Randy Crawford Cajun Moon

One of the best from Randy Crawford. Randy Crawford (born Veronica Crawford, February 18, 1952, Macon, Georgia)[1] is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where solo she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100.
Crawford first performed at club gigs from Cincinnati to Saint-Tropez, but made her name in mid 1970s in New York, where she sang with jazzmen George Benson and Cannonball Adderley. Adderley invited her to sing on his album, Big Man (1975)] Crawford recorded "Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle," produced by Johnny Bristol, during her short stint on the Fantasy 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 "Hoping Love Will Last", which was the opening song on side two of the album.
She led R&B veterans The Crusaders on the transatlantic hit "Street Life" (1979).This song stayed atop the U.S. jazz chart for twenty weeks and has since become both a rare groove and disco classic.[citation needed] It was featured in the soundtrack for the film, Sharky's Machine,and appeared in commercials in the early 2000s. She moved to 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 efforts included "One Day I'll Fly Away" (1980); "You Might Need Somebody" (1981); and "Rainy Night in Georgia" (1981); which all became soul 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 Ten with "Almaz" in 1986.[2] She remained with Warner Bros. through to the early 1990s, but was unable to score either a big R&B hit or major crossover success, despite having one of the most readily identifiable voices and distinctive approaches of any contemporary female vocalist.

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[slawdify]

JJ Cale

[SuperHouston1111]

song has soulful meaning

[doc2skate]

Lady Sings The Jazz...

[iHateZoee]

Wow , Im 13 && I Adore Randy Crawford . Thats New (:

[NightinMadrid]

I lived in Louisiana and thats all I can sing is Cajun Moon,fitting for the place,especially Cajun country. My bf thought i was bonkers singing that song all the time!

[fofinho53]

One of my favorits. Sometimes i drive too fast-this song makes me chill behind the wheel.

[skintrade]

Could be a james bond theme!

[MoonDancyr]

Awesome, and I have to add, your playlist is pretty awesome too, thanks!

[MoosicandCritters]

I can truly say, without reservation, that Randy Crawford is the BEST female smooth jazz vocalist there ever was! Thank you for posting this GEM of a song!