| "Hard Candy Christmas" | |||||
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| Single by Dolly Parton from the album Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack |
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| B-side | "Act Like a Fool" | ||||
| Released | October 1982 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
| Writer | Carol Hall | ||||
| Producer | Greg Perry | ||||
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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. This pattern was adopted for the film version of the musical, except for the fact that Dolly Parton (who played Miss Mona) is featured as soloist on the refrains, with the girls accompanying her. A further alteration can be found on the soundtrack album for the film, in which Parton alone sings the verses. Parton's version of the song was released as a single and reached the top ten on the U.S. country singles chart in November 1982. In 1997, the song was covered by Rupaul on the album "Ho Ho Ho" featuring Michelle Visage and Barbara Mitchell, and new version of the song was recorded by Texan singer Pauline Reese in 2005 on the various artists album A Texas Country Christmas and Leigh Nash on her Christmas EP Wishing for This in 2006 As an extra special Christmas gift to fans of The Venture Bros., a version of the song was released in 2005 as performed by Henchmen nos. 21 and 24 and The Mighty Monarch.
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