Carl Hall (singer)

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Carl Hall was an African-American singer,^[1] actor, and musical arranger. A member of Raymond Raspberry's eponymous gospel group "The Raspberry Singers", recording on the US Savoy Records label, he performed in theatre for three decades, beginning with Tambourines to Glory in 1963.

Beyond the Raspberry Singers, he recorded later that decade several singles for Mercury Records and cut the now much sought-after tracks, "You don't know nothing about love" / "Mean it baby" (Loma 2086, 1967) and "I don't want to be your used to be" / "The dam busted" for the Warner Brothers subsidiary label, Loma Records, produced by leading producer Jerry Ragovoy. In 1973, he released a single on Columbia 45813 called "What About You". also appeared on Broadway in the stage production of the musical The Wiz among other shows.

References

↑ Boyer, Horace Clarence (2000). The golden age of gospel. University of Illinois Press. pp. 229–. ISBN 978-0-252-06877-5. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

External links

Carl Hall (singer) at the Internet Broadway Database
Carl Hall at the Internet Movie Database
Discography of Loma Records

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