Hello, Dolly!

by Louis Armstrong

Overview

Louis Armstrong's commercial resurgence with the song "Hello, Dolly!" -- a number one hit that unseated the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" from the top spot -- came as such a surprise that Kapp Records hastened to produce an album to go along with it. The resulting long-player, appropriately titled Hello, Dolly!, also went to number one and produced a second hit, the inferior "I Still Get Jealous." As you might predict, almost all of the songs are drawn from Broadway shows, and a couple (a re-recording of "Blueberry Hill"; "A Lot of Livin' to Do" from Bye Bye Birdie) lend a veneer of hipness to give the album a "1964 touch" without foisting completely inappropriate material on the 60-something Satchmo. 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. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2016
Label:	SUPER D INDEPENDENT DIST.
UPC:	4988031178782
Rank:	74471

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Louis Armstrong   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet
Tyree Glenn   Vocals,Vibraphone
Danny Barcelona   Drums
Dale Jones   Bass
Big Chief Russell Moore   Trombone
Joe Muranyi   Clarinet
Tony Gottuso   Banjo,Guitar
Glen Thompson   Banjo,Guitar
Billy Kyle   Piano
Marty Napoleon   Piano
Arvell Shaw   Bass
Mort Herbert   Bass
Buddy Catlett   Bass
Trummy Young   Trombone
Peanuts Hucko   Clarinet
Barrett Deems   Drums
Joe Darensbourg   Clarinet

Technical Credits

Vartan   Art Direction
Harry Warren   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Junie Osaki   Design
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Jason Pastori   Photo Research
Donald J. Munz   Graphic Design
Lawrence Stock   Composer
Andy McKaie   Liner Notes,Reissue Supervisor
Lee Adams   Composer
Bob Hilliard   Composer
Jerry Herman   Composer
Larry Stock   Composer
Cy Coleman   Composer
Erick Labson   Remastering
Louis Armstrong   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Michael "Mickey" Kapp   Producer
Milton Delugg   Composer
Al Lewis   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Harry Ruby   Composer
Bert Kalmar   Composer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Charles Strouse   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Vincent Rose   Composer