Hello Dolly! - the soundtrack performed by Barbra Streisand and the actors of the film Hello, Dolly! 1969 year. The album was released on vinyl in October 1969 via 20th Century Fox Records, and a few years later it was re - released to cassettes and CDs . All the actors themselves performed their musical numbers, with the exception of Marianne McAndrew , whose parts were duplicated by Melissa Stafford for solo numbers and Gilda Maken for group ones. [one]
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| Soundtrack Barbra Streisand | |||||||
| Date of issue | October 1969 | ||||||
| Recorded by | July, August, November 1968; February-July 1969 at 20th Century Fox Recording Stage | ||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||
| Duration | 49:38 | ||||||
| Producer | Jerry Herman , Lenny Hayton and Lionel Newman | ||||||
| A country |  USA | ||||||
| Label | 20th Century Fox Records | ||||||
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Content
About the album
Famous composer Jerry Herman specifically for the movie adaptation of the musical Hello, Dolly! prepared two new songs that were not part of the original Broadway play. The new ballad "Love is Only Love" was based on the instrumental version of the song "Gotta Be A Dream", which Herman wrote for his 1961 musical Madame Aphrodite [2] . He rewrote "Gotta Be A Dream" as "Love is Only Love" in 1966, for his musical Mame , but the song did not eventually become part of the show [3] . In 1969, Herman made the next version of the song specifically for Streisand for the film Hello, Dolly! . He also wrote the song “Just Leave Everything to Me” for Barbara, which replaced “I Put My Hand In” from the original production.
Soundtrack album Hello, Dolly! came out at different times in three different versions. It was originally released on 20th Century Fox Records in 1969 as a "deluxe album". In the early 1980s, PolyGram acquired 20th Century Fox Records, and all records were given under the direction of Casablanca Records . At the beginning of 1982, the soundtrack was re-released on Casablanca Records. For many years, the soundtrack is Hello, Dolly! was Streisand's only album not available on CD . In 1994, Philips (the parent company of Polygram) first released Hello, Dolly! on cd. By 1994, Polygram owned the rights to the original album, as well as to the 20th Century Fox archival musical elements that were used to create the album. The producer of the CD version of the album, Nick Redman, insisted that the new version of the album be created from the original multi-track recordings , and not just digitized from the original records. At the moment, Polygram is absorbed into the Universal Music Group [4] .
Commercial Success
In the US album chart Billboard 200, the disc debuted on November 15, 1969 at 177th place. February 7, 1970 the album reached its peak - No. 49. Although the album spent more than 8 months on the chart, it became a commercial failure, not having been awarded the RIAA certification.
The album released two singles. The first, Before the Parade Passes By / Love is Only Love , was released in December 1969 via Columbia Records. On September 24, 1969, Streisand specially spent the day in the studio to record new versions of two songs from the soundtrack, with the aim of their subsequent release as singles. One of these songs was Before the Parade Passes By. The new version was arranged by Peter Matz and produced by Walter Gold . Barbara performed this version during a series of concerts taking place in Las Vegas in the summer of 1969. Simultaneously with the release of this single, 20th Century Fox Records released the promo single Hello, Dolly! with stereo and mono versions of the song. Single version of "Hello, Dolly!" was shorter than the landscape and contained an alternative vocal track.
Cover
Richard Amsel was 22 years old when he, a student at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia , won the nationwide Hello, Dolly poster design contest ! sponsored by 20th Century Fox . Amsel subsequently worked on many major projects, he created posters for Indiana Jones films : In Search of the Lost Ark and Death on the Nile , as well as the covers of early albums and concert posters for Bette Midler .
List of Songs
The music and lyrics of all songs are written by Jerry Herman .
- Barbra Streisand "Just Leave Everything To Me" - 3:22
- Walter Mattau "It Takes A Woman" - 3:03
- Barbra Streisand "It Takes A Woman (Reprise)" - 2:13
- Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" - 5:27
- Melissa Stafford, Gilda Maken "Ribbons Down My Back" - 2:26
- Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford "Dancing" - 3:26
- Barbra Streisand "Before The Parade Passes By" - 4:50
- Michael Crawford "Elegance" - 2:55
- Barbra Streisand "Love Is Only Love" - 3:07
- Barbra Streisand, Louis Armstrong " Hello, Dolly! " - 7:50
- Michael Crawford "It Only Takes A Moment" - 4:07
- Barbra Streisand "So Long Dearie" - 2:36
- Michael Crawford, Barbra Streisand, Walter Mattau "Finale" - 4:16
Links
Notes
- ↑ List of Dubbers unopened (link unavailable) . Date of treatment March 24, 2016. Archived December 18, 2017.
- ↑ Kurtti, Jeff. The Great Hollywood Musical Trivia Book. - New York: Applause Books, 1996. - P. 143–166. - ISBN 1-55783-222-6 .
- ↑ Konder, George C. Hello, Dolly! : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album (CD Re-issue). Liner notes dated September 1994. Philips Records, 810 368-2
- ↑ John Shepherd, David Horn, Peter Wicke. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Volume 1. Media, Industry and Society . - 2003.