Songs from a Parent to a Child
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Songs from a Parent to a Child is the eighth solo album by Art Garfunkel
and his first release since Lefty
nine years earlier. Released as a concept album in 1997, it features his son, wife and a host of celebrity musicians, and was built on the concept of children's songs. It was produced by long-time Simon & Garfunkel producer Roy Halee
, alongside Art Garfunkel.
Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, best known as being a member of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel...
and his first release since Lefty
Lefty (album)
Lefty is the seventh solo album by Art Garfunkel, released in 1988.The album's cover photo shows a pre-teen Art Garfunkel holding a baseball bat in the front yard of his childhood home in the Forest Hills section of Queens, New York City. The picture was taken by his brother Jules...
nine years earlier. Released as a concept album in 1997, it features his son, wife and a host of celebrity musicians, and was built on the concept of children's songs. It was produced by long-time Simon & Garfunkel producer Roy Halee
Roy Halee
Roy Halee is an American record producer and engineer, best known for working with Simon and Garfunkel.Halee grew up on Long Island, New York. His father, also named Roy Halee, provided the singing voice for Mighty Mouse in late 1940s Terrytoons cartoons, as well as the voices of Heckle and Jeckle...
, alongside Art Garfunkel.
Track listing
- "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?" (Traditional) - 1:51
- "Morning Has BrokenMorning Has Broken"Morning Has Broken" is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and is set to a traditional Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan" . It is often sung in children's services...
" (Eleanor FarjeonEleanor FarjeonEleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published...
) - 2:53 - "DaydreamDaydreamA daydream is a visionary fantasy, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions, imagined as coming to pass, and experienced while awake. There are many types of daydreams, and there is no consistent definition amongst psychologists. The general public also uses the term for a...
" (John Sebastian) - 2:44 - "Baby Mine" (Ned Washington and Frank Churchill) - 3:39
- "Secret O' Life" (James TaylorJames TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
) – 3:36 - "The Things We've Handed Down" (Marc Cohn) - 1:51
- "You're A Wonderful OneYou Are a Wonderful One"You're a Wonderful One" is a popular recording written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and recorded and released as a single by Marvin Gaye, released in 1964 on the Tamla label....
" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) - 3:12 - "Good Luck CharmGood Luck Charm"Good Luck Charm" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the week ending April 21, 1962. It remained at the top of the list for two weeks. The song was written by Aaron Schroeder...
" (Aaron SchroederAaron SchroederAaron Schroeder was an American songwriter and music publisher.-Biography:Born Aaron Harold Schroder , he graduated from the school now known as the Fiorello H...
, Wally GoldWally GoldWally Gold was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and music business executive from Teaneck, New Jersey.-Personal life:...
) - 2:26 - "I Will" (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) – 2:17 - "Lasso The MoonLasso the Moon"Lasso the Moon" is a single by American country music artist Gary Morris. Released in 1985, it was the first new single from his Hits album. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
" (Billy Simon and Lowell Alexander) - 3:28 - "Dreamland" (Mary Chapin CarpenterMary Chapin CarpenterMary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer...
) - 3:10 - "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (Reprise)" (Traditional) - 1:41
- "The Lord's Prayer / Now I Lay Me Down to SleepNow I Lay Me Down To SleepNow I lay me down to sleep is a classic children's prayer from the 18th century. The version printed in The New England Primer goes:Now I lay me down to sleep,I pray the Lord my soul to keep,If I shall die before I wake,...
" (Albert Hay Malotte/Traditional) - 3:52
Musicians
- Art GarfunkelArt GarfunkelArthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, best known as being a member of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel...
- guitar, vocals - James Garfunkel - vocals
- Kim Garfunkel - vocals
- Paul SimonPaul SimonPaul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
- guitar - James TaylorJames TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
- guitar - Jimmy WebbJimmy WebbJimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...
- piano