.[4][5] Adderley invited her to sing on his album, Big Man: The Legend Of John Henry (1975).[6] During a brief tenure at Columbia Records, Crawford recorded "Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle".[6] She is also one of the vocalists on Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns' A Blow For Me, A Toot To You (1977).[7]

In 1978, Crawford sang vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last", the opening song on side two of Please Don't Touch!, which was the second solo album by the former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.[8]

She led R&B veterans The Crusaders on the transatlantic hit "Street Life" (1979).[3][9] A specially re-recorded version was featured in the soundtrack for the films Sharky's Machine and Jackie Brown,[6] and appeared in commercials in the early 2000s. She later recorded for Warner Bros. Records. Crawford was named the 'Most Outstanding Performer' at the 1980 Tokyo Music Festival.[6] Crawford also recorded the love theme ("People Alone") for the film soundtrack of The Competition on MCA Records in 1980.[10][11]

Her follow-up solo efforts included "One Day I'll Fly Away" (1980) and "You Might Need Somebody" (1981), which became soul standards, and a cover of the Tony Joe White song, popularised by Brook Benton, "Rainy Night in Georgia". 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.[3] In June 1981, Crawford also released another hit, "One Hello", from the album Windsong. She continued to record for Warner Bros through the 1990s, but was unable to score either a big R&B hit or major crossover success.[6]

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 members Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell and the Fred Wesley Horns.[3] 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".[3]

Crawford recorded a live session with Joe Sample on July 24, 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 US and Channel 4 in the UK.[12]

She has sung with Bootsy Collins, Johnny Bristol, Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau, Rick Springfield, Katri Helena, Michael Kamen, Zucchero, David Sanborn, Steve Hackett, the Spanish band Presuntos Implicados, the Norwegian jazz-rock band Lava and Joe Sample amongst others.[13]

Randy Crawford was set to perform "The Farewell South Africa" tour in Cape Town and Pretoria in October 2018 but it was cancelled due to her suffering a stroke.[14] This would have been Crawford's final performance prior to retiring.[15]

Discography[edit]

Main article: Randy Crawford discography

Collaboration[edit]

Awards[edit]

Grammy Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 "All Night Long" (with Joe Sample) Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
2009 No Regrets (with Joe Sample) Best Jazz Vocal Album Nominated

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Brit Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1982 Randy Crawford Best British Female Solo Artist Won

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 125. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ "Brit awards winners list 2012: every winner since 1977". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Roberts, David (1998). Guinness Rockopedia (1st ed.). London: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 0-85112-072-5.
  4. ^ "Billboard Magazine, Issue 84". Billboard. October 14, 1972. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  5. ^ "Biography for Randy Crawford (I)". IMDb. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Biography by Ron Wynn". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  7. ^ "A Blow for Me, a Toot to You – Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns, Fred Wesley – Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  8. ^ Collins, Phil; Banks, Tony; Gabriel, Peter; Mike Rutheford; Steve Hackett (2007). Genesis: Chapter and Verse. Macmillan. p. 186. ISBN 978-0312379568. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 140.
  10. ^ "People Alone by Randy Crawford – Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  11. ^ "Randy Crawford / Lalo Schifrin – Love Theme – The Competition (People Alone)". Discogs.com. March 1981. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  12. ^ "Live From Abbey Road: Show 8". TV.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "Randy Crawford – Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  14. ^ "Randy Crawford's SA farewell concert cancelled due to medical setback". 702. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "Randy Crawford is coming to South Africa for farewell tour". SowetanLIVE. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  16. ^ "Randy Crawford". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2018.

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