Another Suitcase in Another Hall singer Barbara Dickson in 1976 for the "Evita" concept album that eventually became the stage musical; Dickson did not appear in the musical itself. Rice and Webber had already enlisted actress Julie Covington to sing the part of Eva, hence they were on the look-out for other supporting vocal personnel. They found about Dickson who had recently starred in the Willy Russell musical, "John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert", and had charted on the UK Singles Chart with her cover version of the David Whitfield and Frankie Laine song, "Answer Me" (1976). Dickson and her manager, Bernard Theobald, had
Another Suitcase in Another Hall been written for a teenage girl, but the experience of being abandoned by a man is one, women of all ages can relate to. I think you have to be honest with songs and with yourself." The singer's music director Ian Lynn arranged the track differently which she performs currently. Credits adapted from the single's liner notes. English singer Elaine Paige recorded the song for her 1983 album "Stages". Sarah Brightman, who was married to Webber from 1984 to 1990, included the song on her album "The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection". Marti Webb's version of the song was included in