You Might Need Somebody - Music

Randy Crawford Born Veronica Crawford February 18 1952 In Macon Georgia USA Is A Jazz And R&B Singer. Crawford First Polished Her Craft At Club Gigs From Cincinnati To St. Tropez But Made Her Name In Mid 1970s In New York Where She Sang With Jazzmen George Benson On His Album "Big Man" 1975 And Cannonball Adderley. She Then Led Jazz Veterans The Crusaders On The Transatlantic Big Hit "Street Life" 1979 . Her Follow Up Solo Efforts Included "'One Day I'll Fly Away" 1980 Grand Prize For Tokyo International Music Festival "'You Might Need Somebody" 1981 And "'Rainy Night In Georgia" 1981 Which All Became Soul Standards. Secret Combination 1981 Stayed On The Billboard Album Chart For 60 Weeks After Which Her Profile Dipped Despite A Return To The Top 10 With "Almaz" In 1986 . Naked And True 1995 Brought Crawford Back To Her Roots It Included Benson's "Give Me The Night" And Confirmed Her Soul Heritage By Featuring Funkadelicists Bootsy Collins Bernie Worrell And The Fred Wesley Horns. But She Enjoyed Her Highest Profile Of The Decade When Rising Starlet Shola Ama Had A Worldwide Hit With A Cover Of " You Might Need Somebody" In 1997. She Still Continues To Make Great R&B Hits And Performs On Various Jazz Festivals Around The World. read less