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Cafe Songbook Performer Index
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For performers with last names beginning with "R," scroll the table below. For others, click the appropriate letter(s): A \|\| B \|\| C \|\| D \|\| E \|\| F \|\| G \|\| H \|\| I-J \|\| K \|\| L \|\| Ma - Mc \|\| Me-My N-O \|\| P-Q \|\| Sa-Sim \|\| Sinatra \|\| Sk-Sy \|\| T \|\| U-V \|\| W \|\| X-Y-Z
Performer	Featured Album (or artist photo)	Performance(s) on Cafe Songbook (Click song title to visit Cafe Songbook page with performance on album and/or video.)
Monica Ramey (jazz vocalist best known for her work with the Beegie Adiar Trio)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	You Hit the Spot
Sue Raney (born June 18, 1940 -- Los Angeles based jazz singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All by Myself It's Magic Thanks for the Memory (album title on Rainger page) You'll Never Know
Kenny Rankin (born New York City February 10, 1940 - died June 7, 2009 -- Los Angeles based jazz and pop singer and songwriter)	Amazon	Come Rain or Come Shine I Could Write a Book The Way You Look Tonight
Jack Raymond		I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
Gene Raymond (born Raymond Guion August 13, 1908, New York City - died May 3, 1998 (age 89) Los Angeles, California, US -- Hollywood actor, singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All I Do Is Dream of You (also on songwriter page for Arthur Freed).
Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian, August 26, 1949 -- singer musician -- blues, jazz and old-timey musician, singer, arranger)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All I Do Is Dream of You When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Dizzy Reece (born Alphonso Son Reece Jamaica, January 5, 1931 -- jazz trumpeter)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	I Had the Craziest Dream
Ed Reed (Born February 2, 1929 American jazz and blues singer based in San Francisco Bay area)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All My Tomorrows
Dianne Reeves (born October 23, 1956, Detroit, Michigan -- jazz singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Fascinating Rhythm I Got It Bad (and that ain't good) Lullaby of Broadway Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise You Go to My Head
Django Reinhardt (Born January 23, 1910, Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium - died May 16, 1953 (aged 43) Fontainebleau, France -- Jazz guitarist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	It's Only a Paper Moon Oh, Lady, Be Good!
Joshua Redman (Born: February 1, 1969, Berkeley, CA, American jazz saxophonist and composer)	Amazon	The Folks Who Live on the Hill
Debbie Reynolds (born Mary Frances Reynolds, April 1, 1932, El Paso, Texas, US -- actress, singer, dancer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All I Do Is Dream of You Good Morning You Are My Lucky Star (with Gene Kelly) You Made Me Love You
Rita Reys (b.December 21, 1924, Rotterdam, Netherlands - died July 28, 2013, Breukelen, Netherlands), Dutch jazz singer	Amazon	Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
The Ritz Brothers (brothers comedy-dance team in vaudeville and movies -- active 1920's through 1960s)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	He Ain't Got Rhythm
Ginger Rogers (Born Virginia Katherine McMath, July 16, 1911, Independence, Missouri, US - died April 25, 1995, age 83, Rancho Mirage, California -- actress, singer and dancer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	A Fine Romance (with Fred Astaire) Let's Call the Whole Thing Off They All Laughed The Way You Look Tonight
Shorty Rogers (b. April 14, 1924, Great Barrington, Mssachusssets, US - d. November 7, 1994, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, US, American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player)	Amazon	Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
Sonny Rollins (born Theodore Walter Rollins, September 7, 1930, New York City -- Saxophonist, composer, bandleader)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	My Old Flame (with Miles Davis) The Way You Look Tonight Where or When
Lina Romay (b. January 16, 1919, New York City, Died: December 17, 2010, died Pasadena, CA, US, Mexican-American singer, actress)	no photo available	Let's Get Lost
Linda Ronstadt (born Linda Marie Ronstadt July 15, 1946 -- rock, folk-rock, standards singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered My Funny Valentine My Old Flame Someone To Watch Over Me What'll I Do?
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr., September 23, 1920, Brooklyn, New York -- actor, singer, dancer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	I Wish I Were in Love Again (with Judy Garland)
Ted Rosenthal (born Great Neck, Long Island, New York 1959 -- jazz pianist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Renee Rosnes (born Irene Louise Rosnes, March 1962, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada -- jazz pianist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Wait Till You See Her
Annie Ross (born 25 July 1930, London --jazz singer, actress)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	This Time the Dream's on Me You're Nearer
Emmy Rossum (born Emmanuelle Grey Rossum, September 12, 1986, New York City -- singer, songwriter, actress)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	These Foolish Things
Jimmy Rushing (born James Andrew Rushing, August 26, 1901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US - died June 8, 1972, age 70, New York City -- jazz and blues singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Ain't Misbehavin' (with Dave Brubeck) All by Myself (with Dave Brubeck)
Connie Russell (born May 9, 1923, New York City - died December 18, 1990 (age 67) -- singer and actress)	Amazon	Fascinating Rhythm

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