Hello, Dolly! (song)

Hello, Dolly! is the theme song of the popular musical of the same name. The music and the text submitted by Jerry Herman, who also wrote the music for other musicals such as La Cage Aux Folles. Louis Armstrong made ​​the song in 1964 to chart success. His version was recorded in 2001 in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

History

Hello, Dolly! was first sung by Carol Channing, Dolly Gallagher Levi played the original version in 1964 on Broadway. Already in December 1963 Louis Armstrong took a demo recording of Hello, Dolly!, which was used to promote the musical. The premiere of the musical took place on January 16, 1964 at the St. James Theatre in New York City instead, and quickly became a huge success. In the same month, Kapp Records released Armstrong's demo recording as a commercial single.

The most famous recording of Louis Armstrong is from the year 1964. His version became a number -one hit the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, thus ending the success of the Beatles. The song was the biggest hit in Armstrong's career, which reached gold record with the homonymous album. The song stayed for nine weeks at the top of the Adult Contemporary charts, shortly after the premiere of the musical.

Hello, Dolly! won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1965, and Armstrong received a Grammy in the Best Vocal Performance category. Louis Armstrong recorded the song later with Barbra Streisand for the film Hello, Dolly! on. Another version of the song used in the Lyndon Johnson campaign.

For his song Herman made ​​obvious borrowings from Mack David and his song Sunflower (1948 ); Mack David Herman sued successfully.

Known covers

Hello, Dolly! was covered by the following artists:

Hello, Dolly! (Musical) La Cage aux Folles (Musical) Broadway theatre Hello, Dolly! (Film) Jean-Jacques Perrey
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