Hello Louis/Plays Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits

• Artist: Bobby Hackett
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• Release Date: June 12, 2001
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out-of-print Bobby Hackett LPs: Hello Louis and Plays Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits. Each of the 22 tracks has a continuity dominated by easily recognizable jazz and pop standards. Highlights include "Wild Man Blues," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," and "Rags to Riches." ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Don't Forget to Mess Around When You're Doing the Charleston	Paul Barbarin, Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(3:10)
Lazy 'Sippi Steamer Goin' Home	Louis Armstrong, Victor Selsman, Luis Russell	Bobby Hackett	(3:09)
Brother Bill	Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(2:28)
Butter and Egg Bossa Nova (I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man)	Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(2:40)
If We Never Meet Again	Albert E. Brumley, Louis Armstrong, Horace Gerlach, Jules Shear	Bobby Hackett	(2:30)
Gate Mouth Blues	Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(2:51)
Someday You'll Be Sorry	Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(2:23)
Where Were You Last Night	Clarence Williams, Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(2:10)
Wild Man Blues	Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Ferdinand Joseph "Jelly Roll" Morton	Bobby Hackett	(3:34)
Swing That Music	Horace Gerlach, Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(1:56)
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya	Louis Armstrong	Bobby Hackett	(3:22)
Satchel Mouth Swing	Lil Hardin Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Clarence Williams	Bobby Hackett	(2:27)
Smile	John Turner, Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons	Bobby Hackett	(2:48)
Put on a Happy Face	Lee Adams, Charles Strouse	Bobby Hackett	(2:49)
I Left My Heart in San Francisco	George Cory, Douglass Cross	Bobby Hackett	(2:39)
The Good Life	Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon	Bobby Hackett	(2:51)
Rags to Riches	Jerry Ross, Richard Adler	Bobby Hackett	(2:38)
Just in Time	Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden	Bobby Hackett	(2:45)
Stranger in Paradise	George Forrest, Robert Wright, Alexander Borodin, Robert C. Wright	Bobby Hackett	(2:57)
I Wanna Be Around	Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstadt	Bobby Hackett	(2:58)
The Shadow of Your Smile [Love Theme from The Sandpiper]	Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster	Bobby Hackett	(3:01)
Because of You	Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson	Bobby Hackett	(2:57)

Credits

Bob Morgan (Producer)