Randy Crawford has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist.
10 Facts About Randy Crawford
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Randy Crawford 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".
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Randy Crawford 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.
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Randy Crawford was named the 'Most Outstanding Performer' at the 1980 Tokyo Music Festival.
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Randy Crawford recorded the love theme for the film soundtrack of The Competition on MCA Records in 1980.
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In June 1981, Randy Crawford released another hit, "One Hello", from the album Windsong.
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Randy Crawford 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".
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Randy Crawford recorded a live session with Joe Sample on July 24,2007, at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road.
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Randy Crawford 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.
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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.