“Someone is Standing Outside” 2020
Thelma Houston and Jimmy Webb
Here is the backstory on this “call to kindness”:
Longtime friends Jimmy Webb and Thelma Houston got to talking during the beginning of the pandemic about how many people were lonely and in distress. “Thelma emailed me when the pandemic started and suggested we re-release ‘Someone is Standing Outside.’ Shortly after we started talking about it, George Floyd was killed and the protests started. We all felt alone in our quarantine, battered by misunderstandings and fear and injustice. I thought again about the song, and updated the lyrics to reflect where we are.”
Jimmy wanted a choir to sing with Thelma and enlisted the talented Ontario’s Enter A Cappella Choir from Sir William Mulock Secondary School. We found safe studios for Thelma in LA and Jimmy on Long Island and the students recorded from home. Veteran Webb producer Fred Mollin put it all together in Nashville.