Lani Hall
(born November 6, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer and the wife of Herb Alpert.
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Music career
Her first public appearances occurred in Old Town Chicago, to much smaller crowds than her later appearances with Sérgio Mendes.
Hall first came to be known to the public when she joined the second Brasil project of
Bossa Nova master
Sérgio Mendes, Brasil '66. Unlike the previous incarnation, Brasil '66 was an instant success - making a significant impact on the charts with its first single, a version of the Brazilian song "
Mas Que Nada". Much of the song's appeal was due to the distinctive, multi-tracked vocals of Hall.
A series of popular interpretations followed, including their take on
The Beatles' "
The Fool on the Hill" and "
Day Tripper". Though many associate her with Brasil '66's hit rendition of Burt Bacharach's
"The Look of Love" on the album
Look Around
(which reached #4 on the pop charts in 1968), the lead on that single was actually handled by Mendes' other singer of that period,
Janis Hansen.
The band toured alongside A&M labelmates (and label founder)
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in 1966. She left Brasil '66 in 1971 and married Alpert in 1974.
With her husband assuming production and arranging duties, Hall embarked on a solo career, beginning with 1972's
Sun Down Lady
and following up with
Hello It's Me
in 1975. A new album would appear nearly every year until 1985's
Es Facil Amar
, for which Hall would be awarded a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance. Her albums maintained their popularity, primarily in the Latin market, but some mainstream presence was kept, particularly with her contribution of the title song to the
James Bond film
Never Say Never Again
in 1983. Also, in 1984, she again worked with Sergio Mendes in a reunion of sorts.
Among her Spanish hits were "Un Amor Así," "De Repente El Amór," both duets with
José Feliciano and
Roberto Carlos respectively, and "Para Vivir Así," which features her husband
Herb Alpert on trumpet. In the early 1980s, she released the song "Te Quiero Así", a duet she recorded with the top Mexican singer of that time:
José José (who began his career singing and playing
double bass with a bossa nova
jazz band). The song became a huge hit in
Latin America, and opened new doors for her in the Latin market. She also recorded a famous song "Corazón Encadenado" with
Camilo Sesto in the '70.
After raising a family with Alpert and writing fiction, she returned in 1998 with the album
Brasil Nativo
on the
Windham Hill label. In 2008, she reunited with Mendes again, performing vocals on the song "Dreamer" on his album
Encanto
.
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Discography
- 1972 - Sun Down Lady
- 1975 - Hello It's Me
- 1976 - Sweet Bird
- 1979 - Double or Nothing
- 1980 - Blush
- 1981 - A Brazileira (Portuguese)
- 1982 - Albany Park
- 1982 - Lani (Spanish)
- 1984 - Lani Hall (Spanish)
- 1984 - Collectibles
- 1985 - Es Fácil Amar (Spanish)
- 1987 - Classics Volume 19
- 1987 - Lo Mejor De Lani (Spanish)
- 1998 - Brasil Nativo
- 2008 - Encanto
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
- 1966 - Herb Alpert Presents
- 1967 - Equinox
- 1968 - Look Around
- 1968 - Fool on the Hill
- 1969 - Crystal Illusions
- 1969 - Ye-Me-Lê
- 1971 - Stillness
References
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