Hello Dolly/Its Been A Long Long Time/A Lot Of Livin’ To Do/A Kiss To Plan A Dream On/Someday/Hey Look Me Over/I Still Get Jealous/Moon River/Be My Life’s Companion/Blueberry Hill/You Are A Woman I Am A Man/Jeepers Creepers
Veteran jazz original Louis Armstrong topped the US album chart for six weeks with Hello Dolly. The title track single was also a No. 1 hit in the States, reaching No. 4 in the UK. (US:1 UK:11)
"A must-have album in which Satchmo shows the world he's still got it by blaring that famous trumpet to then current Broadway tunes, old standards and pop hits."
"Released in 1964, this hep cat album from a 60+-year-old American legend featured the title song that pushed The Beatles off their #1 perch on the charts at the peak of their popularity."
"I dare anyone to groove to Jeepers Creepers and not find themselves snapping their fingers."
"Louis Armstrong's Hello Dolly! may have been one of the last acoustic jazz hit records in the sixties."
"Louis doesn't seem in peak form here - and the relationship of these tune selections to each other seems random, but it is nonetheless delightful to hear the master player/singer in his waning years."
"If you take this album on its own terms, as a solid day's work by one of the greatest pop singers of all time who was still making hits in his sixties, in the sixties, it's pretty darned good."
"Hello Dolly is Satchmo at his mainstream best, crammed full of his renditions of popular Broadway tunes."
"One of his most popular albums from the '60s, Hello Dolly captures the Armstrong of this era - his voice leathered and wise, performing signature tunes like the title track or A Kiss To Build A Dream On with inimitable flare."
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