''Hello Young Lovers'' is a studio album by singer
Nancy Wilson issued in July 1962 on
Capitol Records
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.
The album rose to No. 4 on the
Billboard
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Vocal Jazz Albums chart.
Overview
Hello Young Lovers was produced by Tom Morgan and arranged by
Milt Raskin.
George Shearing also arranged the strings and played harpsichord on the LP.
Reception
''Billboard'' magazine noted that she "shows off her own, stylish way with a pop song on this album cover over a lush string choir" and declared that the "Lass does a fine job here".
Stephen Cook of
Allmusic
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proclaimed that the LP "contains Wilson's standard program of easy swingers and ballads that show off her impeccable phrasing while sporting George Shearing's luxurious string charts in hits like "Little Girl Blue" and "Back in Your Own Backyard." He noted that "one also hears Wilson's burgeoning talent for vocal drama as she evokes a variety of moods" as "the listening pleasure is found mostly in her signature urbane pop sound".
Track listing
# "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (Eddie Green) – 3:03
# "
Hello, Young Lovers" (
Oscar Hammerstein II
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,
Richard Rodgers
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) – 2:08
# "
Sophisticated Lady" (
Duke Ellington
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Born and raised in Washington, D ...
,
Irving Mills
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Personal life
Mills ...
) – 2:34
# "
When a Woman Loves a Man" (
Bernie Hanighen,
Gordon Jenkins,
Johnny Mercer
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) – 2:29
# "
Little Girl Blue" (
Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) – 2:52
# "
Nina Never Knew" (
Louis Alter,
Milton Drake) – 2:48
# "
You Don't Know What Love Is" (
Gene de Paul,
Don Raye) – 2:37
# "
Put On a Happy Face" (
Lee Adams,
Charles Strouse
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Backgrou ...
) – 1:54
# "
When Sunny Gets Blue" (
Marvin Fisher,
Jack Segal) – 2:58
# "Listen, Little Girl" (
Frances Landesman,
Tommy Wolf) – 3:15
# "
Miss Otis Regrets" (
Cole Porter
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) – 3:29
# "
Back in Your Own Backyard
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A popular recording by Ruth Etting, made on January 3, 1928, was issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 1288 ...
" (
Dave Dreyer,
Al Jolson,
Billy Rose) – 2:52
Personnel
*
Nancy Wilson – vocals
*
George Shearing – arranger,
harpsichord
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on "Miss Otis Regrets"
*
Milt Raskin – arranger
References
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1962 albums
Albums arranged by Milt Raskin
Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) albums
Capitol Records albums