''Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael'' is Crystal Gayle’s tribute to the songwriter

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

. It was released on November 2, 1999, on Intersound Records.

Track listing

Personnel

* Crystal Gayle – vocals * Charles Cochran – acoustic piano * Jay Patten – rhythm guitars, music director * Jim Ferguson –

acoustic bass The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar ...

* Jim White – drums * Eric Darken – percussion *

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album '' Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (1 ...

– vocals (8) Orchestra * Jeffrey Steinberg – arrangements and conductor * Carl Gorodetzky – string concertmaster ;Horns and Woodwinds * Jay Patten – alto saxophone * Denis Solee – tenor saxophone, clarinet * Robbie Shankle – clarinet * Ann Richards – flute * Bobby Taylor –

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

* Dennis Good – trombone * George Tidwell – trumpet * Jennifer Kummer –

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

;Strings * John Catchings, Anthony LaMarchina, Bob Mason and Julie Tanner – cello * Liz Stewart – double bass * Monisa Angell, Bruce Christensen, Chris Farrell, Jim Grosjean, Dede Jacobs and Gary Vanosdale – viola * David Angell, Janet Askey, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Gerald Greer, Cate Myer, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, and Carrie Wann – violin

Production

* Crystal Gayle – producer * Eric Prestidge – recording, mixing, mastering * Denny Purcell – mastering * Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location * Ron Keith – photography * Bill Gatzimos – liner notes, management {{Authority control Crystal Gayle albums 1999 albums Tribute albums Albums produced by Crystal Gayle