Carol Hall Releases New CD 'Hallways' March 11

LML Music will release "Hallways, The Songs of Carol Hall" on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. The new CD will be available nationally in stores and online at iTunes and Amazon.com.

In addition to Carol Hall, performing on the CD are Farah Alvin,  Tom Andersen,  Hubert "Tex" Arnold,  Susannah Blinkoff,  Scott Coulter,  Tim Di Pasqua,  Lesley Gore,  Bobby Gosh,  Rick Jensen,  Steven Lutvak,  Laurel Massé,  Sally Mayes, Amanda McBroom, Johnny Rodgers, Carol Woods and the Broadway Inspirational Voices.

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.

Hall's 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.

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.

The new album "Hallways, The Songs of Carol Hall" 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.

The CD Songlist:

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