CAROL HALL'S "HALLWAYS: The Songs of Carol Hall" WINS 2009 BISTRO AWARDS'ASCAP AWARD FOR OUSTANDING CD
The 2009 BISTRO AWARDS have been announced.
This year's ASCAP Award for Outstanding CD has been given to composer/lyricist CAROL HALL'S
"HALLWAYS, The songs of Carol Hall" which LML Music released nationally in stores and online at iTunes and Amazon.com on March 11th, 2008.
The CD ‘s critical and popular success led to a second printing that was shipped Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 nationally.
On Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 the album will be awarded the prestigious ASCAP AWARD for OUTSTANDING CD at the 24th ANNUAL BACK STAGE BISTRO AWARDS GALA
which will take place at the Gotham Comedy Club (208 West 23rd Street.)
Also being honored that evening will be CHARLES AZNAVOUR who will receive the Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award and LIZA MINNELLI who will be honored in the category of Enduring Artistry.
A champagne and wine reception for the Bistro recipients and Premium Ticket holders will begin at 5:00 pm. The Awards Presentation and Show which will feature performances from several BISTRO-winning artists will start promptly at 6:30 pm. Producer Sherry Eaker
will be hosting the annual event, along with members of the Bistro Award Committee and guest emcees.
The Bistro Award Committee comprises Elizabeth Ahlfors (Cabaret Scenes), David Finkle (Back Stage), Rob Lester (Cabaret Scenes, talkinbroadway.com), Erv Raible (executive/artistic director of the Cabaret Conference at Yale University), Roy Sander (former Back Stage columnist),
and Back Stage Editor at Large, Sherry Eaker.
The Bistro Awards are sponsored by BMI, ASCAP, and Back Stage, with additional sponsorship from Branson B. Champagne and Lamoreaux.
ABOUT CAROL HALL
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..."
And what an array of singers she has here! In addition to CAROL, 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.
This Award marks Ms. Hall's third BISTRO.
