Carson signed with
RCA Victor in 1949. The initial several records she cut for the label failed to sell but the success of
Eileen Barton's novelty hit "
If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake" prompted RCA to try a similar recording for her. Her recording of "Candy and Cake" was backed with "
My Foolish Heart" and the record became a rare two-sided hit. Follow-up records failed to sell and Carson was dropped from RCA in 1952. Carson then went to
Columbia Records, and her duet with
Guy Mitchell, "Cause I Love You That's-A-Why", reached no. 25 on the
Billboard chart. She also guest-starred on
ABC's 1957 series
The Guy Mitchell Show. "All the Time and Everywhere", a big hit in the United Kingdom for
Dickie Valentine, went nowhere for Carson and other U.S. recording artists. A cover of
The Gaylords' big hit "
Tell Me You're Mine" charted at no. 22, and other recordings made the top 30 in 1952, 1953 and 1954. Her cover of "Memories Are Made of This" with the Ray Conniff Orchestra was issued in 1955. In August 1955, she scored a hit when her recording of "
Wake the Town and Tell the People" reached no. 13, despite the fact that the trends in popular music were moving to
rock and roll and, like many of her contemporaries, she did not have much feel for the format. Carson had a minor hit with "The Fish", the single prior to "Wake the Town...", which was a light rocker based on a proposed dance craze. The record appeared in both the
Cashbox and
Music Vendor retail surveys. She had only one more hit, with a white R&B cover of
Ivory Joe Hunter's "
Since I Met You Baby" in 1957. Carson was dropped from Columbia in 1958. She released three more singles on
Philips, Joy, and
W&G Records before retiring from recording in 1960. Carson also recorded two LPs,
Mindy Carson and Orchestra, and
Baby, Baby, Baby, both based around the gimmick of every song having a variation of the same title. ==Broadway==