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Hello Dolly was written by Jerry Herman for the musical of the same name, which was released in 1963 and moved to Broadway in 1964. The musical was a huge success, running for over 2800 performances on Broadway.
Louis Armstrong recorded the song as a single and his version became a massive hit. So much so, that when the Musical was made into a film in 1967, he appeared in it singing this song.
Two versions of the score are included, a straight Realbook version as well as a syncopated version, which is a bit closer to Louis Armstrong's version, with a quaver instead of a crotchet on the first syllable of "Dolly".
Armstrong does a "push" on this note, however, so that he starts it on the last quaver of the previous bar and makes it a crotchet length in total.
Many thanks to @nigeld for help setting up this SOTM. Looking forward to hearing your versions of this song.
You can download the score and backing track here.
Louis Armstrong recorded the song as a single and his version became a massive hit. So much so, that when the Musical was made into a film in 1967, he appeared in it singing this song.
Two versions of the score are included, a straight Realbook version as well as a syncopated version, which is a bit closer to Louis Armstrong's version, with a quaver instead of a crotchet on the first syllable of "Dolly".
Armstrong does a "push" on this note, however, so that he starts it on the last quaver of the previous bar and makes it a crotchet length in total.
Many thanks to @nigeld for help setting up this SOTM. Looking forward to hearing your versions of this song.
You can download the score and backing track here.
