Is NY Congressman John Hall Still The One?

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Is NY Congressman John Hall Still The One?

Growing up in Elmira, [John Hall] began 11 years of classical piano training at age 5. He mastered the French horn and taught himself to play the guitar. He was a National Science Foundation Scholar who skipped two grades of high school and entered Notre Dame University at age 16.

Hall, 61 [in 2010], began his professional music career in the mid-1960s and was composing and directing music for Broadway and off-Broadway musicals by the end of the decade. He was also a studio guitarist and songwriter, working with singers such as Janis Joplin and Linda Ronstadt.

In 1972, Hall co-founded the pop-rock group Orleans and co-wrote the band's two evergreen hits — "Still the One" and "Dance with Me."

Always a political and social activist, Hall, a Democrat, served on the Ulster County [NY] Legislature and the Saugerties School Board in the 1990s.

In 2006, with the support of NYSUT and its political action network, he won the House seat in the predominantly Republican 19th District, and with it the distinction of becoming the first rock 'n' roll musician in Congress. —NYSUT.org

See the band Orleans' official website.

STILL THE ONE Lyrics
(Words and Music by Johanna Hall and John Hall)

We've been together since way back
Sometimes I never want to see you again
But I want you to know, after all these years
You're still the one I want whisperin' in my ear

You're still the one I want to talk to in bed
Still the one that turns my head
We're still having fun, and you're still the one

I looked at your face every day
But I never saw it 'til I went away
When winter came, I just wanted to go
Deep in the desert, I longed for the snow

You're still the one that makes me laugh
Still the one that's my better half
We're still having fun, and you're still the one

You're still the one that makes me strong
Still the one I want to take along
We're still having fun, and you're still the one

Changing, our love is going gold
Even though we grow old, it grows new

You're still the one that I love to touch
Still the one and I can't get enough
We're still having fun, and you're still the one

You're still the one who can scratch my itch
Still the one and I wouldn't switch
We're still having fun, and you're still the one

You are still the one that makes me shout
Still the one that I dream about
We're still having fun, and you're still the one....

"Still the One" was used as a network promo by ABC in the 1977-79 seasons. Ironically, or perhaps appropriately, ABC at the time dominated the Nielsen ratings. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1976.