Hello, Dolly!
Studio album by
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Released1964
RecordedDecember 3, 1963; April 18, 1964[1]
VenueNew York City
GenreJazz
LabelKapp
Singles from Hello, Dolly!
  1. "Hello, Dolly!"
    Released: January 1964
  2. "I Still Get Jealous"
    Released: June 1964
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Hello Dolly! is a jazz album by Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, which at the time included Joe Darensbourg, Billy Kyle, Big Chief Russell Moore, Arvell Shaw, Danny Barcelona and Trummy Young. The tracks were mostly recorded on December 3, 1963, and April 18, 1964, in New York City. It was released by Kapp Records in 1964[1] and became Armstrong's most commercially successful album.[3]

Track listing

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hello, Dolly!"Jerry Herman2:27
2."It's Been a Long, Long Time"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne2:22
3."A Lot of Livin' to Do"Lee Adams, Charles Strouse2:36
4."A Kiss to Build a Dream On"Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II4:31
5."Someday"Louis Armstrong3:41
6."Hey, Look Me Over"Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman2:34
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Still Get Jealous"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne2:13
2."Moon River"Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini2:59
3."Be My Life's Companion"Bob Hilliard, Milton De Lugg2:52
4."Blueberry Hill"Al Lewis, Larry Stock, Vincent Rose3:20
5."You Are Woman, I Am Man"Bob Merrill, Jule Styne2:17
6."Jeepers Creepers"Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren4:39

Reception

Greg Adams gave the album 3½ out of 5 stars in Allmusic and said, "Armstrong had one of the most recognizable and personality-laden voices of the 20th century, and although he was past his prime at the time, "Hello, Dolly!" shows him at his '60s best."[2]

Digby Fairweather included the album in the selected Armstrong discography in The Rough Guide to Jazz, saying that "Armstrong has established himself in 1964 with a new generation of fans."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Jazz Discography of Tom Lord
  2. ^ a b AllMusic Review by Greg Adams
  3. ^ Billboard, July 25, 1964, p. 27, cf. also Armstrong portrait at All About Jazz
  4. ^ Album tracks by Discogs
  5. ^ Priestley, Brian; Ian Carr; Digby Fairweather (2007). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. ISBN 1843532565.


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