LML MUSIC released HALLWAYS, The Songs of Carol Hall
on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 nationally in stores and online at iTunes and Amazon.com.
The CD’s critical and popular success has led to a second printing which was shipped Tuesday, January 20th nationally.
The CD also remains available online at iTunes and Amazon.com.
The first person ever to record one of Carol Hall’s songs was the young Barbra Streisand. Subsequently,
her songs were performed by such extraordinary singers as Tony Bennett, Barbara Cook, Margaret Whiting, Julie Wilson,
Chita Rivera, Michael Feinstein, Mabel Mercer, Amanda McBroom, Lari White, Olivia Newton-John, Maureen McGovern,
RuPaul, Miriam Makeba, David Campbell, Frederica von Stade, Kermit the Frog and Big Bird. Among others.
She’s also one of the few songwriters to have a hit Broadway show.
Her classic musical The BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS entertained Broadway audiences for almost five years,
received a Grammy nomination for its cast album, and became a popular film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.
Dolly’s recording of Carol’s song “Hard Candy Christmas” won an ASCAP Most Performed Country Song Award,
and the film generated an ACADEMY AWARD nomination for Charles Durning, singing “The Sidestep” as the slippery Governor of Texas.
A recent national tour of WHOREHOUSE starring the entertainment legend Ann-Margret enjoyed a run for over a year and a half.
Carol also does a lot of writing for children. Her “It’s All Right To Cry,” and “Parents Are People” continue to be favorites of generations of children.
Recently she created the score to the theatrical version of the popular children's series MAX AND RUBY.
Four tours of the show are presently playing across the country, after a successful debut opening Off-Broadway in December 2007.
However, her recent delight has been the making of her CD
HALLWAYS, The Songs of Carol Hall
which features many of her most loved and wonderful songs – both old and brand new — such as the hit “Hard Candy Christmas,”
as well as the timeless classic “Jenny Rebecca.” In addition, it features her musical collaborations with Bill Evans, Steven Lutvak, Robert Burke, Lesley Gore and Tex Arnold.
But as Carol says in the CD’s booklet, “a song is not a song until somebody sings it…”
THE CREDITS
Produced by Carol Hall and Hubert “Tex” Arnold who also served as the project’s Musical Director and Arranger,
HALLWAYS, The Songs of Carol Hall
was recorded, mixed and mastered at NOLA Recording Studios in New York City.
Engineered by Bill Moss, the CD’s Executive Producer is Lee Lessack for LML Music.
The CD’s Art Direction and Package Design is by Doug Haverty for Art & Soul Design (Los Angeles).
THE SONGS and THEIR SINGERS
1. Hard Candy Christmas
Performed by Carol Hall & Susannah Blinkoff
2. It’s Only A Broken Heart
Performed by Sally Mayes
3. Dublin In The Rain
Performed by Farah Alvin
(Music by Hubert “Tex” Arnold)
4. Change In Me
Performed by Johnny Rodgers
5. This Is My Birthday
Performed by Carol Hall & Rick Jensen
6. Tattooed Boy In Memphis
Performed by Amanda McBroom
7. Hungry For You
Performed by Lesley Gore
With Wendy Lane Bailey, Laurel Massé, Carol Hall
(Music by Lesley Gore)
8. Do You Know What I Mean
Performed by Carol Woods and the Broadway Inspirational Voices
9. Jenny Rebecca
Performed by Bobby Gosh
10. Nana
Performed by Carol Hall
(Lyrics by Carol Hall and Jane Hall)
11. The Two Lonely People
Performed by Laurel Massé, piano solo/arrangement by Hubert “Tex” Arnold
(Music by Bill Evans)
12. War On Christmas Day
Performed by Scott Coulter, Tim Di Pasqua and Tom Andersen
(Music by Robert Burke)
13. I’ll Imagine You A Song
Performed by Steven Lutvak
(Music by Steven Lutvak)
14. My Circle Of Friends
Performed by Carol Hall
