Carol Hall is an American composer and lyricist, born in Abilene, Texas

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

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Hall is best known for composing the music and lyrics for the Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 stage musical

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall...

(1978, adapted as a film in 1982). Her other major works include the unsuccessful Broadway sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public is a musical with a book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall.Ostensibly a sequel to the creative team's 1978 hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, it is more a series of burlesque-style sketches and musical interludes...

(1994), as well as the stage play To Whom It May Concern (c. 1986).http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2979

Hall's career includes singing in clubs and similar venues. She signed to Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

 as a singer-sngwriter and had two albums released on the label in the early 1970s, If I Be Your Lady and Beads and Feathers. http://www.bsnpubs.com/elektra/elektra75000.html

Hall appeared also on the LP Free to Be… You and Me

Free to Be… You and Me

Free to Be… You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album and illustrated book first released in November 1972 featuring songs and stories sung or told by celebrities of the day including Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross...

(1972) and the 1974 television special based on the album, having written the songs "Parents Are People," "It's All Right To Cry," and "Glad To Have A Friend Like You."

For the 1977 duet album of Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

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 and Bill Evans

Bill Evans

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, entitled Together Again

Together Again (Bennett and Evans album)

-Track listing:For the 2003 Concord Reissue, 2198# "Lucky to Be Me" – 3:45# "Make Someone Happy" – 3:53# "A Child Is Born" – 3:17...

, Hall co-wrote the number "The Two Lonely People."

For Sesame Street

Sesame Street

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, Hall along with Sam Pottle

Sam Pottle

Sam Pottle was an American composer, conductor, and musical director involved in many theatrical and television productions. He is perhaps best remembered for his work on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, having co-written the now-famous theme song for the latter...

 co-wrote the song "A Very Simple Dance" (1974).

More recently, Hall recorded the final (extra) track on the 2001 revival recording of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, highlighting the newly added song "A Friend to Me," written for Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret

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 to use in the show. She is also the composer and lyricist for Theatreworks/USA's production of Max & Ruby

Discography

If I Be Your Lady (1970 or 1971) (Elektra EKS 74078)

Side 1:

1. If I Be Your Lady

2. Why Be Lonely

3. Baby, If We Had Time

4. Who Will Dance With The Blind Dancing Bear?

5. It's Been A Long Time Comin'

6. Miss McKinley

7. Let Me Be Lucky This Time



Side 2:

1. The Crooked Clock

2. Goodbye Jasper

3. The Ceiling Song

4. Crazy Miranda

5. Jenny Rebecca

6. Ain't Love Easy

Beads & Feathers (1972) (Elektra EKS 75018)


Songs:

1. Carnival Man

2. Hello My Old Friend

3. I Never Thought Anything This Good Could Happen to Me

4. Nana

5. Uncle Malcolm

6. Sunday Lady

7. Sandy

8. Hard Times Lovin

9. My House

10. Charlie's Waiting for the Snow

11. Thank You Babe

External links

• Carol Hall at the Internet Off Broadway Database
  Lortel Archives
  The Lortel Archives, or the Internet Off-Broadway Database is an online database that catalogues theatre productions shown off-Broadway.The archives are named in honor of actress and theatrical producer Lucille Lortel.-See also:...