Hello Young Lovers (Nancy Wilson album)

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Hello Young Lovers
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ReleasedJuly 1962
Recorded1962
Genre Traditional pop, jazz
Length32:59
Label Capitol – T-1767 [1]
Nancy Wilson chronology
Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley
(1962)
Hello Young Lovers
(1962)
Broadway – My Way
(1963)

Hello Young Lovers is a studio album by singer Nancy Wilson issued in July 1962 on Capitol Records. [1] The album rose to No. 4 on the Billboard Vocal Jazz Albums chart. [2]

Contents

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. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Billboard (favourable) [5]
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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". [5]

Stephen Cook of Allmusic 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". [3]

Track listing

  1. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (Eddie Green) – 3:03
  2. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:08
  3. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:34
  4. "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 2:29
  5. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) – 2:52
  6. "Nina Never Knew" (Louis Alter, Milton Drake) – 2:48
  7. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 2:37
  8. "Put On a Happy Face" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 1:54
  9. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:58
  10. "Listen, Little Girl" (Frances Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 3:15
  11. "Miss Otis Regrets" (Cole Porter) – 3:29
  12. "Back in Your Own Backyard" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 2:52

Personnel

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References

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  2. Billboard Top LPs. Vol. 75. Billboard Magazine. March 16, 1963. p. 10.
  3. 1 2 "Nancy Wilson: Hello Young Lovers". allmusic.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN   1852271833.
  5. 1 2 "Album Reviews: Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 11 August 1962. p. 40. ISSN   0006-2510.
  6. Watson, Jimmy (8 June 1963). "Nancy Wilson: Hello Young Lovers" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 117. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.