Sweet Bird

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Sweet Bird
Sweetbirdlanihallalbum.jpg
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded1976
Studio A&M (Hollywood)
Genre Jazz
Label A&M
Producer Herb Alpert [1]
Lani Hall chronology
Hello It's Me
(1972)
Sweet Bird
(1977)
Double or Nothing
(1979)

Sweet Bird is an album by the American singer Lani Hall. [2] [3] Like many of Hall's albums, Sweet Bird is made up of cover versions of songs. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) 2:21
  2. "That’s When Miracles Occur" (Andy Pratt) 3:07
  3. "Early Mornin’ Strangers" (Barry Manilow, Hal David) 3:40
  4. "Mr. Blue (Misty Blue)" (Michael Franks) 3:29
  5. "Too Many Mornings" (Bill Quateman) 4:40
  6. "At the Ballet" (Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban) 6:27
  7. "The Moon Is All Alone (Like Me)" (Michel Colombier, Lani Hall, E. Colombier) 3:22
  8. "Dolphins Lullaby" (Rick Roberts) 4:17
  9. "Sweet Bird" (Joni Mitchell) 2:53

Album credits

Performance credits

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References

  1. Strodder, Chris (2007). The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s. Santa Monica Press. p. 20.
  2. Harrison, Ed (Nov 20, 1976). "Lani Hall Coming Out of Retirement". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 47. p. 34.
  3. "Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. Plasketes, George (1992). "Like A Version: Cover Songs and the Tribute Trend in Popular Music". Studies in Popular Culture. 15 (1): 15.