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"Hard Candy Christmas" is a song written by composer-lyricist Carol Hall for the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Near the end of the original play, individual girls of the brothel sing lines of the verses as they are preparing to leave; they join together on the refrains .
"Hard Candy Christmas" Dolly Parton: 1982 Peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard country charts. From the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. [2] [257] Written by Carol Hall in 1978 and originally recorded by the female cast of the Broadway play of the same title. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Carrie Underwood: 2008
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is the original soundtrack for the film, released in July 1982.The album was produced by Gregg Perry. [3]In addition to the score of Carol Hall songs recorded for the stage soundtrack, the film soundtrack included two Dolly Parton compositions: "Sneakin' Around", which she performed as a duet with co-star Burt Reynolds and a reworking of her 1974 song "I ...
Dolly Parton, "Hard Candy Christmas" Possibly the best sad Christmas tune ever comes courtesy of Dolly Parton , who typically brings joy to everything she touches. 6.
An altered version of Hall's "Hard Candy Christmas", in which Parton sings both the chorus and the verses of the song (as opposed to the film, which is partially sung by the brothel ladies), was also released as a single, reaching the top ten on the country singles chart in late 1982.
Run-DMC, "Christmas in Hollis" The 1987 Special Olympics charity album, A Very Special Christmas, had some incredible contributions from A-list artists like Madonna, Whitney Houston, Bruce ...
Artists including Chuck Berry, B.B. King, and Bruce Springsteen have covered this R&B Christmas standard, but Otis Redding's version is hard to beat. See the original post on Youtube "Silver Bells ...
The song order was slightly rearranged and Rogers' two solos were omitted ("The Christmas Song" and "Silent Night"). However, Parton's 1982 recording of "Hard Candy Christmas" from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was added.