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- Date Released: July 10, 2001
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Copyright: (P) 2001 BMG Entertainment
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Al Hirt was a popular jazz and pop trumpeter who took pains to distance himself from jazz. He seldom improvised and, particularly in the '60s, gravitated toward pop-oriented tunes with prominent fixed melodies. In that sense, he was a bit like a horn-blowing version of Floyd Cramer or Lenny Dee. Greatest Hits has 14 cuts in various styles, from the bubblegum of "Sugar Lips" to the romantic "I Can't Get Started." The latter features a mixed chorus singing under Hirt's solos, while "Sugar Lips" adds gimmicky kissing noises. Hirt returned to his Dixieland roots on "Clarinet Marmalade" and "When the Saints Go Marching In," but the anthology's centerpiece is "Java," a Top Five hit from 1964 and an instrumental pop classic. Hirt recorded much of his music in Nashville with Chet Atkins, and it shows, particularly on "Cotton Candy" and Hirt's rendition of the Floyd Cramer hit "Fancy Pants." All of the recordings were made during Hirt's peak years of 1962-65. Greatest Hits is not a true greatest-hits anthology, since only a handful of actual hits are included. Hirt had more than enough easy listening chart hits to fill the disc, but it is a representative sampler of singles and album tracks.
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| 01. |  |
Java |
1:56 |
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| 02. | |
Fools Rush In |
2:34 |
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| 03. | |
Cotton Candy |
2:14 |
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| 04. | |
Sugar Lips |
2:01 |
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| 05. | |
Walkin' With Mr. Lee |
2:29 |
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| 06. | |
I Can't Get Started |
2:43 |
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| 07. | |
Clariinet Marmalade
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2:21 |
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| 08. | |
Rumpus |
1:57 |
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| 09. | |
Easy To Love |
2:47 |
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| 10. | |
Paper Doll
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2:41 |
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| 11. | |
Fancy Pants |
1:54 |
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| 12. | |
Tansy |
2:23 |
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| 13. | |
Milano |
2:03 |
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| 14. | |
When The Saints Go Marching In
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1:57 |
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14 Total Tracks, 32:00 Total Length
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Credits
- Chet Atkins - Producer // Chet Atkins - Producer // Chet Atkins - Producer // Chet Atkins - Producer // Chet Atkins - Producer // Al Hirt - Main Performer // Colin Escott - Liner Notes // Dennis Ferrante - Digital Transfers // Jim Foglesong - Producer // Bill Lacey - Audio Restoration // Marty Manning - Arranger // Marty Manning - Conductor // Marty Paich - Arranger // Marty Paich - Arranger // Marty Paich - Arranger // Marty Paich - Conductor // Marty Paich - Conductor // Marty Paich - Conductor // Marty Paich - Adaptation // Marty Paich - Adaptation // Marty Paich - Adaptation // Steve Sholes - Producer // Paul Williams - Producer // Frank Harkins - Art Direction // Buzz Ravineau - Compilation
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