From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie explained

From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie is a 1964 album by Bobby Darin. The album was arranged and conducted by Richard Wess.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated December 26, 1964, and remained on the chart for 8 weeks, peaking at number 107.^[1]

The album was released on compact disc by EMI on December 11, 2001, paired with Darin's 1962 album Oh! Look at Me Now.^[2]

Reception

Music critic Richie Unterberger wrote in his AllMusic review "It's got the competent verve you'd expect from Darin's mid-'60s pop'n'swing vocals, though not so exceptional that you'd recommend it as the cream of the crop. The highlight, if only because it doesn't sound like more of the same, is the dramatic, somber ballad "The End of Never," with its unexpected melodic arches and Darin's committed singing."

Billboard gave the album a postive reviews, saying "he delivers a sensitive first-rate rendition of "Days of Wine and Roses"^[3]

Record Mirror described the album as "his best album" noted it features "mostly good songs with "Look at Me", [and] "Once in a Lifetime"^[4]

Michael Seth Starr called it "a Big Band, brassy, show-tuney album"^[5]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Hello, Dolly!" (Jerry Herman) – 3:14
2. "Call Me Irresponsible" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:04
3. "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:34
4. "More (Theme From "Mondo Cane")" (Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani) – 2:25
5. "The End of Never" (Bobby Darin, Francine Forest) – 2:39
6. "Charade" (Mancini, Mercer) – 1:46

Side two

1. "Once in a Lifetime (Only Once)" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 2:06
2. "Sunday in New York" (Peter Nero, Carroll Coates) – 2:30
3. "Where Love Has Gone" (Van Heusen, Cahn) – 2:43
4. "Look At Me" (Darin, Randy Newman) – 1:50
5. "Goodbye, Charlie" (André Previn, Dory Langdon) – 2:22

Personnel

• Bobby Darin – vocals
• Lyle Ritz – bass guitar
• Eugene DiNovi, Lou Levy – piano
• Milt Norman – guitar
• Jack Sperling – drums
• Carlos Vidal – congas
• Nicholas Martinez – bongos
• Julius Wechter – percussion, timpani
• Bud Shank, Ronald Langinger, Plas Johnson, John Lowe, Bill Collette, Med Flory – saxophone
• Conrad Gozzo, Virgil Evans, Tony Terran, Jimmy Zito, Shorty Sherock, Pete Candoli, Bud Brisbois, Al Porcino – trumpet
• Dick Nash, James Henderson, Vernon Friley, Joe Howard, Milt Bernhart, Lew McCreary – trombone
• Armand Kaproff, Eleanor Slatkin, Edgar Lustgarten, Raphael Kramer – cello
• Jules Jacob, Ronald Langinger – flute
• Jules Jacob – oboe
• Joseph DiFiore, Alvin Dinkin, Harry Hymas, Alexander Nieman – viola
• Jacob Krachmalnick, Stanley Plummer, Myron Sandier, Marshall Sosson, Lou Raderman, Harry Bluestone, Marvin Limonick, Henry Roth, Elliott Fisher, Arnold Blenick, Paul Shure, Bernard Kundell, Darrel Terwilliger, Alvin Dinkin – violin
• Ann Stockton – harp
• Eddie Brackett – engineer

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 . 1996 . Record Research Inc. . 0898201179 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 198 . November 5, 2023.
2. Web site: Oh Look at Me Now/Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie . 3 November 2024 . AllMusic.
3. December 4, 1964 . Pop Spotlight: From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie . Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 48 . en . 76 . 49.
4. Jones . Peter . Peter Jones (journalist) . Jopling . Norman . 3 April 1965 . Bobby Darin: From Hello Dolly To Goodbye Charlie . https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225404/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-04-03-I.pdf . 1 April 2022 . 17 August 2022 . . 11 . 212.
5. Book: Starr, Michael . Bobby Darin : a life . 2004 . Taylor Trade Pub. . 9-7815-8979-1213 . Dallas . 134.