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C A R O L E H O L L E Y
| Carole Holley came
to the Twin Cities from Dallas where she fronted her band and performed with celebrities
including Bob Hope on two occasions, at his request. She is a versatile singer who started
her career in musical comedy and has performed for national radio and television
audiences, including solo vocal peformances for PBS-TV, featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Henry
Mancini, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. While in Dallas, Carole's club act was frequented several nights a week by the director, cast, and crew of the television series "Dallas." Other artists seen catching her shows have been Van Halen, Billy Idol, Santana, Neil Sedaka, Joan Rivers, Benji (the moviestar dawg), Billy Eckstein, Rodney Dangerfield, composer Yip Harburg who wrote "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", and many more. Carole and her 8-piece Minneapolis band, The Planets, project high energy, adding to each performance with years of musicianship, humor, and spunk. Playing everything from Big Band to Motown, Rock & Roll to Pop, they perform for fundraisers, corporate parties, special events, and weddings. |
As a club and show
performer, Carole has been favorably reviewed by music critics from the Dallas Morning
News, Dallas Times Herald, Las Vegas Sun, and Las Vegas Today. In Las Vegas, Carole headlined at the MGM Grande Cub Lounge with her band, and while performing there, was spotted by the Vice President of Disney Productions during a national audition search of which she was unaware. Much to her surprise, Carole won the honor of being chosen for the first place position with an employment offer to join the family of Disney entertainers. Since moving to the Twin Cities, she has
performed in concert with David Byrne of the Talking Heads in Byrne's "The
Forest" with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, and in the Sandy Hey (Hey City Stage)
production of "American Heartbeat". As a gospel singer, Carole has sung
with vocal groups 1st Call, Glad and the Maranatha Singers, as well as featured soloist on
the steps of the state capital with gospel singer Robert "Eddie" Robinson on
National Prayer Day. |
